US saw highest number of mass killings on record in 2019, database reveals
Researchers say 41 mass killings claimed 211 lives this year, even as the overall homicide rate fell. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt...
‘Gardening gives me a lot of peace’
Joanna is an urban gardener trying to reconnect with nature in Singapore. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2tVLB0l via IFTTT
Jeffrey Epstein case: FBI 'investigating Ghislaine Maxwell'
The British socialite and others are part of an inquiry into "people who facilitated" the financier. from BBC News - World https...
Smoking ban: Austria's cafe society calls time on cigarettes
Once dubbed the ashtray of Europe, Austria has finally banned smoking in restaurants, bars and cafes. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt...
Inside China's child pop star factory
Young, mostly female, wannabe stars are trained for a booming industry worth billions of dollars. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/362...
The African women standing up for change in 2019
Here are the women on the continent who've been shaking the table this year. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2EX4Vg8 via IFTTT
Trump impeachment: Lisa Murkowski 'disturbed' over co-ordination
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has pledged "total co-ordination" with the White House. from BBC News - World https://ift...
The bakery in a mental health hospital
In an unusual bakery in a mental health hospital outside Beijing, the patients are the bakers. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/37jxUa...
Radio silence: The Syrian broadcasters in exile
Emma Jane Kirby meets exiled journalists who are now off air, and have nowhere that feels like home. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/...
The island struggling to secure its future
After being hit by a hurricane, Puerto Rico is seeking ways to counter years of economic decline. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2t5...
The children at risk of eating themselves to death
"One sweet here, another one there - that could kill him," says a man whose son has Prader-Willi syndrome. from BBC News - World...
Ari Behn: Author and Norway princess's ex-husband dies aged 47
Author Ari Behn and the king's eldest child, Princess Martha Louise, divorced in 2017. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/39dEscb v...
Burkina Faso: Many women killed in jihadist attack
Burkina Faso has declared two days of national mourning after Tuesday's attack on a base and town. from BBC News - World https://ift.t...
We gave up Christmas to fight measles in Samoa
British doctors and nurses are battling to save children's lives from measles on Christmas Day. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3...
Executing a dictator: Open wounds of Romania's Christmas revolution
A bloody battle played out on the streets of Bucharest in 1989 as Romania's communist dictator fell. from BBC News - World https://ift...
The Christians helping Bethlehem shepherd families give birth safely
An ancient Christian order runs a maternity hospital in Bethlehem for people of all faiths and ethnicities. from BBC News - World https://...
Turkish artisans hand-craft bespoke cymbals for drummers
Artisans in Istanbul have been hand-crafting cymbals the same way for more than 600 years. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2sZlq8N v...
'I sent my seven-year-old across the border alone'
More parents are sending their children across the US-Mexico border alone to get around asylum rules. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt...
Kashmir crisis 2019: Between a rock and a hard place
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan looks back at a year in Kashmir, from the Pakistani perspective. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Zj6sX0 ...
NZ police call off search for missing volcano pair
Police said their decision "follows extensive shoreline and substantial aerial searches". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2...