India's holiest river is swollen with Covid victims

Hundreds of corpses have been found floating in the Ganges or buried in the sand of its banks.


Six announcements from Google developer conference

Google's annual conference unveils their latest tech. Here's what we found interesting.


Kabul attack: 'You have to be brave to send your child to school'

Mothers speak of their grief and fear after bomb blasts near a Kabul school killed at least 85 people, many of them schoolgirls.


People pay to watch me play chess

With chess surging in popularity, a group of young, charismatic players have built huge audiences online.


Schalke's Bundesliga agony: Champions for four minutes & 38 seconds

On the final day of the Bundesliga season in May 2001, Schalke were champions for four minutes and 38 seconds. It was agony.


Dust storm and destruction caused by cyclone Tauktae

Pakistan's biggest city is hit by a dust storm after the cyclone ravaged coastal India, killing at least 19.


Israel-Gaza: Netanyahu says militants 'set back by years'

The Israeli PM vows to continue hitting Hamas in Gaza, despite international pleas for a ceasefire.


Charles Grodin: Beethoven and The Heartbreak Kid actor dies aged 86

Grodin, who was best known for roles in Midnight Run and Beethoven, died of cancer, his son says.


Ceuta: Spain sends troops as 8,000 migrants enter enclave

PM Pedro Sánchez vows to restore order as migrants wade and swim into Ceuta from Morocco.


Ceuta: Spanish troops clear migrants from African enclave

Some 8,000 migrants have reached Ceuta on the Spanish-Morrocan border in two days, officials say.