REUTERSBreakdancing made its debut as an official sport at the 2024 Paris OlympicsBreakdancers have been urged to avoid headspinning after a dancer who developed a cone-shaped lump on his...

A "ring of fire" solar eclipse was seen from Easter Island, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina on 2 October.Solar eclipses happen when the Moon casts a shadow on Earth...

Twenty-two people have been killed and 117 injured in Israeli air strikes on central Beirut on Thursday evening, Lebanon's health ministry said. BBC reporters heard loud explosions echoing from...

Former President Barack Obama has appealed to Americans to vote for Kamala Harris, warning of a "tight" White House race between her and Donald Trump with less than a...

The British rapper and online personality Yung Filly has been charged over rape allegations in Australia.Real name Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, he is best known for his work with...

Tornadoes touch down in Florida ahead of hurricaneMultiple tornadoes have been reported across Florida as Hurricane Milton lashed the state. They were spotted in parts of south Florida, and...

AFPSpeculation over the wellbeing and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has become a hot topic across Africa this week.After attending the China-Africa summit in Beijing in early...

South Korean author Han Kang has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.The 53-year-old fiction writer is a former winner of the Man Booker International Prize for her 2007 novel...

EPAPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is meeting Volodymyr Zelensky in Downing Street, as the Ukrainian president seeks to shore up European support for his country's war effort.Zelensky said he...

Police in Guatemala raided five regional offices of British aid agency Save the Children on Monday as part of an investigation into alleged child abuse.Prosecutors requested information from US...

Syria’s foreign ministry has condemned a suspected Israeli air strike on an apartment building in Damascus that, it says, killed seven civilians.The ministry said women and children were among...

Getty ImagesThe White House’s address may be 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but the real road to the presidency runs through the state of Pennsylvania, the biggest prize among the electoral...