BBC speaks with civilians inside Iran struggling with impact of war
Iranian authorities have imposed an internet ban but using trusted sources, special correspondent Fergal Keane hears from those traumatised by conflict and government repression.
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Iran activists tell BBC how threat of war intensifies trauma of repression
A dissident in Tehran says she feels helpless and under immense psychological pressure.
Iran Nobel winner released on bail for medical treatment: supporters
Iranian authorities on Sunday released Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi on bail following growing alarm over her health and she has already been transferred to Tehran for medical treatment, her supporters said. After 10 days of hospitalisation in Zanjan in northern
When retailers wait to reveal prices, shoppers fill in the blanks
Sometimes the price wasn't missing; its disclosure was just delayed. That's what Minzhe Xu, assistant professor of marketing in Iowa State University's Ivy College of Business, and his fellow researchers noticed when shopping online. A growing number of retailers were asking
Good vibrations for quantum communications: Engineers couple single phonon to single atomic spin
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated, for the first time, a single quantum of vibrational energy interacting with a single atomic spin, seeding a pathway to quantum technologies that use sound as an
Malaysians offer meals below $2 so nobody goes hungry, but is this sustainable as costs climb?
Malaysia's RM5 meals are becoming harder to find as rising costs squeeze both operators and consumers.
5 GOP battles that will drive the summer in Congress
While congressional Republicans have coalesced around a plan to fund immigration enforcement, there are plenty more intraparty battles that will make for rocky legislating for the summer. At the crux of many of the disputes is anxiety about the looming midterm elections that
Trump call's Iran's proposal 'totally unacceptable'
President Trump on Sunday slammed the Iranian government’s response to his administration’s peace proposal. The president wrote on his Truth Social platform, “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” The
The Bastl Kalimba is a wild synth that thinks it’s a thumb piano
Make no mistake, the Bastl Kalimba is a synthesizer, you just play it like a kalimba. Its tines don't really make much sound. There is an internal mic that you can blend in for a little acoustic spice, but it's mostly driven by the synth engine that combines physical modeling
Trump says federal agencies ‘must buy American’
President Trump on Sunday said federal agencies “must buy American,” doubling down on his push to prioritize the use of products manufactured, developed and produced in the United States. “ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES MUST BUY AMERICAN — NO EXCUSES! For decades, Washington politicians
California Democrat calls Virginia Supreme Court ruling on redistricting ‘disgraceful’
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Sunday called a recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling rolling back redistricting in the state “disgraceful,” saying the court “suckered the people of Virginia.” “So, what the Virginia Supreme Court did was not only wrong, it was disgraceful. They
US disappointed in Taiwan's smaller defense budget, official says
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, May 11 - The U.S. was disappointed in a move by Taiwan's opposition-controlled parliament to approve defense spending short of what Washington believes is needed, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday.
Kacey Musgraves Has Career-Best Opening Week With ‘Middle of Nowhere,’ as Michael Jackson Lands Two Albums in the Top 10
It’s anything but a dry spell commercially for Kacey Musgraves right now, as her “Middle of Nowhere” album debuted with the best opening-week numbers of her career to date, 100,000 equivalent album units. The recent Variety gover gal landed at a solid No. 3 with that figure.
Supreme Court decision on VRA 'sent us backwards in time': Booker
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) said Sunday that the Supreme Court sent the country “backwards in time” by declaring Louisiana's addition of a second majority-Black congressional district an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The high court ruled last month, in a 6-3
Abraham Foxman, influential leader of Anti-Defamation League, dies at 86
As the ADL’s national director for nearly 30 years, he battled antisemitism and other forms of prejudice, building the group into a powerful watchdog.
New AI office leases stoking hot Manhattan market
AI might one day wreak havoc on commercial real estate, as some fear. But at least right now, it’s only adding fire to the superheated Manhattan market.
Martin Short Opens Up About Daughter’s Death in New Interview: ‘It’s Been a Nightmare’
Speaking to CBS Sunday Morning for first time since daughter Katherine's suicide, actor says, "Mental health and cancer... are both diseases, and sometimes with diseases, they are terminal"
Pentagon Declassifies More UFO Sightings Though No Sight Of Little Green Space Dudes
Lifelong sky watchers seem a little let down after getting everything they asked for in newly uncovered, underwhelming evidence
Tourist hotspot at 'end of the world' denies causing hantavirus outbreak
The BBC reports from the city of Ushuaia, where experts have been sent to investigate the origins of the outbreak.
Savannah Guthrie Shares Mother’s Day Tribute to Her Missing Mom Nancy: ‘We Will Never Be at Peace Until We Find You’
“Today” host Savannah Guthrie took to Instagram on Sunday to post a heartfelt Mother’s Day tribute to her mom, Nancy, who has been missing since February. “Mother, daughter, sister, Nonie – we miss you with every breath,” Guthrie captioned her post. “We will never stop looking
Virginia Democrat: ‘All options on the table’ after redistricting state Supreme Court decision
Virginia Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D) on Sunday said “all options” are on the table for Democrats in the Old Dominion State as they respond to a ruling from the state Supreme Court striking their redistricting measure. The decision immediately eliminates four House seats that
His father had just been buried. Then West Bank settlers forced him to dig up the body
The UN human rights office condemns incident as "'appalling and emblematic of the dehumanisation of Palestinians" in the West Bank.
Rita Wilson on Her ‘Sound of a Woman’ Album, Growing Up a Music Lover in L.A. and the Advice From Nora Ephron and Bruce Springsteen That Kickstarted Her Second Act
Rita Wilson is hardly the first Hollywood actress who’s complained of a dearth of interesting parts for women, or to have met that by realizing that she might have to proactively create challenging roles for herself. What sets her further apart is that she’s taken to creating
Haggling prices and chasing debts - tradespeople hit with cost of living headache
More than half of tradespeople have seen an increase of late payments compared to a year ago, a survey finds.
French national shows symptoms on return from hantavirus-hit ship
Five passengers of the MV Hondius will be quarantined in Paris "until further notice", France's prime minister says.
Jailed Iranian peace laureate Mohammadi moved to hospital in Tehran
DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been moved to a hospital in the capital, Tehran, and has been granted a suspension of her sentence on heavy bail, a foundation run by her family said on Sunday. Mohammadi, 54, won the
