Image copyright Twitter/@ZiadAhmed Image caption Ziad Ahmed’s personal statement to Stanford put his activism front and centre. News that a high school student wrote nothing but #BlackLivesMatter on his personal statement in an application to California’s Stanford University – and got in – has been raising some eyebrows. Stanford University was ranked third in the […]
Media captionTravis was filmed being told he was going to watch Leicester City A US teenager who credits Leicester City’s title win with helping him to beat leukaemia will watch them in person for the first time later. Travis Hackett, 13, from San Diego, says the Foxes’ amazing feat helped him deal with his gruelling […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption White House Press Secretary says the paycheck covers 20 January until now US President Donald Trump is donating his first quarterly salary to the National Parks Service, a White House spokesman has said. Sean Spicer on Monday handed a cheque for $78,333 (£62,786) to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who oversees […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Roman Polanski fled the US ahead of his sentencing for statutory rape in 1978 Film-maker Roman Polanski has failed to win assurances from a US court that he will not face prison over a decades-old case involving sex with a minor. A judge rejected a motion by Polanski’s lawyers who […]
The biggest names in ice hockey have been competing at the Winter Games since Nagano in 1998 The best ice hockey players in the world will be missing from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after the National Hockey League said it will not allow players to go to the Games. The owners of the […]
The former director of the CIA has described President Trump’s travel ban as “misguided” in an interview with BBC Newsnight. You can watch the whole interview here. Former CIA boss: Trump travel ban ‘misguided’
Image copyright Mark King/Sunwing Airlines A pilot who was found drunk in the cockpit before a flight in Canada has been sentenced to eight months in jail, minus time already served. Miroslav Gronych, 37, a Slovak national, pleaded guilty on 21 March to being impaired while in control of an aircraft. He was arrested on […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The girl was hit while trying to climb back up onto a platform, police say A 13-year-old girl was killed after she dropped her mobile phone on to New York subway tracks and was struck by a train while trying to recover it. The girl, identified as Diana Kadribasic, […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Donald Trump called Abdul Fattah al-Sisi a “fantastic guy” after meeting him in September Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is to visit the White House for the first time since he led the military’s overthrow of his predecessor in 2013. Egypt has long been a staunch US ally, but ties […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Bill O’Reilly hosts Fox News’ most popular show The host of Fox News’ most popular show has said his position makes him “vulnerable to lawsuits” after it emerged at least five women have accused him of harassment. Bill O’Reilly released the statement after the New York Times reported he and […]
