Drag Race and Pose star Jiggly Caliente dies aged 44
Drag star Bianca Castro-Arabejo, who performed as Jiggly Caliente, has died aged 44, her family has said. The performer, who found fame on the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race,…
Qatar claims slight progress towards ceasefire in Gaza
Qatar’s prime minister says there has been “a bit of progress” in efforts to broker a new ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, but that there was still no…
Israel launches air strike on Beirut
Israel carried out an air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, after ordering an evacuation of a building that it said was being used by the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah.…
‘Our community is grieving,’ say Vancouver festival organisers
Organisers of Vancouver’s annual Lapu Lapu festival in Canada, where a car ramming attack killed 11 people on Saturday, have said they are “heartbroken” and “collectively shattered”. An exhausted and…
‘Grandpa robbers’ held Kim Kardashian at gunpoint – but didn’t know who she was
The morning after the heist, burglar Yunice Abbas went home to catch up on some sleep. When he woke up, his wife was glued to the TV. The headline news…
Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen
There had been rumours. There had been aerial photographs. There had been the written testimony of a few escapees. But it took liberation for the revelation of the shocking reality…
Beijing seizes tiny sandbank in South China Sea
The Chinese coastguard has seized a tiny sandbank in the South China Sea, state media has reported, in an escalation of a regional dispute with the Philippines. State broadcaster CCTV…
The rapid remaking of a nation, in 100 days
During last year’s presidential campaign, Donald Trump constantly repeated his intention to bring about dramatic change as soon as he returned to the White House. But few expected it to…
The rapid remaking of a nation, in 100 days
During last year’s presidential campaign, Donald Trump constantly repeated his intention to bring about dramatic change as soon as he returned to the White House. But few expected it to…
How Armenia is trying to build a Silicon Valley in the Caucasus
In Armenia tech education starts early. In a typical three-storey state school in the suburbs of Yerevan, the Armenian capital, nine-year old Slavik is demonstrating his invention – a box…