Sharapova is playing at the Italian Open in Rome this week Maria Sharapova will miss the French Open after tournament officials decided not to give the two-time champion a wildcard. The Russian, 30, was ranked too low to gain direct entry as she continues her return from a 15-month drugs ban. “There can be a […]
Image copyright Webroot Image caption The ransomware has been identifed as WannaCry – here shown in a safe environment on a security researcher’s computer A massive ransomware campaign appears to have infected a number of organisations around the world. Computers in thousands of locations have apparently been locked by a program that demands $300 (£230) […]
Image copyright Getty Images US President Donald Trump has insisted he is not under investigation, as he dismissed the FBI director he fired as a “showboat” and “grandstander”. Mr Trump also revealed to NBC News it was his decision to sack James Comey. Mr Comey was leading an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the […]
Media captionThe two candidates, along with French citizens around the world, have voted Turnout in the French presidential election is so far sharply down on the past two polls as voters choose between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. A turnout of 65.3% was recorded at 17:00 local time (15:00 GMT) in an unpredictable campaign […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Germany’s defence minister (C) says veneration for Hitler’s armed forces has no place in the modern German army Inspections have been ordered at every German army barracks, after Nazi-era memorabilia was found at two of them. The defence ministry said the command came from the inspector general of the Bundeswehr […]
Media captionThe released Chibok girls received an official welcome in Abuja The 82 schoolgirls released by Boko Haram Islamist militants are to meet Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. They were escorted to the reception in the capital Abuja by armed soldiers, after a check-up at a medical centre. The girls were handed over on Saturday in […]
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption The landslide blanketed an area the equivalent of 50 football fields Forty-five people have been sentenced for their part in a landslide in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen that killed 73 people in 2015. Piles of waste soil and construction materials suddenly collapsed, engulfing a nearby district. The […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Strict election rules are now in place ahead of Sunday’s vote French President François Hollande has promised to “respond” after a hacking attack targeted presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron. He gave no further details but said he knew of the risks of such attacks because they had “happened elsewhere”. The French […]
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Demonstrators called it a “freedom march” and sang the national anthem Thousands of Polish opposition supporters have been marching in Warsaw to protest against what they see as curbs on democracy imposed by the governing party. The opposition Civic Platform (PO) has accused the Law and Justice Party (PiS) of […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Local residents tried to pull survivors out of the vehicle after the crash More than 30 people – almost all of them schoolchildren – have been killed in a bus crash in northern Tanzania, officials say. They say the bus plunged off the road in a steep ravine near the […]
