Reuters By Mariko Oi Business reporter Property giant Evergrande has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as the real estate crisis in China deepens. The move comes as problems in China’s property market are adding to concerns about the world’s second largest economy. China’s economic growth has slowed, exports have fallen and youth unemployment…

By Katy Watson South America correspondent, in Guyaquil The Whatsapp message arrived on a Sunday night. “Good evening Franki, this is the Jalisco New Generation [Mexican drugs cartel],” the message read, in barely legible Spanish. “If you block me, you’ll get into problems. I need $6,000 [£4,710] – I’m watching you, your wife and kids.”…

Getty Images By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington A legal battle between a retired American football player and the family who helped raise him has reignited debate about the 2009 Hollywood film that dramatised their story. It has also pulled the film’s lead actress, Sandra Bullock, into the controversy. The Blind Side tells the tale…

ReutersCopyright: Reuters As we’ve been reporting, a wildfire is fast approaching the small city of Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Authorities have ordered the approximately 20,000 people who call Yellowknife home to evacuate, encouraging carpooling to reduce congestion on the roads out of town. Evacuation flights are departing throughout the day for those who are…

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President Zelensky has described seaborne drones as Ukraine’s “eyes and protection on the frontline”, with claims of a series of successful strikes against Russian ships in the Black Sea and on a key bridge to Crimea. These remote-controlled devices are playing an increasingly prominent role, with both sides ramping up their use for attacks and…

It’s 50 years since Lee became a global icon – having tragically died just before Enter the Dragon’s release. Tom Gray talks to the film’s producer Andre Morgan, among others, about his star’s legacy Half a century has passed since Bruce Lee kicked, punched and chopped his way to international prominence in the timeless martial-arts…

Extreme wildfires are increasing due to rising emissions, but they also seem to be disrupting the climate in return. Weighing up the overall impact, however, is tricker than it seems. Apocalyptic images of wildfire devastation – from charred homes to cities shrouded in deadly smoke – are fast coming to embody the world’s unfolding climate disaster. In Hawaii this…

Pennsylvania State University By Chris Baraniuk Technology of Business reporter There’s laughter over the phone as John Mauro calls out my question to one of his students: just how much pummelling with a mallet does it take to break the new glass they have developed? “You’ve got to put your body into it,” says Prof…

PA Media Researchers say they have created the “most lifelike” reconstruction of the face of Bonnie Prince Charlie. A team at the University of Dundee’s Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification used death masks to recreate the Scottish prince’s looks. After his death in 1788, a cast of the prince’s face was taken, which was…