The extra miles
Image copyright Steve and Paula Boone Image caption Steve and Paula Boone have run more than 1,000 marathons between them Why are more people running marathons in all 50 states - and what does it say about modern America?In 1988,
WHO chief ‘rethinking’ Robert Mugabe’s appointment
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Robert Mugabe is frequently taken to task over human rights abuses The new head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is rethinking a plan to appoint Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador.Dr Tedros
Catalonia independence: Puigdemont ‘will not accept’ Rajoy plan
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Mr Puigdemont said Madrid had refused offers of dialogue Catalan President Carles Puigdemont says Catalonia will not accept Madrid's plan to curb the region's autonomy.In a statement, he described the imposition of direct rule as
Czech election: Billionaire Babis secures big early lead
Image copyright AFP Image caption Andrej Babis, 63, is the second-richest man in the Czech Republic A populist billionaire candidate has taken the lead in partial results from the Czech Republic's general election.Andrej Babis's centrist movement ANO had more than
Military cadets killed in Kabul minibus suicide bombing
Image copyright Nasir Behzad, BBC Afghan Service Image caption Saturday's suicide bomb came as Afghans were grieving multiple deaths in two attacks on mosques At least 15 military cadets have been killed in a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghan officials
Several injured in Munich knife attack
Image copyright AFP Image caption Police said no motive had been established Several people have been lightly injured by a man wielding a knife in the German city of Munich, police said.Officers are searching for the attacker, who fled the
Catalonia vote: Spain expected to impose direct rule
Image copyright AFP Image caption Catalonia's independence referendum has thrown the country into crisis The Spanish cabinet is expected to approve measures allowing the government to impose direct rule over Catalonia.Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy meets with his cabinet almost three
King Felipe VI says Catalonia ‘will remain’ Spanish
Image copyright AFP Spain's King Felipe VI has said Catalonia "is and will remain" an essential part of the country.It is his second intervention in the Catalonia secession crisis.He told an awards ceremony in the northern city of Oviedo that
Pablo Neruda ‘did not die of cancer’, say experts
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of prostate cancer, forensic experts have said.The Nobel Laureate was said to have died of cancer in 1973, less than two weeks after a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. But his
What golden age?
Image caption Isabel (L) and Caris are cheerful but say the crisis has ruined their retirement plans Isabel Dubuc is a youthful 87 years old. She's a petite woman but has a big smile and an even bigger voice. She