Tessa Wong BBC News, Asia Digital Reporter Reuters The Liaoning, seen here in a 2018 file photo, is one of two Chinese aircraft carriers taking part in the drill A Chinese naval drill near Japan has sparked concern from Tokyo, which in recent days lodged a protest with Beijing and made the rare decision to...
A university in Nigeria has sparked outrage after a video went viral showing female students being touched to see if they were wearing bras before taking part in an exam. In the footage, female staff at Olabisi Onabanjo University in south-western Ogun State are seen touching some students’ chests as they queue to enter an...
Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West Ashburton Swimming Pool Ashburton Swimming Pool said the repairs to the deep end wall cost more than £50,000 A community swimming pool in south Devon is undergoing repairs due to significant damage. Ashburton Swimming Pool said contractors identified “lots of cracks” at the deep end of the pool, causing...
Police are appealing for information after a knifepoint robbery in Kingsbridge. Devon and Cornwall Police said a man entered Morrison’s Daily on Fore Street at about 21:55 BST on Tuesday, wielding a penknife and demanding money from staff. The man, described as a white male in his 30s and about 6ft (1.8m) tall, was wearing...
PA Media The oak tree was estimated to be up to 500 years old The cutting down of an ancient oak tree in north London is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police. The remains of the oak, estimated to be up to 500 years old, were discovered by council workers last week in Whitewebbs Park,...
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Getty Images India’s commerce minister said Indian start-ups should focus more on the high-tech sector India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s recent comments about the country’s start-up ecosystem have sparked a massive debate on social media and evoked strong reactions from some entrepreneurs. At the second edition of Startup Mahakumbh, a...
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Getty Images Sam Altman is the founder of artificial intelligence research company OpenAI India is a cricket-crazy nation, and it seems the AI chatbot ChatGPT hasn’t missed that fact. So, when its founder Sam Altman fed it the prompt: “Sam Altman as a cricket player in anime style”, the bot...