Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley won her third election victory, with her Barbados Labour Party sweeping all seats of the island nation’s House of Assembly, state TV CBC Barbados said early on Thursday.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned comments by billionaire Jim Ratcliffe who said Britain had been “colonised by immigrants”, saying they were wrong and would play into the hands of those who wanted to divide the country.
Ukraine’s skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was kicked off the Winter Games on Thursday over his “helmet of remembrance” depicting athletes killed since Russia’s invasion despite a personal appeal from the International Olympic Committee head.
Stolz received his gold for winning the men’s 1,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Games in an Olympic-record time thanks to a blistering closing stretch. Now Stolz will hope to add to his collection of trophies.
Once derided as Britain’s ugliest building, London’s Southbank Centre is now a protected historic monument — beloved by symphony-goers as well as skateboarders, who’ve taken over its Brutalist ramps.
In Bangladesh’s election, one woman who rose to prominence fighting former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government finds herself competing against a man she once risked her safety to defend.
For the first time in more than half a century, Japan finds itself in a state of absolute panda-lessness, after the last pair of twin pandas returned to China last month.
The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve the acquisition of various retail properties by Exemplar, including a major rural mall.
BBC Sport’s Hazel Irzine & Lizzy Yarnold discuss Vladyslav Heraskevych’s ban from competing and removal of his accreditation at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Ukraine skeleton pilot Vladyslav Heraskevych reacts to being banned from competing at the Winter Olympics for continuing to wear a helmet which features images of athletes killed during Russia’s invasion of his home country.
[Our City News] Worn tyres, defective brakes, overloading and drivers without valid licenses are just some of the worrying non-compliance issues authorities discovered during a crackdown on the scholar transport sector in Johannesburg.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi is facing a major crisis as private colleges sell fake diplomas from the UK and the US to students hoping for better jobs. A joint investigation by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) and TEVETA has revealed that unregistered local colleges are working with foreign organisations that exist only to sell certificates without any real education.
A decentralised satellite network that no entity controls could make it more difficult for authoritarian governments to impose complete internet blackouts.
The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.
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A study reported that the conventional method of searching follicular fluid didn’t find all the eggs. The new technology found extra eggs more than half the time.
A federal law taking effect in November severely limits the amount of THC, the euphoric cannabis compound, allowed in over-the-counter items. Many groups are fighting back.