French Prime Minister François Bayrou believes dozens of people died when Cyclone Chido hit the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on 14 December, rather than thousands as some have feared. Bayrou…
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Actor Baldoni women’s solidarity award rescinded amid allegations
A women’s solidarity honour that was recently awarded to Justin Baldoni has been rescinded after the actor was accused by his It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively of sexual harassment and…
Twelve dead in Turkey ammunition factory blast
An explosion at an ammunition and explosives factory in north-west Turkey has killed at least 12 people and injured four others. The blast happened at 08:25 local time (05:25 GMT) in the…
Drug lord back in Colombia after 20 years in US jail
One of the founders of the Medellin drug cartel has returned to Colombia after serving more than 20 years in jail in the US for drug trafficking. Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, now 67…
Brazil shuts BYD factory site over ‘slavery’ conditions
Brazilian authorities have halted the construction of a factory for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD, saying workers lived in conditions comparable to “slavery”. More than 160 workers have been rescued in…
The famous Christmas carol inspiring Ukraine’s defenders
Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine is the birthplace of one of the world’s favourite carols, the Carol of the Bells. But there are few signs of Christmas in the city this year. Just…
Australian towns evacuated over Christmas as fires rage
Residents in an Australian region engulfed by bushfires were given two hours to return home to collect their belongings before Christmas on Tuesday, as emergency crews try to contain the blaze. Communities…
As Biden commutes death row sentences, how Trump plans to expand executions
With just weeks left in office, US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates – potentially thwarting President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to expand federal…
The US town where it’s the law to own a gun
Kennesaw, Georgia, has all the small-town fixings one might imagine in the American South. There’s the smell of baked biscuits wafting from Honeysuckle Biscuits & Bakery and the rumble of a nearby…
On patrol with Kenyan forces inside Haiti’s gang warzone
Two-year-old Shaina is hooked up to an intravenous drip at one of the few functioning hospitals in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Her mother, Venda, desperately hopes it will alleviate the acute malnutrition the…