Reuters Stargazers across the world were treated to a bigger and brighter full Moon than usual on Tuesday night. This month’s full Moon, dubbed the Sturgeon Moon, lit up the night’s sky as it rose above the horizon shortly after sunset. It’s the first of two supermoons this month – the next full moon on…

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Max Matza BBC News Former US President Donald Trump has been criminally charged in a federal investigation into efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. He is accused of conspiracy to defraud the…

New Zealand is emerging as a global leader in regenerative tourism, thanks in part to Māori tour operators such as the Bay of Plenty’s Kohutapu Lodge. First-time tourists to New Zealand often perceive Māori culture as an itinerary item to be ticked-off in an afternoon, usually in Rotorua. The North Island city has been considered…

Getty Images By Saher Baloch BBC Urdu When Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stood up in parliament last week and labelled female opposition leaders in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party as “trash and leftovers” of its chairman Imran Khan, he probably wasn’t expecting the strength of the backlash that was to follow. After all, Pakistani…

Getty Images By Soutik Biswas India correspondent What happens when India bans exports of a food staple that is essential to the diets of billions around the world? On 20 July, India banned exports of non-basmati white rice in an attempt to calm rising domestic prices at home. This was followed by reports and videos…

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jess Warren & PA Media BBC News A woman who played the violin during her brain surgery has been reunited with the surgeon who removed her tumour. Dagmar Turner’s operation in London in January 2020 was…

Tributes are pouring in for Cloud, known as Fezco in HBO’s teen drama, following his tragic death. But above all, it should be noted what a captivating screen presence he had, writes Laura Martin. Few shows in the last few years have defined the zeitgeist quite like Euphoria, the HBO high-school drama series that has…

Reuters By Paul Kirby BBC News Two men in suits and a woman in a dress have robbed a prestige jeweller’s in the fashionable heart of Paris making off with goods worth millions of euros, reports say. The trio, carrying a handgun equipped with a silencer, targeted the Piaget store at lunchtime in the chic…

Getty Images By Sam Cabral BBC News On a warm New York summer night, Eléonore Hendricks saw Angus Cloud, the 25-year-old actor who died on Monday, walking down a Manhattan street. It was 2018 and Ms Hendricks was casting a new HBO show called Euphoria, a racy teenage tale of love and loss, addiction and…

Health Canada By Chloe Kim BBC News Canada will be the first nation to start printing warnings directly onto individual cigarettes in a bid to deter young people from starting smoking and encourage others to quit. The warnings, which will be in English and French, will include phrases like “Cigarettes cause cancer” and “Poison in…