How ancient ruins have become ‘arks’ for wildlife

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    Driving around Raub, a small town in Malaysia, it’s impossible to miss the prickly fruit that powers its economy. You can smell it from the steady stream of trucks winding through mountain roads, leaving a faint fragrance on their trails. You can see it too: the green spikes of a giant sculpture, murals painted fondly…

  • How ancient ruins have become ‘arks’ for wildlife

    Shielded from development and agriculture, many archaeological sites from ancient Greece have now become inadvertent safe harbours for plants and animals.

  • Huge anti-government protests in Tehran and other Iranian cities, videos show

    Other videos showed protesters chanting “Death to the dictator” – a reference to Khamenei – in the central city of Isfahan; “Long live the shah” in the northern city of Babol, and “Don’t be afraid, we are all together” in the north-western city of Tabriz. In the western city of Dezful, footage sent to BBC Persian showed a large crowd of…

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    Only a few hours after the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was removed from his palace, his job and his country by US special forces, Donald Trump was still marvelling about how it felt to monitor a live feed of the raid from his Mar-a-Lago mansion. He shared his feelings with Fox News. “If you could…

  • US involvement in Venezuela could last years, Trump says

    US President Donald Trump has said that his country’s involvement in Venezuela could last for years. He told the New York Times that “only time will tell” how long his administration would “oversee” the running of the South American nation following the seizure by US forces of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a raid on Saturday.…

  • Who was Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE?

    The woman shot dead by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis has been identified as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had just moved to the city. She was a prize-winning poet and a hobby guitarist, who city leaders have said was there as a legal observer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

  • ‘Hermès of durian’: The luxury fruit cashing in on China’s billion-dollar appetite

    Driving around Raub, a small town in Malaysia, it’s impossible to miss the prickly fruit that powers its economy. You can smell it from the steady stream of trucks winding through mountain roads, leaving a faint fragrance on their trails. You can see it too: the green spikes of a giant sculpture, murals painted fondly…

  • How ancient ruins have become ‘arks’ for wildlife

    Shielded from development and agriculture, many archaeological sites from ancient Greece have now become inadvertent safe harbours for plants and animals.

  • Huge anti-government protests in Tehran and other Iranian cities, videos show

    Other videos showed protesters chanting “Death to the dictator” – a reference to Khamenei – in the central city of Isfahan; “Long live the shah” in the northern city of Babol, and “Don’t be afraid, we are all together” in the north-western city of Tabriz. In the western city of Dezful, footage sent to BBC Persian showed a large crowd of…

  • Bowen: Trump risks pushing world back to age of empires

    Only a few hours after the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was removed from his palace, his job and his country by US special forces, Donald Trump was still marvelling about how it felt to monitor a live feed of the raid from his Mar-a-Lago mansion. He shared his feelings with Fox News. “If you could…

  • US involvement in Venezuela could last years, Trump says

    US President Donald Trump has said that his country’s involvement in Venezuela could last for years. He told the New York Times that “only time will tell” how long his administration would “oversee” the running of the South American nation following the seizure by US forces of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a raid on Saturday.…

  • Who was Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE?

    The woman shot dead by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis has been identified as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had just moved to the city. She was a prize-winning poet and a hobby guitarist, who city leaders have said was there as a legal observer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

  • ‘Hermès of durian’: The luxury fruit cashing in on China’s billion-dollar appetite

    Driving around Raub, a small town in Malaysia, it’s impossible to miss the prickly fruit that powers its economy. You can smell it from the steady stream of trucks winding through mountain roads, leaving a faint fragrance on their trails. You can see it too: the green spikes of a giant sculpture, murals painted fondly…

  • How ancient ruins have become ‘arks’ for wildlife

    Shielded from development and agriculture, many archaeological sites from ancient Greece have now become inadvertent safe harbours for plants and animals.

  • Huge anti-government protests in Tehran and other Iranian cities, videos show

    Other videos showed protesters chanting “Death to the dictator” – a reference to Khamenei – in the central city of Isfahan; “Long live the shah” in the northern city of Babol, and “Don’t be afraid, we are all together” in the north-western city of Tabriz. In the western city of Dezful, footage sent to BBC Persian showed a large crowd of…

  • Bowen: Trump risks pushing world back to age of empires

    Only a few hours after the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was removed from his palace, his job and his country by US special forces, Donald Trump was still marvelling about how it felt to monitor a live feed of the raid from his Mar-a-Lago mansion. He shared his feelings with Fox News. “If you could…

  • US involvement in Venezuela could last years, Trump says

    US President Donald Trump has said that his country’s involvement in Venezuela could last for years. He told the New York Times that “only time will tell” how long his administration would “oversee” the running of the South American nation following the seizure by US forces of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a raid on Saturday.…

  • Who was Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE?

    The woman shot dead by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis has been identified as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had just moved to the city. She was a prize-winning poet and a hobby guitarist, who city leaders have said was there as a legal observer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

  • ‘Hermès of durian’: The luxury fruit cashing in on China’s billion-dollar appetite

    Driving around Raub, a small town in Malaysia, it’s impossible to miss the prickly fruit that powers its economy. You can smell it from the steady stream of trucks winding through mountain roads, leaving a faint fragrance on their trails. You can see it too: the green spikes of a giant sculpture, murals painted fondly…

  • How ancient ruins have become ‘arks’ for wildlife

    Shielded from development and agriculture, many archaeological sites from ancient Greece have now become inadvertent safe harbours for plants and animals.

  • Huge anti-government protests in Tehran and other Iranian cities, videos show

    Other videos showed protesters chanting “Death to the dictator” – a reference to Khamenei – in the central city of Isfahan; “Long live the shah” in the northern city of Babol, and “Don’t be afraid, we are all together” in the north-western city of Tabriz. In the western city of Dezful, footage sent to BBC Persian showed a large crowd of…

  • Bowen: Trump risks pushing world back to age of empires

    Only a few hours after the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was removed from his palace, his job and his country by US special forces, Donald Trump was still marvelling about how it felt to monitor a live feed of the raid from his Mar-a-Lago mansion. He shared his feelings with Fox News. “If you could…

  • US involvement in Venezuela could last years, Trump says

    US President Donald Trump has said that his country’s involvement in Venezuela could last for years. He told the New York Times that “only time will tell” how long his administration would “oversee” the running of the South American nation following the seizure by US forces of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a raid on Saturday.…

  • Who was Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE?

    The woman shot dead by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis has been identified as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had just moved to the city. She was a prize-winning poet and a hobby guitarist, who city leaders have said was there as a legal observer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement…