World-first trial of robotic arm that could help collect Martian and lunar samples

Autonomous vehicles could pick up, store and transport samples of the Moon and Mars, according to a new space rover…

What’s at stake in Mexico’s judicial system now that Congress has approved a sweeping overhaul

Mexico’s ruling party says judges in the current court system are corrupt, and wants to push through a extreme proposal…

The world is pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year

A new study finds that every year people create 57 million tons of plastic pollution. The material ends up everywhere,…

Xi proposes elevation of China-Africa relations to ‘strategic’ level at summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed to the assembled African leaders Thursday that relations with all African countries that have diplomatic…

Drought forces Kenya’s cattle herders to consider fish and camels

Kenyan farmers are being forced to adopt drought-resistant alternatives to the cattle they traditionally rear, as climate change complicates the…

What to know about the report into 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 in London

A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators and industry…

Bangladesh students forced out the prime minister. Where do things stand now?

A month ago, a student-led movement ousted Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, after weeks of protests and clashes that killed…

Michel Barnier named by Macron as new French prime minister | BBC News

French President Emmanuel Macron has named Michel Barnier as prime minister almost two months after France’s snap elections ended in…

US school shooting suspect, 14, quizzed by police last year | BBC News

A boy accused of killing four people at his high school in Georgia was interviewed last year by police about…

Armed man shot dead by police near Israeli consulate in Munich, Germany | BBC News

An armed man has been fatally shot by German police near the Nazi history centre and Israeli consulate in the…