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More than 100 homes have been destroyed by a massive fire burning through Drammen in southern Norway, rescue officials said. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the area, around 30 miles west of Oslo. No casualties or missing people have been reported so far. Dozens of firefighters are working to extinguish the blaze, which […]

The rocket – named after Vikram Sarabhai, who is called the father of India’s space programme – is small and has the capacity to carry payloads of up to 350kg, Skyroot co-founder and CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana told the BBC before the launch. Chandana says today, access to space remains “a major bottleneck, with satellite […]

In the week after the sex-criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein died, Anya (not her real name) opened the door of her New York apartment. Outside was Epstein’s brother, Mark, telling her she had to leave, she says. Anya had lived for years in one of several flats on East 66th Street in Manhattan used by Jeffrey […]

Indian activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, on hunger strike for the past 20 days in Delhi, has been forcibly removed from his protest site. The 59-year-old had been protesting in support of an online satirical movement called the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) who are seeking educational reforms. The protesters had planned a march to India’s […]

She adds that she had always “hated” the surname she inherited from her father, which included a profanity that she was teased for at school. “I didn’t want to be associated with it,” she says. Changing her surname to match her mother’s felt like a relief and Maggie says she now feels “more like myself”. […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says efforts by Republicans in the state to pry power from Democrats are partisan political battles, and not motivated by race. “I don’t believe that there’s been a direct targeted history… in a way that suppresses minority voter participation,” he adds. He points out that Democrats have redrawn the maps […]

The US military says it is carrying out the seventh night of strikes on Iran since US President Donald Trump declared the temporary ceasefire agreement was “over”. “The strikes are designed to continue degrading Iranian military capabilities at the Commander in Chief’s direction,” the US military Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement. Iran’s Revolutionary […]

Ladd Keith, director of the Heat Resilience Initiative at the University of Arizona, told the BBC that other places could, like Phoenix, appoint a heat officer – someone to oversee initiatives and run communications among government offices. “It’s incredibly important to make someone responsible for heat because the problem is, if it’s no one’s responsibility, […]

For those born with Laron, there is hope in the form of a drug called Increlex. The medication, which was first developed 15 years ago, can result in increased height if administered during growth spurts. But accessing the drug can be difficult and it has several limitations – it can only be given to children […]

Growing up in a military family, Yeon-su was taught the South was the enemy. When she escaped, she tried to keep her distance from South Korean culture. But music found its way into her life. She made it out in 2011, before BTS debuted, before K-pop became a global sensation. Now, even listening to it, […]