ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77

Members of the group have included founder and lead vocalist Billy Gibbons and the late Dusty Hill. When Hill died in 2021 , the group carried on performing with Elwood Francis as its bassist.

"Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas," Gibbons said.

"His signature backbeat was key to keeping ZZ on top. The band of which he was part for six decades is going


The Indian activist jailed after taking on a luxury hotel plan

Officials say the new five-star hotel, to be built across 10 acres, will bring investment, jobs and wealthier tourists to Kaziranga. But dozens of families say they are being displaced from land they have cultivated for generations.

The district administration says the land being used for the project is owned by the government.

Deputy Commissioner Biswajit Phukan told the BBC that most protesting families have land registered in their names or those of their ancestors, which has not been taken for the project.

"It is not disputed that


Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, court hears

The trial started off on Tuesday with a battle of words and facts.

Paul Schmidt, a lead attorney for Meta in the trial, directly addressed an internal research report that Megan O'Neill, a lead attorney for California, made part of the states' opening arguments.

The Meta document O'Neill showed the jury found that "1 in 5 teens says Instagram makes them feel worse".

Schmidt said: "That sounds pretty bad."

"What else does the document say?" Schmidt went on.


Japanese insurers court foreign investors to replace cross-shareholdings


Australian ambassador to Japan floats Indo-Pacific network to counter China


Japan reports increase in rental car accidents involving foreigners


Japan rice glut sends prices tumbling 40%, below production cost


Bluefin tuna quota increase agreed on as population recovers


How China got caught in the crossfire of a US bacon fight

A dispute over animal welfare and pork production has become the latest flashpoint in America’s increasingly heated farm politics

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Pigs are housed in pens at a commercial pork production facility. Photo: Handout

Midwestern Americans watching television this summer may have been surprised to see China and bacon appearing together in political advertisements.

“The corrupt Save Our Bacon scam in the farm bill – it’s a giveaway to Chinese corporations,

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Industry legend Warren Spector is retiring: 'I'm feeling like I've done what I set out to do'

The man who helped give us Ultima Underworld, System Shock, Deus Ex, and Epic Mickey is riding off into the sunset.