Pope Leo XIV has said Argentina's economy must benefit everyone including the poor, in a diplomatic but pointed critique of President Javier Milei's austerity measures. The Pope was speaking as he arrived in Buenos Aires, the second stop on a 12-day tour of Latin America, only three weeks ...
Pope Leo XIV has told reporters travelling with him to Latin America he is "in pretty good health", in his first comments on his condition since having surgery for lung cancer. The Pope has arrived in Uruguay, the first stop of a 12-day tour which he is undertaking only three weeks after h...
The King relishes the "tough parts" of his role and will continue to be used in "politically charged situations", a senior palace aide said at the end of the King's tour of the Caribbean. Over the past nine days, the King visited the Bahamas, Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda and has been use...
King Charles III has said the slave trade was a "shameful chapter of history" that "fills my heart with horror", in a speech to Commonwealth leaders. The UK monarch's comments came as he was formally opening the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) in Antigua and Barbuda. "We c...
Since the Trump administration launched its crackdown on undocumented immigrants two years ago, the waiting room of Cuban-born immigration lawyer, Ismael Labrador, in Miami is never empty. His appointment book is packed with relatives of detained immigrants trying to secure their release b...
It is too early to say what caused the building to collapse at around 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Wednesday, but officials say they are looking into the possibility of filing criminal charges. The structure was fully occupied by residents, and construction workers were performing excav...
Over the loud noise of her radio, Ann Marie did not hear the sound of the Brooklyn building behind her home collapse on Wednesday night, but she soon saw the flashing lights of fire department trucks rushing to the scene. When she made her way out to the wreckage, workers were still search...
A doctor who had been in an ongoing dispute over mould and other issues at his Washington DC apartment fatally shot his building's manager and fired at four others before killing himself, police say. Building manager James Stuart, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene, while four others wer...
BBC's Asma Khalid explains how the Nvidia affair could threaten US national security and risk sensitive US technology getting into China. This comes after Jensen Huang resigned as CEO of tech giant Nvidia after revelations of alleged extramarital affairs. Read more about the rise and fall ...
For the last few weeks, in addition to its usual payload of passengers, medicine, and supplies, Alaska Seaplanes has carried some unique cargo: midterm election ballots. The regional airline is a piece of a complex logistical puzzle that sees Alaskans' ballots cast by mail and in person ca...
Earlier this week, a sentinel reprimanded a group that included US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth at Arlington National Cemetery. The incident followed a wreath-laying ceremony marking Veterans Day. The Pentagon have since announced that Hegseth has given the soldier, Specialist Thomas Igl...
One person has been killed and four others injured after a gunman opened fire in Washington DC. The shooting began on Thursday morning local time inside a gym in an apartment building in the Logan Circle neighbourhood, which is about a mile (1.6km) north of the White House. Police said the...