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US pauses new applications for student visas
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Why farmers around the world are bringing back ancient crops - and ancient animals! (R)
Wilson Maina inherited an unassuming khaki uniform that held a piece of Kenyan history (R)
In 2015 Canadian rockstar Gord Downie was given months to live, he went on one last tour (R)
How did Markus Persson create Minecraft, the most successful computer game ever?
Secretary of State Rubio says the pause would last "until further guidance is issued"
Using AI chatbots to recreate the voice or likeness of a loved one who has ed away. (R)
President Trump's istration is also expanding social media vetting of applicants
Many institutions rely on foreign students for a significant chunk of their funding
Simon Jack speaks to Matt Garman, Amazon Web Services' CEO, about the future of big tech
We're in for a tour of one of the world’s biggest rare earth processing plants
Achebe's English language novel from 1958 about life in Nigeria before colonialism
Recalling a past that wasn’t (R)
How did Markus Persson create Minecraft, the most successful computer game ever? (R)
A promise to return to his mother helped Antonio Salazar-Hobson through his darkest hours
Achebe's English language novel from 1958 about life in Nigeria before colonialism (R)
Social media vetting to be introduced
Simon Jack speaks to Matt Garman, Amazon Web Services' CEO, about the future of big tech (R)
The Panamanian government declares a state of emergency after mass layoffs.
Global temperatures are likely to be above 1.5C threshold over next five years
Joel Le Scouarnec had itted abusing nearly 300 people
A promise to return to his mother helped Antonio Salazar-Hobson through his darkest hours (R)
BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
Research finds screening methods to pick up cancer in dense breasts much earlier
A French court sentences the country's most prolific ever paedophile
Chip maker Nvidia's earnings in 2025 boomed in the first quarter despite export controls.
Kathleen McLaughlin investigates the multibillion-dollar global plasma industry
What it’s like to be diagnosed with life-threatening food allergies?
WFP says two people are reported to have died and several others injured in the incident
Research finds screening methods to pick up cancer in dense breasts much earlier (R)
Gaza warehouse broken into by 'hordes of hungry people', says WFP
Thursday 29 May 2025
