Prince William announced the five winners for his prestigious Earthshot Prize. The annual awards, presented at a ceremony in Boston in the US on Friday, were created by the Prince of Wales to fund projects that aim to save the planet. Each winner will receive £1m ($1.2m) to develop their innovation. The winning projects are…
Emmanuel Macron has defeated his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s presidential elections, to win a second term in office. According to reliably accurate estimates, Mr Macron scored around 58% of the vote, against 42% for Le Pen, the Rassemblement National (National Rally) leader. Reeta Chakrabarti in Paris presents BBC […]
There is a lot of pro-Putin bias in the Western world. We aim to dispel this “macho” propaganda and reveal true colors of his regime: murder, intimidation, industrialized kleptocracy and well-funded russian fascism propaganda machines. We were born in Russia, we have lost friends to this murderer… we see how he “zombifies” most and intimidates […]
Alcohol sales at World Cup stadiums in Qatar will be banned, in a change of stance just two days before the tournament begins. Beer and spirits were set to be served “in select areas within stadiums”, despite its sale being strictly controlled in the Muslim country. Those in corporate areas of stadiums at the tournament…
