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Month: March 2025
Why detecting methane is difficult but crucial work
From handheld to space-based, new methane detectors are making it easier to track the greenhouse gas.
Ghanaian MPs reintroduce controversial anti-LGBT bill
The bill prescribes a three-year jail term for people who identify as gay and five to 10 years for promoters and advocates.
Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, dies aged 82
The “9-5” singer met Dean outside a laundromat on the first day she arrived in Nashville as an 18-year-old aspiring singer.
One-year-olds among those raped during Sudan civil war, UN says
Children as young as one have been subjected to horrific sexual violence, a UN report finds.
What hurdles does Europe’s peace plan for Ukraine face?
Whatever words are used to frame the plan, enormous challenges lie ahead, the BBC’s Frank Gardner writes.
US tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go ahead on Tuesday, Trump says
Markets dropped after the US president confirmed the tariffs on America’s two biggest trading partners would be moving forward.
Thousands evacuated as Japan’s biggest fire in decades continues to burn
At least one person has died and more than 80 buildings have been damaged in the blaze.
Pope Francis ‘alert’ after respiratory failure
The Pope resumes mechanical ventilation after suffering two “acute respiratory failures” on Monday.
Gaza ceasefire in peril as Israel and Hamas hit impasse
Concern grows after Israel said it would block aid to Gaza unless Hamas accepted a new US proposal.