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Who is Wilson "Lanmò San Jou" Joseph, the powerful Haitian gang leader whose house Bukele claims to have destroyed

Leader of 400 Mawozo, he has been formally accused by US authorities of kidnapping. Additionally, the FBI is offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to his capture.

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Route 66: The Little-Known History of America's Most Famous Highway

Route 66, which extends from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, passes through the ancestral territories of numerous indigenous peoples. However, for a long time their voices were left out of the narrative of the historic highway.

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Percevejos de cama: O cientista que decidiu dormir com os insetos - BBC News Brasil

O entomologista Richard Naylor cria milhares de percevejos em sua casa, no Reino Unido, para testar produtos de controle de pragas.

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The thermostat wars tearing couples apart: ‘It’s hard to feel sexy when you’re freezing cold’

Almost two-thirds of bedfellows disagree about the perfect room temperature – and the issue can affect office workers and housemates too. It oftens lead to subterfuge and skulduggery. So is there any way to reach a truce?

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Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is our Jason Robinson - Kevin Sinfield

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is the 2026 team's equivalent of Rugby World Cup winner Jason Robinson says assistant coach Kevin Sinfield.

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Kidnapper, 74, escapes from house arrest in Argentina by abseiling from balcony

Leonardo Bertulazzi, a former member of the Marxist guerrilla group the Red Brigades, was about to be extradited to his home country of Italy.

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Egyptian journalist's retrial adjourned as UN warns of 'assaults on press freedom'

Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah is being tried on the charge of "publishing false news" and potentially faces imprisonment.

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In pictures: serious riots in Barcelona and dozens of arrests in the first general strike in Spain in 14 years

With a disparate follow-up to the strike, Spaniards protested this Wednesday against the housing crisis and the high cost of living in the European country.

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The inspiring story of Zaher, the boy who lost both his legs in Sudan and received the support of his idol Vinicius Jr to play football again

Zaher spoke to the BBC World Service last year about his favorite footballer and his dream of being able to walk again and play ball with his friends.

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Rising Tide banned from using council land for protests at world’s largest coal port in Newcastle

NSW premier Chris Minns warned council would be complicit in any ‘illegal activities that occur at these protests’

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