Category: News

  • Africa Live: Outrage as Zimbabwe president names son in cabinet

    Africa Live: Outrage as Zimbabwe president names son in cabinet

    Libya is facing a “large-scale devastating disaster”, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says. The head of the IFRC delegation in Libya, Tamer Ramadan, says the challenges and needs in the country are way beyond what current efforts can do. He says international support for the people in Libya is…

  • Pain Hustlers review: Emily Blunt is ‘the only reason to watch this’

    Pain Hustlers review: Emily Blunt is ‘the only reason to watch this’

    Pain Hustlers, a drama about the opioid epidemic, is “too worried about being a downer to be convincing”, writes Caryn James as the film premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival. Don’t confuse the recent Painkiller, an earnest Netflix series about a fictionalised pharmaceutical company and the opioid epidemic, with the new Netflix film Pain…

  • Australia MP says male colleague used to breathe on her neck in parliament

    Australia MP says male colleague used to breathe on her neck in parliament

    By Hannah Ritchie BBC News, Sydney A prominent Australian politician says she has been subjected to ongoing harassment inside the nation’s parliament. Former cabinet minister Karen Andrews alleges an unnamed male colleague used to “breathe on” her neck and make crude remarks in the lower house. Australia’s parliament has been marred by reports of widespread…

  • Watch: Moment US explorer is rescued from Turkish cave

    Watch: Moment US explorer is rescued from Turkish cave

    Drone footage shows the moment trapped US explorer Mark Dickey was rescued from Morca Cave in Turkey on Tuesday. More than 150 people were involved in efforts to save the caver after he developed stomach problems inside the cave on 2 September. Organisers say it was one of the largest and most complicated underground rescues…

  • Morocco earthquake: “We need help from whomever will give it’

    Morocco earthquake: “We need help from whomever will give it’

    By Nick Beake BBC News, Ait Hmid In the tiny village of Algou, high in the Atlas Mountains, screams came from under the rubble in the terrifying moments after the earthquake. But as the hours passed and with no specialist rescue teams appearing to assist the desperate efforts of the villagers, the screams turned to…

  • Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Why it is worrying Egypt and Sudan

    Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Why it is worrying Egypt and Sudan

    Egypt has accused Ethiopia of threatening its supply of water from the River Nile. It follows Ethiopia’s announcement that it has finished filling the reservoir at a giant new dam. What is Ethiopia’s giant dam project? The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) is on the Blue Nile tributary in the northern Ethiopia highlands, from where…

  • Nuzo Onoh – the Queen of African horror who is terrified of ghosts

    Nuzo Onoh – the Queen of African horror who is terrified of ghosts

    By Marco Oriunto BBC Africa Known to her fans as the “Queen of African Horror”, British-Nigerian author Nuzo Onoh says her prestigious literary prize is a signal that African folk horror has finally become an internationally recognised genre. “When I started writing, if you googled ‘African horror’, what you would get was Aids, war, famine.…

  • Twinkies maker Hostess bought by food giant Smucker for $5.6bn

    Twinkies maker Hostess bought by food giant Smucker for $5.6bn

    By Peter Hoskins Business reporter Classic US snack maker Hostess Brands is being bought rival food giant JM Smucker in a $5.6bn (£4.5bn) deal. “With this acquisition, we are adding an iconic sweet snacking platform… to drive continued growth,” Smucker’s chief executive Mark Smucker said in a statement. Shares in the firm known for brands…

  • Venice to vote on €5 a day fee for tourists

    Venice to vote on €5 a day fee for tourists

    By Giovanna Girardi In Venice The Italian city of Venice is expected to approve the trial of a €5 ($5.37; £4.29) daily fee for visitors, in a bid to control tourism. All visitors over the age of 14 will have to pay the charge and book their entry to the city in advance. City council…

  • “I had big ‘why not’ energy”: The workers sliding into recruiters’ DMs

    “I had big ‘why not’ energy”: The workers sliding into recruiters’ DMs

    Some job applicants submit their CVs and cross their fingers. Others boldly go right to the source – and it’s paying off. Before copywriter and creative director Sarah Jenkins went freelance, she spent three years at a small advertising agency – one she courted via “a combo of DM-slide and cold email”. After admiring the…