USAID staff will be put on leave starting on Friday
Getty Images Thousands of employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be placed on leave from Friday night, the agency says. A
Billionaire and spiritual leader the Aga Khan dies at 88
PA Media Billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader Aga Khan has died at the age of 88, his charity the Aga Khan Development Network has announced.
Queensland floods devastation ‘incredible’, state premier says
Flooding in Australia has inflicted “incredible” devastation on communities across northern Queensland, the state’s premier has said, even though conditions are easing faster than predicted.
Grammys ceremony opens with tribute to Los Angeles
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Who should count as African?
Getty Images US musician Chris Brown, along with Nigerian artists, are up for Best African Music Performance this year The Grammy Awards has a dedicated
Venezuela frees six US men after Trump envoy meets Maduro
Venezuela has freed six US detainees after talks in Caracas between President Nicolás Maduro and a senior Trump administration official. The release of the men
What we know about American Airlines plane crash in Washington DC
Joel Guinto and James FitzGerald BBC News BBC Verify analyses the moments before the Washington DC plane crash No survivors are expected after a passenger
Trump says US will send some migrants to Guantanamo Bay
Watch: Trump directs construction of Guantanamo Bay detention centre for 30,000 migrants US President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a migrant detention facility
Judge halts Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans
Watch: Pause on federal funding targeted at DEI and ‘wokeness’, says White House A US judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s order to freeze hundreds
Trump administration fires justice department lawyers who investigated him
Brajesh Upadhyay BBC News, Washington Reuters The lawyers were part of former special counsel Jack Smith’s team which brought two cases against Trump US President