Media captionWATCH: First look at the Galaxy Fold and S10 models Samsung has unveiled a foldable smartphone – the Galaxy Fold – alongside a 5G Galaxy S10 handset and three other Galaxy S10 mobiles. The Fold will go on sale in just over two months time, earlier than many expected. The Galaxy S10 5G features […]
Media captionShamima Begum: ‘I got tricked and I was hoping someone would have sympathy with me’ Shamima Begum is not a Bangladeshi citizen and there is “no question” of her being allowed into the country, Bangladesh’s ministry of foreign affairs has said. The UK has stripped the 19-year-old – who fled London to join Islamic […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Fang Fenghui with President Xi Jinping in 2017 A former high-ranking Chinese general has been sentenced to life in jail for corruption, state media reports. Fang Fenghui, ex-chief of joint staff of the People’s Liberation Army, was found guilty of bribery and having huge wealth that he had been unable […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption China has been accused of imprisoning Uighurs on a mass scale An ethnically Uighur Australian has called on his government to help “save” his wife and baby son, saying they are at risk of being detained in China. The man says he was separated from his wife, a Chinese […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption China has been accused of imprisoning Uighurs on a mass scale An ethnically Uighur Australian has called on his government to help “save” his wife and baby son, saying they are at risk of being detained in China. The man says he was separated from his wife, a Chinese […]
Image copyright Getty Images Indian billionaire businessman Anil Ambani is facing a prison sentence after a deal between his cash-strapped firm Reliance Communications (RCom) and telecoms giant Ericsson collapsed. Ericsson is owed 5.5bn rupees (£59.3m) by RCom under the terms of an agreement to manage and operate its network. RCom failed to comply with India’s […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Fang Fenghui with President Xi Jinping in 2017 A former high-ranking Chinese general has been sentenced to life in jail for corruption, state media reports. Fang Fenghui, ex-chief of joint staff of the People’s Liberation Army, was found guilty of bribery and having huge wealth that he had been unable […]
About half the world’s legal poppy straw is harvested in Australia’s smallest state, Tasmania. Poppies form the base for common medicines such as codeine and morphine, making them big business globally. But efforts to curb the US opioid crisis are eroding that demand – threatening the livelihoods of Tasmanian farmers. Video by Simon Atkinson. Poppy […]
Image copyright Facebook/PersonalisedPlatesQueensland If a personalised number plate simply isn’t enough to express your complex personality, worry not – soon you will be able to add an emoji to the mix. Ok, you’ll have to move to Queensland, Australia – but once that’s sorted, you can get your own little smiley starting next month. The […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Mr Khan called on India to provide evidence to support its claims that Pakistan was involved Pakistan has warned it will retaliate if India takes military action against it after a militant attack on Indian forces in Indian-administered Kashmir. Prime Minister Imran Khan went on television to call on India […]
