Author: Ward Simonds

Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Washington Post via Getty Images Naked mole rats live for up to 40 years, compared to about three years for […]

The estate of Uzo Egonu Uzo Egonu’s Stateless People an artist with beret (1981) This is “one of the greatest things to have happened, not […]

Jeremy BowenInternational Editor BBC Even for Donald Trump, a president who revels in his place at the centre of world events, it was a dramatic […]

The US National Basketball Association (NBA) will return to China this week for the first time since 2019. Two pre-season games are scheduled for Friday […]

Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai and Neyaz FarooqueeBBC News, Delhi Getty Images India is WhatsApp’s biggest market and the app is almost a way of life […]

Paul KirbyEurope digital editor and Laura Gozzi Reuters After eight years in office, Emmanuel Macron’s position as president is coming under increasing pressure as France’s […]

Hundreds of National Guard troops from Texas have arrived at an army training centre outside Chicago to support US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Trump […]

Burkina Faso’s military government says it has arrested eight members of a Dutch-based humanitarian organisation, accusing them of “spying and treason”. They are three Europeans, […]

Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondent, Jerusalem BBC The Skeik building, in a quiet road off Omar al-Mukhtar Street in western Gaza City, was a familiar sight […]

Osmond Chiabusiness reporter and Faisal Islameconomics editor Bloomberg via Getty Images The price of gold has hit a record high of more than $4,000 (£2,985) […]