That explains why Muna’s music always feels propulsive. “If you’re not sweating after the first song, come on,” laughs McPherson. With an ever-growing fanbase, they’ll play their biggest ever tour this autumn, titled the Gets So Hot Tour after the album’s opening track – although the band previously joked it would be called “The Midwest […]
Continue ReadingOne opposition MP, who asked not to be identified, put it more bluntly. “Ninety-nine per cent of these young people on the street have no clue how the ministry of defence is operating, how the general staff is operating,” he said. “They think Fedorov is good because he wants to fight with drones and Syrskyi […]
Continue ReadingA wildfire near Madrid is “beyond the capacity” of firefighters to contain, Spanish officials have warned, after three fires west of the capital merged into a single blaze. Spain’s government has declared a national emergency after blazes spun out of control in several areas close to Madrid, prompting the evacuation of at least 30,000 people. […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have voted to dismiss Karim Khan as chief prosecutor for alleged sexual misconduct. Elected the ICC’s third prosecutor in 2021, Khan was suspended last month. The decision to remove him was passed with 82 votes in favour. The court’s oversight body found in June he had committed a […]
Continue ReadingA PlayStation Network outage which left some gamers unable to play digital games for hours has been resolved. According to Down Detector, which tracks outages, tens of thousands of people reported problems globally, external with the service on Friday. The outage, which affected gamers’ ability to launch games, apps or network features on their PlayStation, […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump says the US will launch an investigation into the European Union and threatened a fresh tariff over fines handed to some of the biggest American tech companies. It comes days after the European Commission fined Google €890m ($1bn) for operating in a way that squeezed out competitors to its services. In a post […]
Continue ReadingAt least 15 people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, including 10 dead in ballistic missile strikes on an exhibition near Kyiv showcasing drone technology. Writing on social media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said some 100 people had been injured in the daytime attack on the exhibition, attended by prominent members of the […]
Continue ReadingThousands of people have taken to the streets in the Indian capital Delhi as part of the cockroach protests, calling for educational reforms and the resignation of a government minister. BBC Verify has been analysing videos from across the capital, which show security officers firing so-called pellet guns towards protesters. The Central Reserve Police Force […]
Continue ReadingThe world of chess has been thrown into turmoil after the president of the International Chess Federation (Fide), Arkady Dvorkovich, said he was stepping aside because he was included on the European Union’s latest sanctions list. Dvorkovich, 54, a former deputy prime minister of Russia and adviser to the Kremlin, now faces an EU travel […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s president has approved the country’s largest military expansion in recent times – an attempt to tackle the slew of security challenges plaguing the nation. Bola Tinubu has greenlit the recruitment of 28,000 extra soldiers and the creation of four new army divisions, which will take the total number up to 12. Nigeria’s government is […]
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