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Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is in hospital in New York for emergency heart surgery, his lawyers have told BBC News. Lawyers for Weinstein said he was taken on Sunday evening from the Rikers Island jail to Bellevue hospital. They did not provide further details. His lawyers say he has been suffering from multiple health […]

American actor James Earl Jones, best known for being the voice of the Star Wars villain Darth Vader, has died aged 93. He died early on Monday morning surrounded by his family, agent Barry McPherson said. Jones starred in dozens of films including Field of Dreams, Coming To America, Conan the Barbarian and The Lion […]

A busy bridge in northern Vietnam has collapsed in the wake of super typhoon Yagi, plunging 10 cars and two scooters into the Red River, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc said on Monday. It is unclear if there were casualties resulting from the collapse of the Phong Chau bridge in Phu Tho province. At […]

Miami-Dade Police Department has started an internal investigation after Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was detained on his way to play in his NFL team’s season opener. A video on ESPN showed Hill lying on his front on the ground being handcuffed by police near to the Dolphins’ Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday for […]

Overlooking the clear waters of the South Pacific, a cyclone of controversy was about to descend on Fiji’s Pearl Resort & Spa. Standing on stage clutching a bouquet of flowers, 24-year-old MBA student Manshika Prasad had just been crowned Miss Fiji. But soon after, according to one of the judges, things at the beauty pageant […]

Boeing is offering its staff a 25% pay rise over four years in a bid to avoid a strike that could potentially shut down its assembly lines as early as Friday. Union leaders representing more than 30,000 employees have urged the workers to support the proposal, describing it as the best contract they had ever […]

Super typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, has killed at least 59 people and injured hundreds in northern Vietnam, according to local authorities. At least 44 victims were killed by landslides, the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Monday. Yagi, which made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday, has been downgraded […]

Warning: This story contains distressing details from the start. “This is like doomsday for me. I feel so much grief. Can you imagine what I’ve gone through watching my children dying?” says Amina. She’s lost six children. None of them lived past the age of three and another is now battling for her life. Seven-month-old […]

Seventeen pupils have died after a dormitory at a boarding school in central Kenya caught fire on Thursday night, the Ministry of Education has said. There were fears the death toll could rise on Friday morning, with 14 other children taken to hospital with injuries. More than 150 pupils were in the dormitory when it […]

Donald Trump said he would enlist Elon Musk to run a “government efficiency commission” if he wins a second term as US president. Speaking to the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Trump said the X owner had agreed to head a task force to conduct a “complete financial and performance audit of the […]