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Burger King still open in Russia despite pledge to exit
By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Burger King remains open as usual in Russia despite the brand’s owner pledging to leave more than a year ago. Restaurant Brands International (RBI), which owns 15% of the fast-food’s franchise business in Russia, told the BBC it had “no new updates to share at this time” on…
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Oil cartel leader warns of prolonged high prices
By Faarea Masud Business reporter The price of oil will continue to stay elevated as demand for energy increases, says the secretary general of Opec+. Opec+ is a group of 23 oil-exporting countries which decides how much crude oil to sell on the world market. “We see demand growing about 2.4 million barrels a day,”…
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Greenland women seek compensation over involuntary birth control
By Christy Cooney BBC News A group of 67 women from Greenland are seeking compensation from the Danish government over a campaign of involuntary birth control in the 1960s. At least 4,500 women, some of them teenagers, were fitted with coils under a programme intended to limit birth rates among the indigenous population. An inquiry…
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Jamaal Bowman: Republicans seek Democrat’s expulsion for pulling fire alarm
By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington US Congressional Republicans have introduced a measure to expel a Democrat whom they accuse of pulling a fire alarm to delay a crucial vote. Jamaal Bowman has said the Saturday incident was simply a mistake he made while “rushing to make a vote” and seeking to open a door…
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Fact-checking Trump’s claims about New York fraud trial
By Nada Tawfik New York correspondent, reporting from court Donald Trump made a passionate opening statement, of sorts, on the first day of his fraud trial in New York. The former president was not giving evidence – instead, he stopped just outside the courtroom to address reporters before the historic hearing began. After a few…
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North Dakota lawmaker and his family die in plane crash
A state senator from North Dakota, his wife and their two youngest children, have died in a small plane crash in Utah, officials said on Monday. The plane carrying Doug Larsen and his family crashed shortly after taking off near Moab, Utah, where the aircraft had stopped to refuel on Sunday evening. The pilot of…
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Can tech stop India wasting so much of its harvest?
By Priti Gupta Business Reporter, Mumbai Kapil Jain’s father didn’t want his children to be farmers. “My father had seen the hardship which farmers go through, so we were all educated and moved to the city to pursue a profession,” he says. But Mr Jain become tired with life in the city, and in 2018…
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Uttar Pradesh: Indian schoolgirl’s cycling death lays bare ugly face of ‘Eve-teasing’
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi The tragic death of an Indian schoolgirl has laid bare the consequences of “Eve-teasing” – a popular South Asian euphemism which many say trivialises the street harassment and assault of women. The short CCTV video of two Indian girls riding bicycles starts off quite innocuously. Dressed in their school…
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Shavkat Mirziyoyev: Why is reformist Uzbek leader arresting bloggers?
By BBC Monitoring Uzbekistan Olimjon Haydarov was detained and taken into custody in Uzbekistan’s eastern city of Kokand in July, after being charged with extortion. The YouTuber, whose videos focus on various social and economic issues, was charged with taking money from managers of a shopping centre by threatening to write an article exposing safety…
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Marriage equality eludes Japan’s same-sex couples
By Shaimaa Khalil Tokyo correspondent When Aki and Hikari were looking to rent a house together in Tokyo, they were told by real estate agents that the places they liked “were for couples”. “We are a couple,” they would respond. The answer they were given: “This is a house for a man and woman couple.”…