Brazilian tycoon arrested after lawyers send prosecutors the wrong tape
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Batista has denied hiding any evidence from prosecutors A Brazilian billionaire at the centre of a corruption case involving President Michel Temer has handed himself in to federal police officers in the city of
Hurricane Irma: Eye of storm hits Florida west coast
The centre of Hurricane Irma has hit mainland Florida, just south of Naples, amid warnings of storm surges as high as 15ft (4.5m).Irma has been downgraded to a category three storm, but made landfall on Marco Island off Florida's west
China looks at plans to ban petrol and diesel cars
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption China wants more electric cars on the road to fight pollution China, the world's biggest car market, plans to ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol cars and vans. The country's vice
Bell Pottinger’s Middle East arm seeks split as collapse looms
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Bell Pottinger's troubles began with a controversial South African campaign Bell Pottinger's Middle Eastern arm is in talks with its London parent to separate amid reports the public relations firm is nearing collapse. "We're
North Korea: Nato chief says global response needed
Image copyright KCNA Image caption Kim Jong-un attended a celebration for the country's nuclear scientists and engineers after its latest test Nato's general secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, has said North Korea's nuclear programme "is a global threat and requires a global
Former governor Mikheil Saakashvili stopped at Ukraine border
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Saakashvili pictured aboard his halted train in Poland A train carrying the former president of Georgia and one-time governor in Ukraine Mikheil Saakashvili has been stopped on its way to Ukraine.Mr Saakashvili is a
Rohingya crisis: Myanmar rebuffs rebel ceasefire
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWho is burning down Rohingya villages? Myanmar has brushed off a one-month unilateral ceasefire announced by a Rohingya militant group in Rakhine.The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) announced a truce on Sunday,
Italy flooding kills six people in Livorno
Image copyright VIGILI DEL FUOCO Image caption Italian rescue services issued this photo of the flooded Livorno area At least six people have been killed after heavy rainstorms and flooding in the Italian city of Livorno. Four members of a
Writing Letters
My mother and her sisters engage in what is increasingly becoming a lost art form—writing letters. Each week they pen personal words to each other with such consistency that one of their mail-carriers worries when he doesn’t have something to
Missionary Weapons (1)
Worshiping in Everyday Occasions. We presume that we would be ready for battle if confronted with a great crisis, but it is not the crisis that builds something within us— it simply reveals what we are made of already. Do