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• Daunte Wright shooting: Police resignations fail to ease unrest over death Protests continue after a Minnesota police chief and the officer who killed a bl...
• Afghans face pivotal moment as US prepares to 'close the book' Could the US decision to pull its troops from Afghanistan by 11 September lead t...
• Louisiana ship capsize: Search for survivors from 'lift' vessel Rescuers have so far saved six of the commercial ship's reported 18 crew members...
• Chinese man kidnapped and killed in elaborate body swap scheme The victim was used as a replacement for another corpse, whose family wanted to ...
• 'No say over my body': Alleged US ICE detainee medical abuse Dozens of women allege they faced invasive gynaecological procedures while being...
• Egypt seizes ship that blocked Suez Canal over $900m compensation claim The Ever Given's insurers call Egypt's claim "extraordinarily large" and "largel...
• Derek Chauvin trial: Use of force on George Floyd 'justified' An expert called by the defence says officer Derek Chauvin acted with "objective...
• US envoy John Kerry woos China over climate US envoy John Kerry will hold talks in Shanghai ahead of a climate summit hosted...
• Hundreds test positive for Covid at Hindu festival This comes a day after more than three million Hindus visited the festival as In...
• Niger school blaze: Trapped children die in Niamey The fire in Niamey engulfed straw classrooms and those in the nursery could not ...
• The Queen carries out first duty since Prince Philip's death Her Majesty receives the wand and insignia of the Lord Chamberlain in a private ...
• NZ to launch world-first climate change rules New Zealand wants it financial firms to be more upfront about climate risks when...
• Ludwig Ahgren breaks Twitch subscription record after 31-day stint Ludwig Ahgren has more than 282,000 paying subscribers after a month-long Twitch...
• Mayan urn returned to Mexico by Albion College The urn, made between 900 and 1600 AD, has been housed at Albion College, Michig...
• Covid: Younger Brazilians fall ill as cases explode Research suggests more than half of patients being treated in intensive care las...
• Ramadan begins around the world amid Covid restrictions Muslims are celebrating Ramadan in the second year the festival has been affecte...
• George Floyd death: The prosecution's case against Derek Chauvin Over 11 days of testimony, we heard from eyewitnesses, fellow police officers an...
• Saving the kelp forest that stars in My Octopus Teacher The makers of the Bafta-winning documentary want to preserve the underwater ecos...
• Covid: Return to normality won't be a light switch moment, says Fauci Dr Anthony Fauci, the top Covid adviser in the US, says a return to normality wi...
• Yuri Gagarin: Sixty years since the first man went into space The BBC speaks to the woman who, as a child, witnessed Yuri Gagarin's return to ...
• Being mixed race like Kamala Harris: 'I feel just as Indian as I feel black' Three women who share Kamala Harris' mixed parentage open up about balancing the...
• Elephant calf rescued from bottom of well in India An elephant calf has been rescued from the bottom of a dug well in India's Odish...
• Covid: 'Israel may be reaching herd immunity' A leading doctor describes it as the "only explanation" for cases falling as res...
• Iran nuclear deal: Shadow of sabotage hangs over critical talks An attack on Iran's key nuclear site has just complicated efforts to save the fr...
• Why $30m didn't protect Nigerian pupils after Chibok The 2014 student abductions led to a plan backed by the UK but little has come o...
• Meet the songwriters who told pop stars: 'Don't steal from us' A group of writers are exposing the dirty business of making pop hits, and campa...
• The student loan bubble 'is going to burst' Cancelling student debt was once a fringe idea in the US, but it's become increa...
• Why 'stay-at-home parent' is a job title LinkedIn now gives parents a way to reflect a career gap. Can it help the return...
• Is Russia going to war with Ukraine and other questions What you need to know about Russia's troop build-up around eastern Ukraine....
• Myanmar coup: The people shot dead since the protests began Hundreds have been killed since February. Now, their families are telling their ...
• Semi-finals a great achievement, says Tuchel - but does he want Liverpool or Real? Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel says his side reaching the last four of the Champions...
• A landmark moment for Pochettino as PSG beat Bayern - but the end for Flick? Wednesday's Champions League result in Paris feels like a launchpad for one mana...
• NBA players call for justice after death in Minneapolis Minnesota and Brooklyn players wear shirts calling for "liberty and justice " af...
• How prepared are Japan and Team GB? Tokyo Olympics 100-day countdown begins With 100 days until the Olympic opening ceremony, how prepared are Tokyo and Tea...
• Fight Talk; Joshua, Fury, Benn, Khan, Shields, Holyfield, Courtney Khan responds to Benn, Joshua-Fury is within reach, Holyfield set for ring retur...
• Phil Foden & Jadon Sancho: Their two routes to the top Phil Foden and Jadon Sancho's clubs meet on Wednesday, but these are two players...
• Tokyo 2020: How much do you know about the Olympics? With 100 days until the start of the rearranged Tokyo Olympics, here's a chance ...
• Prince Philip: A turbulent childhood stalked by exile, mental illness and death In marrying, Philip was able to regain the "simple pleasures" of family life he ...
• Race report: Was controversy part of the plan? How the government handled the release of a contentious report on racial dispari...
• 'We found a baby on the subway - now he's our son' Danny Stewart saw something on the floor of an NY subway station - soon he would...
• Letterbox contact: ?Don?t my birth children have a right to know I?m dying?' Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Hanna wanted to tell the twins taken from her...