A man has been rescued from a partially submerged boat in the Atlantic Ocean, 12 miles off the coast of Florida. The boater, 25-year-old Charles Gregory, had been missing at sea for about 35 hours in the ocean after going on an early morning fishing trip, his father told CNN. His family contacted officials after…

Many opera companies are working towards full sustainability, and Glyndebourne is among those aiming to be a force for good, according to a new documentary. A night at the opera is not typically equated with restraint, instead conjuring images of chandelier-filled theatres and arias performed in exquisite costumes against transportative stage sets. Yet, recent years…

Virgin Galactic An 18-year-old Aberdeen University student and her mother will travel to space later this week after a winning a place on Virgin Galactic’s first commercial flight in a prize draw. Anastatia Mayers and her mum Keisha Schahaff will be the first mother and daughter to go to space. They will also be the…

Getty Images By Zubair Ahmed BBC Hindi, Jharkhand For many years now, Anil Jonko’s life follows a simple routine. He starts his day by offering prayers at his parents’ grave in Chaibasa, a small village in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand dominated by the Ho tribal community. The 40-year-old then heads to a special…

When we give AI a humanoid form, we typically choose the robot to have feminine characteristics. Are we playing on stereotypes? There is a popular idea that artificial intelligence (AI) is out to get us. It was this public image problem that the United Nations was recently trying to address at its AI for Good…

Getty Images By Victoria Craig In Antakya, southern Turkey Hulya Yesiloglu gazes just beyond her temporary tent city towards a cemetery and says she often wonders if she would have been better off ending up there rather than surviving Turkey’s twin earthquakes. She stands at the mouth of a wood-burning oven baking flatbread on a…

Getty Images By Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent in Warsaw For almost six months, Maria Kolesnikova has been hidden from the world. The Belarusian opposition activist has been held in total isolation in prison in the country since February, with no phone calls or letters and no visits from relatives or her lawyer. “I wait…

BBC Africa Eye By Njeri Mwangi in Nairobi & Tamasin Ford in London BBC Africa Eye Vulnerable residents at an elderly care home near Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, have been mistreated and neglected, a BBC Africa Eye investigation has revealed. Secret filming shows staff members physically mistreating residents, dumping food directly onto tables without any plates,…

Getty Images By Tom Singleton Technology reporter, BBC News Fitness trackers, home security systems and baby monitors are among the devices that MPs warn are enabling the growing issue of tech-enabled domestic abuse. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee says there are on average nine such “smart” products in UK homes. It found they were…