Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media tycoon, has won an appeal against a fraud conviction in 2022, which had seen him sentenced to nearly six years in jail. On Thursday, Hong Kong's Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of Lai and another defendant who had been accused of illegally subletting …

Cuba says it shot dead four people on US-registered speedboat 3 hours ago Bernd Debusmann Jr ,White House reporter and Max Matza Four people shot dead by Cuban border guards in a US-registered speedboat were Cuban nationals living in the United States, Cuba's government said. In a statement posted online, …

Shot in school uniform: BBC reveals police order led to Gen Z protest killings 6 hours ago Subina Shrestha ,BBC Eye Investigationsand Deepak Kharel ,BBC Eye Investigations An order allowing the use of lethal fire against thousands of young, unarmed protesters in Nepal was issued by the country's former police …

Earth's heat to power 10,000 homes in renewable energy first for UK 1 hour ago Esme Stallard ,Climate and science reporterand Kate Stephens ,Senior science journalist The UK's first geothermal power plant is set to go live, providing a completely new type of renewable electricity using hot water from underground. …

6 hours ago Luke MintzBBC News Listen to an audio version of this article One morning in May 2024, Doris Suchet noticed something was amiss outside her flat in north Oxford. A chunk of pavement had been repainted into a parking bay for electric scooters. The box was labelled "E-scooter …

'The second home ban has breathed new life into my village' 5 hours ago Jo LonsdaleBBC North East and Cumbria Investigations Nearly eight years ago, Beadnell on the Northumberland coast became one of the first villages in the country to ban any homes built on new sites being used as …

Warning: This video contains graphic imagery of the victims of stabbings and shootings, as well as images of those killed in street violence One of the most powerful and feared criminal organisations in Mexico has unleashed a wave of violence across 20 Mexican states, following the death of drug lord …

'Fear is everywhere': BBC reports from Mexican city turned into war zone by drug cartel feud 13 hours ago Quentin SommervilleInternational correspondent, in Culiacán, Mexico Mexico's president has praised the special forces for "bringing down" the country's most wanted man, drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes. Oseguera, better known as "El …

Racism and 'poor' staff relationships factors in maternity care failings, report finds 6 hours ago Michael Buchanan ,Social affairs correspondentand Adam Eley ,BBC News Maternity services in England are failing "too many" families, with problems "at every stage" of the maternity journey, an interim report has found. Racism, staffing and …

Earlier this month, OpenAI launched a new platform called OpenAI Frontier for enterprises to build and manage agents, but OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap said that businesses haven’t yet seen AI adoption at scale. “One of the interesting things and some of the inspiration for the work we’ve been doing lately …