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A Massachusetts judge has declared a mistrial in the murder case against Lindsay Clancy after jurors conceded they would not be able reach a unanimous verdict. Clancy, who faced three counts of first-degree murder, does not deny killing her children in 2023 but pleaded not guilty, with her lawyers arguing she was suffering from postpartum […]

There have been recent incidents of privacy breaches that have caught national attention. Last week, a police officer in Kentucky was charged after using the Flock system to track his ex-girlfriend – who filed a protection order – over 2,000 times. He was caught using Flock’s newly mandatory, AI-powered audit tool that flags suspicious use. […]

Hydropower continues to dominate large-scale investments in Nepal, and some climate activists say the funding has continued despite known disaster risks. The Upper Trishuli-1 project, which has been all but destroyed after last week’s floods, was one of Nepal’s largest foreign direct investment ventures, valued at about $647m. Its backers include the Asian Development Bank […]

Two people have been rescued from a tunnel in Nepal more than a week after flash flooding hit the Nepal-Tibet border, killing more than 1,300 people. Nepal’s army is continuing its search for survivors, but mud and rocks are making rescue efforts difficult. The BBC’s South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri, reporting from Nepal, describes how […]

US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend, reports say, as efforts to end the war appear to be gathering pace. The envoys will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday in Moscow, and then will hold talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday in Kyiv, Axios said, citing […]

Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja described him as a “symbol of unity” and praised his work raising awareness about HIV and Aids among young people. Opposition MPs also paid tribute, with acting opposition leader Patrick Nsamba Oshabe saying: “Heritage and development were never rivals in his hands.” President Museveni has ordered an official burial for the […]

The full impact of the flood in Tibet is unclear. China has released information through state media outlets showing the devastation around the border, but has given few details about the victims or the impact on local villagers. In Nepal, however, rescue operations are taking place at seven hydropower tunnels in which more than 150 […]

Attacks on military and defence targets are not new, although previous acts of sabotage linked to Russia include more puzzling targets – such as an Ikea store and a Polish paint store. The novelty now is the concentration of cases. “The intensity of military sites being attacked we’ve seen over the past couple of weeks […]

Rescuers pull two people from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after a massive flash flood devastated the Nepal-China border.

She described the impact of her father’s death on her mother Terri and her younger brother Robert, 22. “My mum lost the love of her life; my brother and I lost the greatest dad,” she wrote. “Grief never truly leaves us; we walk alongside it every day.” Bindi also shared details on how her daughter […]