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For many, ice cream, pizza and Italy go hand in hand. Now the northern city of Milan has plans to ban the sale of these famous Italian foods late at night. The city’s council is considering the move because of complaints about noise from local ...
Rescue efforts continue in Japan after at least 64 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the country on New Year's Day. Homes collapsed, buildings caught fire and roads were extensively damaged, hindering the work of rescue services...
What does bilingualism do to the brain? And are there benefits to being bilingual? Turns out there are lots of upsides....
The BBC's Sound of 2024 list, which tips music's most exciting new stars, suggests dance and Afrobeats will dominate the next 12 months. The 10 nominees include chart-topping drum and bass artist Kenya Grace and South Korean hou...
Ex-BBC and New York Times boss Sir Mark Thompson has been appointed to lead CNN following a series of crises and falling ratings at the US news network. Sir Mark replaces Chris Licht, who struggled to stabilise CNN in his 13 months a...
Utah has become the first US state to require social media firms get parental consent for children to use their apps and verify users are at least 18. The governor said he signed the two sweeping measures to protect young people in the st...
'The air raid siren was on for seven hours' Iryna Nemyrovych lives in the suburbs of the capital, Kyiv, with her husband and their three-month-old baby, together with their parents and grandparents. She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme...
Cuba is completely without power after Hurricane Ian pummelled the western end of the island, its government has announced. The electrical system is experiencing total collapse, officials said, after one of the main power plants could not b...
The man suspected of shooting dead 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, deliberately sought a site with a high black population, authorities say. The suspect, Payton Gendron, 18, drove more than 320km (200 miles) to c...
Russian Defence Ministry says that their Black Sea fleet flagship Moskva has sunk after a fire forced the vessel to be towed to port....
A Russian warship that was damaged by an explosion on Wednesday has sunk, Russia's defence ministry has said. Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, was being towed to port when "stormy seas" caused it to sin...
Chinese technology giant Alibaba will sack a manager accused of rape, according to a memo seen by the BBC. In the letter sent to employees of the firm, chief executive Daniel Zhang said two other bosses who failed to act on the a...
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Binge This!: Marvel's 'Black Widow' is out now in theaters and Disney+...
On Juneteenth, descendants of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells and Malcolm X share how their ancestors risked their lives for justice and how their work continues today....
Caught on camera: a San Jose teenager was punched in the head and, allegedly, called racial slurs during an Amateur Athletic Unions tournament basketball game in Oakland on Saturday....
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Killmonger and Klaue steal a Wakandan artifact from a London museum....
For years, one of the biggest days of the holiday shopping season was Black Friday. But in 2020, that could change. The coronavirus pandemic is fast-tracking big changes in retail that were already underway, pushing consumers into a digital future....