How can they be my friends if they don’t know my kids’ names?
Dear Eric: I’m a retired gay man in my late 60s, and like many gay men my age, I married young and have children, as well as a grandchild. My…
Why an explosive fight erupted over the UK’s new Chinese embassy
Damian Grammaticas Political Correspondent BBC The sheet of paper says “Wanted Person” at the top. Below is a photo of a young woman, a headshot that might have been taken…
I accidentally ran across my teen’s private social account
DEAR HARRIETTE: Lately, I’ve noticed my teenage daughter becoming more secretive. She spends a lot of time in her room glued to her phone, and she isn’t as open with…
Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump
Democratic state lawmakers have fled Texas in a bid to stop a vote on a new congressional map that would heavily favour Republicans. The redistricting, unveiled by Texas’ majority Republicans…
Tycoon Ong Beng Seng pleads guilty in corruption case
A Singapore-based billionaire hotelier has pleaded guilty to a charge connected to a rare corruption scandal that shocked the country last year. Ong Beng Seng has admitted to abetting the…
Twin waterspouts merge near Italian coastline
Strong gusts of wind helped two huge waterspouts merge just off Italy’s Delta del Po, on the country’s east coast. A local tour boat operator paused an excursion so he…
People in Sudan’s besieged city face starvation, UN warns
The UN’s main food agency has warned that families trapped within the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher face starvation. The World Food Programme (WFP) said it had not been able…
Boeing defence workers set to strike in new blow to aviation giant
More than three thousand Boeing defence workers are set to go on strike on Monday, in a fresh blow to the embattled aviation giant. It comes after union members at…
49ers’ linebacker corps ramps up for opener vs. Broncos, Dre Greenlaw
SANTA CLARA — Linebackers coach Johnny Holland chuckled when asked about the 49ers’ incoming visitors for this week’s opening of the preseason. It just so happens the Denver Broncos are…
BBC Africa Eye’s secret filming exposes the ‘madams’ of Maai Mahiu
Njeri Mwangi BBC Africa Eye in Maai Mahiu Tamasin Ford BBC Africa Eye BBC Nyambura (left) and Cheptoo (right) told undercover investigators how they exposed children to prostitution in Maai…