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Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the former Los Angeles gang leader who boasted for years of his involvement in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, only to deny it when he came to trial, was sentenced to a minimum 40 years in prison on Tuesday. The sentence, which will likely see him die in custody, comes three decades after the gunning down of one of the most influential hip hop artists of the late 20th ce...
While some in the West were quick to accuse Russia of sabotaging its own gas export route, German investigators identified a cell of Ukrainians they say were the alleged perpetrators.
The White House said on Tuesday it had asked US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign after a series of news reports raised concerns she sold access to Trump administration officials in exchange for money, gifts and favors. US President Donald Trump had said on Monday that he was considering firing Guilfoyle, who was once engaged to his son Donald Trump Jr. FRANCE 24's International...
When Daniela Cruz arrived in Singapore last week, hazy skies obscured the picture-perfect sights she had seen on social media, offering a different view of the city state from the one she had expected. The 27-year-old bank associate had travelled from Australia for the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix, but the smoky weather dampened her experience. “The buildings we saw on social media were covere...
Pope Leo XIV spent a calm night and was to begin post-surgery recovery Wednesday, a day after having a cancerous tumour removed from his lung. Part of the pope's right lung was removed in the operation and the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics is awaiting the results of tests to determine if the cancer has spread. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome, Italy.
Nvidia bets almost $10 billion in Europe as Paris pushes for AI sovereignty.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stops by Paris to tout new stakes in French AI-enabled tech firms like medical booking site Doctolib. Also in this edition: OpenAI says it caught a spy red-handed, and China's trade surplus continues to boom despite soaring energy costs and trade conflicts.
Three Hong Kong taxi drivers have been disqualified from driving cabs for three months after accumulating 15 demerit points or more under a penalty system in place for two years, the transport chief has said, disclosing such figures for the first time. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Wednesday that since the mechanism took effect in September 2024, 229 taxi drivers had inc...
Russell Brand back in Southwark crown court today where his rape and sexual assault trial beginsProsecutor Riel Karmy-Jones has begun proceedings by outlining the charges against Russell Brand to the court.She told jurors:Russell Brand, as you may know, and if you didn’t know before this trial, is a celebrity.He was born on June 4 1975 making him now 51 years old. Continue reading...
BBC Ukraine Correspondent Dan Johnson is in Kyiv, where at least three people were killed in overnight strikes.
BBC Ukraine Correspondent Dan Johnson is in Kyiv, where at least three people were killed in overnight strikes.
More explosions have been heard in the Saudi capital, with suspicions once again falling on the Houthi rebels from Yemen.
Special forces officer Serhii Kuznetsov denies involvement in the 2022 blasts that left pipelines badly damaged A Ukrainian soldier has gone on trial in Hamburg accused of taking part in one of the most brazen acts of sabotage in postwar European history – the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany.Serhii Kuznetsov, a special forces officer from the Ukrainian milit...
Albania's capital, Tirana, saw violent clashes between student protesters and police on Tuesday, 13 October, as demonstrations continued overnight into Wednesday.
The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that the US and other wealthy nations needed to urgently tackle mounting global debt levels that were weighing heaviest on low-income countries and straining the global financial system. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that while US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other US leaders recognised that the federal deficit...
Elon Musk's Starlink imposed restrictions on the operation of internet terminals in Ukraine overnight, disrupting military missions, an adviser to the Ukrainian president said on Wednesday. The official said Ukraine was given no prior warning about the restrictions to the satellite system it relies on for battlefield operations.
Turkish authorities appointed a government trustee to run popular broadcaster Halk TV on Wednesday after police raided its headquarters, halting live broadcasts and arresting 11 people. Halk chairman Cafer Mahirogluin denounced "a dark day for Turkey", adding that seven of his family members were among those detained.
Hong Kong police are searching for a man who stole a gold necklace worth nearly HK$80,000 (US$10,193) from a Chow Sang Sang jewellery store in Tai Po on Wednesday afternoon. According to a source, the suspect, described as a man in his forties, entered the shop on Kwong Fuk Road around 3.10pm. After asking to try on the necklace, which weighed more than a tael, he snatched it, fled toward Kwong Fu...
Hong Kong police are searching for a man who stole a gold necklace worth tens of thousands of dollars from a Chow Sang Sang jewellery store in Tai Po on Wednesday afternoon. According to a source, the suspect, described as a man in his thirties, entered the shop on Kwong Fuk Road around 3.10pm. He asked to try on the necklace before snatching it and making a quick getaway on foot in the direction ...
Kristalina Georgieva says online fraud could lead people to opt out of system and turn to ‘shoeboxes under their bed’Business live – latest updatesThe heads of the Bank of England and the International Monetary Fund have issued a stark warning that rising cyber-attacks risk undermining trust in the financial system.Speaking on a panel about online fraud at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangko...
Andrew Bailey and Kristalina Georgieva voice concerns about financial system on panel about online fraud Business live – latest updatesThe heads of the Bank of England and the International Monetary Fund have issued a stark warning that rising cyber-attacks risk undermining trust in the financial system.Speaking on a panel about online fraud at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, the gover...
Exports grew by 36.3 percent in September, the biggest leap since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shakur was a key figure in a hip-hop rivalry pitting the US East Coast against the West Coast. He was just 25 when he was gunned down in Las Vegas.
Nigel Farage says Kemi Badenoch misinterpreted his suggestion for a deal with Donald TrumpWhile in some respects the Nigel Farage/Kemi Badenoch Chagos Islands row (see 9.56am) is just a slightly manufactured spat between two leaders who are not in a position to decide the future of the Chagos Islands anyway, it is revealing about the state of opposition politics, in three respects.First, this is f...
Put down the red light masks in favour of walking more, socialising over a glass of wine and eating plant-based food at these longevity hot spots on the continent.
Investigators determined professor responsible for urine found on a backpack, in trash cans and in water bottlesA former professor at Macalester College in the Minnesota city of St Paul is facing a felony charge for allegedly spilling his urine on a student’s backpack while he still worked at the school, costing more than $2,000 in damages, according to a state criminal court document.Paul Fischer...
Beijing’s Liaoning aircraft carrier on Wednesday started its second training in the western Pacific this year, with the drill likely to coincide with an expanded US-Japan military exercise that may have implications for a Taiwan contingency. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy was organising the drill for the Liaoning formation in “relevant waters” of the western Pacific Ocean as part of its a...
Two Cockroach Janta Party leaders have been jailed for five days after entering a banned protest site in India's Delhi.
