Vitaly Shevchenko Russia editor, BBC Monitoring Getty Images In the fourth year of its full-scale invasion, Russia is still making billions for its war on Ukraine by selling fossil fuels abroad Russia has continued to make billions from fossil fuel exports to the West, data shows, helping to finance its full-scale invasion of Ukraine –…
Mykale Baker working in his graduation outfit – credit, Maria Mendoza A Georgia woman was so blown away by the work ethic of a teen who clocked in for a late evening shift at Burger King just after graduating high school, she decided to help with his college tuition. Setting up a GoFundMe to tell…
Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Getty Images Complaints about substandard living conditions in social housing are now more than five times higher than they were five years ago, a new report says Complaints about substandard living conditions in social housing in England are more than five times higher than five years ago, according to the housing…
260 years ago today, former Virginia governor and revolutionary Patrick Henry was not only born, but used his 29th birthday as an occasion to deliver a rousing speech is response to the British Parliament passing the Stamp Act. In response, Henry introduced the Stamp Act Resolves to the House of Burgesses in Virgina. Though his…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will spend more than £1bn to develop technology to speed up decisions on the battlefield. The funding will be one of the results of the government’s long-awaited strategic defence review which is due to be published in full on Monday. The government has committed to raising defence spending to 2.5%…
One of the Siamese crocodiles released – credit Phetpakay Bounhaxay © WCS While less than 1,000 Siamese crocodiles remain in the wild, community members in Laos have released ten of the rare animals into a local wetlands to boost the population. While crocodiles are not hunted, the species (Crocodylus siamensis) is ranked as Critically-Endangered by…
Sir Mark Rowley said police were carrying the “scar tissue” of austerity cuts Police will need more funding in next month’s spending review to meet the government’s pledges to cut crime, the head of the Metropolitan Police has told the BBC. Sir Mark Rowley praised the government’s “sensible ambition” to halve knife crime and violence…
93 years ago today, one of Europe’s greatest landscape engineering projects, the Afsuiltdijk, was completed in the Netherlands, proving that newly-mechanized Man could tame not only the land, but also the seas. The Afsuiltdijk closed off Zuiderzee (South Sea) Bay and converted it into a freshwater lake called IJsselmeer. In the previous 100 years, the…
Lucy Hooker Business reporter Getty Images Tens of thousands of energy customers are set to receive payouts of up to £1,000 each, and could see debts written off, in response to the scandal over the forced fitting of prepayment meters. Energy companies are paying out more £70m in compensation and financial support to customers. It…
Royal Veterinary College London student Jen Oraze with a sea turtle her team is putting through a CT scanner – credit RVC press. When a massive loggerhead sea turtle was hit by a boat and admitted to a Florida veterinary hospital, the doctors didn’t know what to do. They needed to ascertain the extent of…
