UN: Parts of internet becoming `toxic waste dumps’ for hate
The U_N_ chief has warned on the day to remember victims of the Holocaust that “many parts of the internet are becoming toxic waste dumps for hate and vicious lies.”
BBC Arabic radio goes off air after 85 years
The Arabic language radio station is among 10 different language services that are ending, BBC says.
At least three dead amid Auckland flood emergency
Auckland has declared a state of emergency as flooding consumes the New Zealand city, with the death toll rising as rains continue.
Woodson expects to return as Hoosiers take on Buckeyes
Indiana Hoosiers coach Mike Woodson is expected to be back on the sideline for Saturday night’s game against Ohio State.
Trump claims he could solve Ukraine war in ‘24 hours’ and would build ‘impenetrable dome’ over US
One-term president says America needs own version of Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ air defence system
Authorities use GPS data to try to find missing device – as it happened
This blog is now closed. Follow our next Australia news live blog here when it launchesMissing radioactive capsule: WA officials admit it was weeks before anyone realised it was lostGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podc…
Brazil: dozens of indigenous children hospitalised amid health crisis
Health secretary of Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state, says 59 children in hospital, 45 of them from the Yanomami peopleDozens of indigenous children suffering from malnutrition and acute diseases have been hospitalised in northern Brazil, with r…