Alfred Lasteck,BBC Africa, Dar es Salaamand Basillioh Rukanga Mange Kimambi/Instagram Prominent Tanzanian activist Mange Kimambi has accused the government of instigating the removal of her social media accounts that she has been using to mobilise Tanzanians against the government. The former fashion model-turned-activist, who is based in the US, is an outspoken critic of President…
Emery Makumeno,BBC Africa, Kinshasa, Samba Cyuzuzo,BBC Great Lakesand Bernd Debusmann Jr,at the White House Watch: Leaders of Rwanda and DR of Congo sign peace deal alongside Donald Trump The leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal aimed at ending the long-running conflict in the region at a summit…
Mark SavageMusic correspondent Watch: Which countries are boycotting Eurovision and why? Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, after Israel was allowed to compete. They were among a number of countries who had called for Israel to be excluded over the war in Gaza, as well as accusations of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given a strict warning about the Ukraine war, saying that Moscow will only end the operation “after achieving its goals”. Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during an interview at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday,(AP) In an interview with India Today, Putin criticised the West, saying that Russia did not…
Watch: FBI releases new video in hunt for 6 January pipe bomb suspect A Virginia man has been arrested in connection with two pipe bombs placed outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national committees on the eve of the 2021 Capitol riot. US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Brian Cole Jr, 30, was…
A 21-year-old student at Rollins College, Constantine Demetriades, was arrested for allegedly having an AR-15 rifle in his dorm room. Demetriades faces up to five years in prison after campus safety discovered an online delivery order of ammunition to his on-campus apartment, leading police to search his bedroom and find an AR-15, a tactical vest,…
Cai Pigliucci at the US Capitol, James FitzGerald, and Brandon Drenon in Washington Reuters A US Navy admiral testified that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give the order to “kill them all” during a controversial second US military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, multiple lawmakers have said. The affirmations by…
A LONE DOVE soared over us, and Kent abruptly stopped his Tacoma on the side of a dirt road. He and I debated whether to get out. We’d hiked 5 miles that morning in futile pursuit of doves and jackrabbits and were about ready to call it a day. But then the dove landed atop…
Ford Motor Company, long celebrated as a pillar of American automotive history, is now grappling with a crisis of confidence. In 2025 alone, the automaker has logged approximately 100 recalls, affecting nearly five million vehicles across its lineup. The fact that some models were recalled multiple times for the same defect underscores persistent quality-control failures….
Don’t get us wrong, modern airliners are wonderfully safe, and we wouldn’t change them for the world. Still, for character, charisma and sometimes outlandish engineering genius, we can’t help but wish that (most) of the following airliners had entered service. Here are 10 Cancelled Airliners So Cool We Wish They Had Happened: 10: Burnelli CBY-3…