Image copyright Jean Mary Garrett Almost all the fuel oil from the Japanese-owned ship that has caused a huge oil spill off the coast of Mauritius has been pumped out, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has said.
The operation had been a race against time, he added, amid fears that the MV Wakashio would break up.
The ship, believed to have been carrying 4,000 tonnes of fuel oil, ran aground on a coral reef on 2
Image copyright EPA The devastating explosion in Beirut is a grim reminder of a deeply troubling fact: the thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate unsafely stored in that city's port is not the only site at risk of spontaneous detonation.
In the Philippines, Ukraine, Georgia, Libya and Guinea-Bissau there are dangerous dumps of munitions left over from both past and present conflicts, some of them perilously close to residential areas.
According to the
Image copyright EPA Militants linked to the Islamic State group have seized a heavily-defended port in Mozambique after days of fighting, according to reports.
Local media say government forces that were in the far northern town of Mocimboa da Praia fled, many by boat, after Islamists stormed the port.
The town is close to the site of natural gas projects worth $60m (£46m).
In recent months militants have taken
Image copyright t.me/nexta_live For days Belarusians have had little information of the unrest filling their streets, with state-run TV making little attempt to report it and other websites and social media offline.
But one source of information that has attracted increasing numbers in this country of 9.5 million people is a channel on the popular Telegram messaging app called Nexta. Pronounced NEKH-ta, it has managed to
Image copyright Getty Images Sumner Redstone, one of the US media giants who shaped the modern entertainment industry, has died at the age of 97.
Redstone took over his father's drive-in movie theatre business National Amusements and turned it into a multi-billion dollar cinema and media empire.
It controlled names including Viacom, Paramount Pictures, CBS Corp and MTV.
His fearsome and fearless approach saw him take on top film executives and even feud with
Image copyright Getty Images It is not just American Democrats celebrating the choice of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's running mate, making her the first black woman and South Asian American to become a vice-presidential candidate.
People in India, Jamaica and Canada are also queuing up to heap praise on her.
The California senator was born in the US to parents of Indian and Jamaican heritage.
She also spent a good portion of her
Image copyright Reuters Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai - the most high-profile person to be detained under a controversial new security law - has warned young protesters they need to be "more cautious" now.
Mr Lai was arrested on Monday, and his newspaper offices raided by hundreds of police, in scenes that shocked many.
Speaking after his release on bail, Mr Lai told the BBC he believed his arrest was "
Image copyright Reuters At least 800 people died around the world because of coronavirus-related misinformation in the first three months of this year, researchers say.
A study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene says about 5,800 people were admitted to hospital as a result of false information on social media.
Many died from drinking methanol or alcohol-based cleaning products.
They
Image copyright Marjorie Taylor Greene A US businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory has won the Republican nomination for a seat in the House of Representatives.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is now expected to be elected in November to represent Georgia's heavily conservative 14th congressional district, and become QAnon's first devotee in Congress.
It comes amid a social media crackdown on the conspiracy theory.
QAnon says "deep-state" traitors are plotting against
Image copyright Getty Images Russia has dismissed mounting international concern over the safety of its locally developed Covid-19 vaccine as "absolutely groundless".
On Tuesday, it said a vaccine had been given regulatory approval after less than two months of testing on humans.
But experts were quick to raise concerns about the speed of Russia's work, and a growing list of countries have expressed scepticism.
Scientists in Germany, France,