Image copyright Courtesy: Dr Muffazal Lakdawala Image caption Eman’s family says she hasn’t been able to leave home for 25 years now An Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest woman at 500kg (1,102lb), will soon be flown to India for weight reduction surgery. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 36, will be flown on […]
Archives for December 7, 2016
Donald Trump is Time magazine's Person of the Year
Image copyright Time US President-elect Donald Trump has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2016. The property tycoon and reality TV star completed one of the biggest upsets in political history when he beat Hillary Clinton to the White House. Mr Trump told NBC’s Today show shortly after the announcement it was […]
New Zealander says passport photo rejection 'not racist'
Image copyright Reuters/Richard Lee A New Zealander of Asian descent has shrugged off the rejection of a passport application photo by software because of his eyes. The system sent an error message after deciding Richard Lee’s eyes were closed, when they are clearly open. It was not racism he suggested. “It was a robot. No […]
Aleppo battle: Syria rebels 'withdraw from old city'
Media captionIn the past few weeks, the military have recaptured more than two thirds of the rebel-held enclave Syrian rebels have called for a five-day truce to allow the evacuation of civilians, after withdrawing from their last strongholds in Aleppo’s old city. They said civilians were in great danger and they would support any initiative […]
Pakistan International Airways flight crashes in north
Media captionFootage on social media shows what appears to be the crash site There were no survivors when a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 48 people on board crashed in the north of country, officials have said. Flight PK-661 went down on its way from Chitral to Islamabad. All on board, including the famous […]
Syria rebels 'withdraw from Old City' of Aleppo
Rebel fighters have pulled out of territory they’ve held for the last four years in Aleppo’s historic Old City, close to the ancient citadel. Their retreat marks another significant advance by the Syrian military and its allies. On Tuesday they captured the district of Shahaar. A small group of journalists were taken there on Wednesday […]
Cricket fans treated to spectacular Canberra sunset
Australia may have beaten New Zealand to claim a one-day cricket series victory on Tuesday night, but many spectators were more interested in the sunset at the ground. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The sunset cast brilliant shades of red and orange over Canberra’s Manuka Oval. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The spectacle […]
Chapecoense plane crash: Bolivia arrests LaMia airline boss
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Fans and relatives took part in a funeral service at the Chapecoense stadium on Saturday The authorities in Bolivia have arrested the head of the airline involved in a crash last week that killed 71 people, including most of the Brazilian football team, Chapecoense. Gustavo Vargas, a retired air […]
Smoke and mirrors
Image copyright Handstand Productions/ CAPS A big clinical trial in Malawi was expected to show children are less likely to die of pneumonia if they live in a home where food is cooked on a smoke-free stove rather than an open fire. Instead it suggests the stove makes no difference. Where does this leave a […]
Gridlocked city
Image copyright Kashif Masood Image caption Traffic jams have become a way of life in Bangalore The hottest topic of conversation in Bangalore these days is traffic, writes the BBC’s Geeta Pandey who spent 10 days in the southern Indian city recently. A few days ago, popular British author Jeffrey Archer was in the city […]
