Warehouse fire prompts state of emergency in New Jersey
Warehouse fire prompts state of emergency in New Jersey
US military kills three more in deadly Pacific drug boat strike as questions over legality mount
The U.S. military has launched another strike on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men
China builds world’s first ‘coal battery’, war on Alzheimer’s: 7 science highlights
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1. China builds world’s first ‘coal battery’ with zero emission
Chinese scientists have developed a way to generate electricity and achieve higher energy efficiency than conventional burning methods, while producing zero carbon dioxide emissions, by placing coal inside a “battery”.
2. China unveils ultra-cheap...
How cow dung is beating India’s cooking gas crunch
Across much of India, an energy crunch caused by the Iran war has prompted long queues for cooking gas cylinders. That is not a problem for Gauri Devi.
On a stove with blue flames, she flips a chapatti flatbread, burning biogas produced from cow dung – an alternative fuel helping ease pressure on supplies.
“It cooks everything,” the 25-year-old said in her courtyard kitchen in Nekpur, a village in Uttar Pradesh, about 90km (55 miles) from New Delhi. “If the pressure goes down, we let it rest for...
‘Gunpowder, sparks’: volunteer hurt at China fireworks blast scene tells of clean-up risk
A rescuer at the site of an explosion that killed 26 people and injured 61 in Hunan’s Liuyang city has described the dangerous and extremely difficult clean-up mission amid gunpowder and sparks after he and others were wounded by secondary blasts on Tuesday morning.
An excavator operator surnamed Xiao, who volunteered to aid rescue work at the site of the initial fireworks plant blast, said he had received multiple wounds during a further explosion after scattered explosives were ignited by...
'I thought he was going to hit me,' OpenAI co-founder says of Musk
OpenAI president Greg Brockman spoke during the second week of a month-long trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman.
Cambodian PM's cousin says owned 30% of scam-linked firm
A cousin of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said Wednesday he owned a 30 percent stake in a digital payments platform linked to cyberscams and money laundering and sanctioned by Washington.
Child protection workers stood down after alleged murder of Australian child
The girl was found dead five days after she went missing from an Aboriginal town camp in Alice Springs.
Brazil school shooter, 13, kills staff as pupils climb 20ft wall to escape bullets
A teenager shot dead two staff members and left multiple others injured at a school in northeast Brazil, with panicked students seen trying to escape over a wall
Footage from inside hantavirus-stricken cruise ship shows reality of life for passengers
Decks are mostly deserted, with only a few people wearing medical masks visible
K-9 units compete for top dog in Atlantic City
Harrah's Resort and Casino hosts National Dog Detector Trials in Atlantic City
Watch: BBC traces how huge wave of Israeli strikes brought chaos to Lebanon
The BBC’s Nawal Al-Maghafi has been piecing together what happened on 8 April 2026, after one of the deadliest chapters in the country’s recent history.