On Feb. 14, 2018, Sari Kaufman was a 15 year old high school student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, when a gunman opened fire and killed 17 people, a majority of…
The taekwondo black belt who runs the Nasdaq
Image copyright Nasdaq Image caption Adena Friedman has been the boss of the Nasdaq for more than two years The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week…
Why Canada is a guinea pig for global…
Image copyright Toronto Star via Getty Images Image caption Toronto is one of North America's largest cities Social media platform Instagram has unveiled a potential new change to its software - but perhaps unsurprisingly -…
German hotel guests found dead from crossbow bolts
Image copyright Google Image caption The traditional German hotel is situated in Bavaria, a rural area popular with hikers German police are investigating the deaths of three people who were found in a hotel impaled…
James Charles loses a million subscribers in a…
Image copyright Getty Images YouTube star James Charles has lost more than a million subscribers over the past week. According to the website Social Blade James Charles now has 14.6m subscribers - previously the figure…
The children growing up in a ‘motherless village’
Image caption Ely Susiawati with a photo of her mother In eastern Indonesia there are areas where almost all young mothers have gone to work abroad. Indonesians refer to these communities as the "motherless villages".…
Mays Brexit talks a mistake – Williamson
Image copyright Reuters Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit talks with the Labour Party are a "grave mistake", according to former defence secretary Gavin Williamson. Mrs May is hoping to reach a cross-party consensus on her…
Venice: Heres art on a staggering scale; some…
This week's invite only "Private View" of the Venice Biennale (which opens today) was one weird affair. It was like being dropped into the middle of a Wes Anderson movie. The place was heaving with…
Trump warm on China despite trade war
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionChinese Vice-Premier Liu He says talks should progress in a "principled" mannerPresident Donald Trump says US-China relations remain "very strong" despite the two countries being embroiled in…