A father has been reprimanded by police after leaving his son on Japan’s highest mountain for several hours with just a soft drink and snack, local media report. The seven-year-old was spotted sitting on a bench on Mount Fuji in foggy and rainy conditions, at a point situated at over 2,000m (6,500ft). His father, 48,…
The couple have other income sources, from inheritance to the sales of Harry’s memoir Spare, which was the fastest-selling non-fiction book in the UK since records began in 1998. A return to acting for Meghan even appears possible. The BBC has learned she is in talks about a role in Netflix series The Gentlemen, a…
Clancy lacked control and was likely unable to tell the difference between right and wrong on that January 2023 day, he told the jury on Friday. “In her mind, she believed that she would be doing her children a favour by having them go to heaven with her rather than remain on earth without her…
President Donald Trump has been lashing out at reporters, often female journalists, when confronted with questions he does not like to answer. The BBC’s Tom Bateman takes a look at what triggers these public insults, and what are the questions the president doesn’t want to be asked. Source link
A fresh wave of US tariffs on a wide array of Canadian goods has come into effect as of midnight on Saturday after a last minute break down in trade talks. Announcing the suspension of negotiations shortly before the Friday night deadline, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would impose reciprocal tariffs on US…
Meanwhile, the M23 rebel group that controls parts of the east of DR Congo has announced new restrictions on movement between government-held and rebel-held areas of North Kivu province. Shared taxis and passenger boats between the areas will be suspended for one month starting on Saturday. Other transport will continue to operate under strict health…
TikTok has agreed to pay $400m (£293m) to the US to end a lawsuit alleging its platform violated children‘s privacy, marking one of the largest ever settlements over the issue. The deal stems from a 2024 suit by the Department of Justice under former President Joe Biden alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected…
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette, whose province is home to a large dairy industry, said on Thursday that she was analysing what the deal will mean for Quebec farmers before deciding on whether to restore US alcohol sales. Doug Ford, the traditionally outspoken premier of Canada’s largest province Ontario, has yet to comment publicly on the…
Tornadoes swept through New York and Delaware as severe storms brought torrential rain to the Mid-Atlantic. Source link
In its statement on Wednesday, the IDF said the presence of an armed guard with the convoy had not been flagged to it before the convoy set off, and that he was falsely identified as a Hamas fighter. It also accused the convoy of deviating from the route co-ordinated with the military. Notwithstanding “serious failures”…