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British hygiene brand Dettol has apologised for an advert in China that it claims was meant to call out sexism, but has instead backfired. The five-minute long advert for a multipurpose disinfectant, styled like a micro drama, starts out with a man looking for a partner who is “clean” and “not tainted by other men”. […]

The victims included trainees and employees who were inside the building when the fire broke out, according to officials and relatives. “An inquiry has been initiated,” Brajesh Pathak, deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, whose capital is Lucknow, told reporters. “Authorities have been directed to ensure that such incidents do not happen in the […]

US Vice-President JD Vance travelled to Switzerland for the start of direct negotiations with Iran. Discussions were held at the luxury mountaintop resort of Bürgenstock. BBC correspondent Jessica Parker reports on the key points in the peace talks.

The attackers had demanded €160,000 (£138,000; $183,000) in bitcoin, but a national decision was taken not to pay. At hospitals still offline, IT teams raced to restore systems from backups. Most had relatively recent copies of their data – a key lesson. Regular backups allow organisations to recover more quickly. Within five days, most hospitals […]

“NHTSA is launching a special crash investigation into this crash,” an agency spokesperson said. A representative of Tesla, which is owned by trillionaire Elon Musk, did not respond to a request for comment on the crash or the investigation. The fatal crash occurred around 20:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Friday. The driver of a […]

Two years later, he provided invaluable career advice to Bruce Springsteen, who had recently signed to Columbia for the princely sum of $25,000. Watching the musician perform an early showcase, Davis noted that he rarely stepped away from the microphone, and offered a suggestion. “I said, ‘Don’t do it if it’s not natural for you, […]

Thirteen years after the gang rape of an Indian woman on a bus in the capital Delhi made global headlines, a new case that comes close in brutality inflicted on a woman has been reported from the northern state of Bihar. Campaigners say her story is also one of apathy from the police and medical […]

Leading Kenyan lawyer and former Justice Minister Martha Karua has been blocked from entering Uganda and ordered to return home, according to the Uganda Law Society. Karua had just arrived at the Entebbe airport to join a team defending her Ugandan lawyer colleague Erias Lukwago, with whom they have been representing detained opposition leader Kizza […]