New York gunman left note blaming NFL for brain injury, mayor says
CBS A gunman who killed four people when he stormed a skyscraper in the heart of New York on Monday evening left a note that appeared to blame the National…
Ex-Colombian president Álvaro Uribe found guilty of witness-tampering
Álvaro Uribe has become the first former Colombian president to be convicted of a crime. A court in Bogotá found the 73-year-old, who was president from 2002 to 2010, guilty…
Victorious players promised $100,000 cash award and apartment
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu hailed the women’s national football team for their victory at the recent Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) at a grand celebratory reception where he promised…
BBC visits Beijing region hit by deadly flood
At least 30 people have died in Beijing as northern China experiences days of heavy rain and flooding. The BBC’s Stephen McDonell is in Miyun, northeast of Beijing, where authorities…
Hundreds of arrests during deadly fuel-price-rise demonstrations
EPA Parts of the capital, Luanda, came to a standstill on Monday Police in Angola say four people have been killed and 500 have been arrested after demonstrations in the…
30 killed as China sees summer of extreme weather
At least 30 people have died in Beijing and more than 80,000 were evacuated to safety, Chinese authorities said, as heavy rains and floods ravage roads and houses in northern…
People rescued from a nursing home and flooded streets in China
Rescue workers were deployed to help dozens of residents of a Beijing nursing home in chest-high water. At least 30 people have been killed in floods that have inundated large…
Russia strikes prison in Ukraine, killing 17 and wounding dozens
A Russian airstrike on a prison in a frontline region in southeastern Ukraine has killed 17 people and wounded 42 others, according to Ukrainian officials. The overnight attack in Zaporizhzhia…
China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost births
Parents in China are being offered 3,600 yuan (£375; $500) a year for each of their children under the age of three in the government’s first nationwide subsidy aimed at…
4 dead, including officer in Midtown attack
Christal Hayes & Rachel Hagan BBC News Watch: NYPD say officer killed in the line of duty was a ‘hero’ A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle has stormed a skyscraper…