The mayor of Ivory Coast’s capital Abidjan has launched an operation to regenerate one of the city’s neglected suburbs ahead of presidential elections in October. Some residents are pleased, but there are...
Mbappé injury spoils party as PSG win bad-tempered French Cup final
Paris Saint-Germain won the French Cup title on Friday but saw Kylian Mbappé limp off the pitch with an ankle injury as football returned to the country after a four-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In full: Boris Johnson interview – BBC News
The prime minister speaks to the BBC’s political editor about the coronavirus outbreak. In the interview, Boris Johnson admitted the government didn’t understand coronavirus in the “first few weeks and...
Three teenagers convicted of killing PC Andrew Harper – BBC News
Three teenagers have been convicted of the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper, who died in Berkshire last year, after being dragged for a mile along a country road by a car. The officer, who’d been investigating an...
China orders US consulate in Chengdu to close | DW News
China has ordered the United States to close one of its consulates in a tit-for-tat move. The foreign ministry has given US officials 72 hours to leave the consulate in the south western city of Chengdu. It comes after...
Chinese city tries new method to fight domestic violence
This July, one Chinese city tried something new to tackle domestic violence. In Yiwu, people can now consult their partner’s criminal record before getting married. The decision comes as the country saw a spike in...
Turkish Muslims celebrate first Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia in decades
Thousands of Muslim faithful made their way to Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia on Friday to take part in the first prayers in 86 years at the structure that once was one of Christendom’s most significant cathedrals...