Israel-Gaza conflict: ‘There is no magic fix here’

Journalist Maria Ressa emphasised the importance of facts in journalism, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking to the website she co-founded, Rappler, she said :”When you don’t have facts, you don’t have truth, you don’t have trust”. Ms Ressa was one of two winners of this year’s prize, for using her platform to “expose…

Overview of the Earthquake A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck Southern California early this morning, causing widespread damage and panic across the region. The epicenter of the quake was located near the city of Los Angeles, with tremors felt as far away as San Diego, Las Vegas, and even parts of Arizona….

The previous game, Rainbow Six Siege, will continue to receive updates as the competitive team combat game in the series, Ubisoft said. It also announced it would be adding cross-play for players on different platforms – such as PC and Google Stadia, and Xbox and PlayStation – but not between PC and console.

Deaths from opioid use in the US have skyrocketed over the last year. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that 88,000 people had died from drug overdoses in the 12 month period ending in August 2020 – an increase of 27% on the previous year. The US authorities say…

Students in South Korea are sitting the college entrance exam, the Suneung, a gruelling eight-hour marathon. The stakes are really high, with students feeling the pressure to perform well to secure university placements, jobs and even future relationships. Three Korean students documented their journey for the BBC preparing for one of the hardest exams in…

Medecins sans Frontieres is calling for the cessation of violence between Israel and Palestinian militants because it is affecting the organisation’s ability to provide care, one of its medical coordinators has said. Every day more and more people were dying from the violence, Dr Natalie Thurtle told BBC World News. “The border to Gaza is…