Tens of thousands turn out for Sydney Pro-Palestine march
Katy Watson BBC News, Sydney Harbour Bridge Dean Lewins/EPA A planned protest across the Sydney Harbour Bridge has gone ahead after it was authorised by the Supreme Court just one…
Australians play in snowy winter wonderland
Australians made snowmen and enjoyed snowball flights after parts of New South Wales were blanketed with heavy snow over the weekend. Officials said around 200 vehicles became stranded when areas…
Ukraine and Russia strikes hit homes and oil depot near Black Sea
DSNS Ukraine Homes were hit in a Russian missile strike on Mykolaiv (pic: State Emergency Service of Ukraine) A Russian missile strike has destroyed homes and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine’s…
How the mystery of Winston Churchill’s dead platypus was finally solved
Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Australian Museum Before koalas became Australia’s animal ambassadors, the country tried platypus diplomacy In 1943, a camouflaged ship set off from Australia to England carrying…
Pope greeted by vast crowd at Catholic youth event
Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into the Tor Vergata field on Rome’s outskirts, for an evening vigil and Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV. The first American Pope…
Ukraine officials held in military drone corruption probe
A Ukrainian MP and other officials have been arrested after the country’s anti-corruption agencies uncovered what they call a large-scale bribery scheme in the purchase of drones and electronic warfare…
‘I felt an unspoken pressure to smile’
Megha Mohan Gender and identity correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images During a meeting at her office in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, 24-year-old Faith suddenly became nervous – reluctant to…
Trump brings back Presidential Fitness Test for public schools
President Donald Trump on Thursday reinstated the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools. First instated in the 1950s to gauge young people’s health and athleticism, the assessment included sit-ups, push-ups,…
Why glaciers are threatening to wipe out more mountain villages
Imogen Foulkes Geneva correspondent BBC In a small village in Switzerland’s beautiful Loetschental valley, Matthias Bellwald walks down the main street and is greeted every few steps by locals who…
Rescuers race to save Chile miners after collapse kills at least one
Rescuers in Chile are continuing to search for four miners trapped in a mine that collapsed after an earthquake two days ago, after the body of one was found. The…