By bbc.com British airlines have been banned from landing at Russia’s airports and from crossing its airspace, the Russian civil aviation regulator has said. Russia…
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By Frank Gardner Imagine a world where encrypted, secret files are suddenly cracked open – something known as “the quantum apocalypse”. Put very simply,…
By BBC News US President Joe Biden says he would consider personal sanctions on Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine. Mr Biden said there…
By BBC News A Chinese company has announced ambitious plans to put a “fake moon” into space to brighten the night sky. According to the…
By BBC News Tributes have poured in from around the world for India’s top military commander, who died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday. Chief of Defense…
By BBC News India’s top military commander has been killed in a helicopter crash in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the country’s Air Force…
By BBC Yorkshire A decision to withdraw funding to support victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Rotherham has been criticized by the town’s MP.…
By Zaria Gorvett Scientists add some bizarre things to vaccines, such as aluminium and extracts from shark livers. Many vaccines simply don’t work without them…
By Khudai Noor Nasar Before the Taliban took power in Afghanistan last month, there were numerous influential social media users in the country who were…
By Gordon Corera Security correspondent, BBC News Doctors, scientists, intelligence agents and government officials have all been trying to find out what causes “Havana syndrome”…
A radio presenter died due to complications from the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, a coroner has found. Lisa Shaw, who worked for BBC Radio Newcastle, died at…
Soutik Biswas India correspondent India’s drug regulator has approved the world’s first DNA vaccine against Covid-19 for emergency use. The three-dose ZyCoV-D vaccine prevented…
By BBC.com A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to nine years in prison after he rode a motorbike into police officers while flying a…
The United Nations Human Rights Council has urged global action including reparations to “make amends” for racism against people of African descent. Its new report…
by Mary O’Connor Dominic Raab tells UK airlines not to fly over Belarus and bans Belarusian airlines flying into Britain. The UK government has told…
by Guy Hedgecoe The people of Madrid vote on Tuesday in a regional election that has brought management of the Covid pandemic under scrutiny and…
By BBC News Singer Ian Brown has pulled out of a festival appearance over his refusal to play events that “accept vaccination proof as condition…
By BBC News A Russian man in the US has pleaded guilty to plotting to extort money from the electric car company Tesla. Egor Igorevich…