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Zimbabwean novelist Sue Nyathi self-funded her debut novel and now asks who can afford to write at all.

From exploring their own backyard to travelling abroad, many Canadians are spending their money elsewhere to send a message to the US president.

In one of the world's fastest aging countries, older people are finding creative ways to stay healthy.

Officials say the blaze, near the port town of Omis, is one of the worst in Croatia's history.

Forcing the US president to go "hat-in-hand to Congress" for permission would be "dangerous", the administration says.

It marked the first time a court had heard Mangione describe how he committed a crime that garnered worldwide attention.

Women across the country speak of public floggings, losing their jobs, and barriers to healthcare that endanger lives.

Thousands of sailors on the Lincoln have reportedly faced food shortages and broken plumbing, with some considering jumping overboard.

Civil servants are entitled to extra money for working in difficult or dangerous cities around the world.

Five years after the Taliban swept to power, many are asking whether the West has any bargaining chips left

BBC journalist Ana Guerra-Moore looks at why investors who backed Wondermind Global are claiming the pop star failed to fulfil promises.

The Constitutional Council says it infringes upon freedom of expression - but President Macron vows to prepare a new draft.

Construction workers found the stash in the walls of a cellar while drilling to lay sewage pipes.

BBC's Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence.

A man is arrested after eight works by the French artist are found at a home in greater São Paulo.

The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport.

A new US report said China had moved goods through nations with lower tariffs to dodge higher levies.

Deivi Delfín and his brother moved to Colombia after a quake in Venezuela killed their mother, but were caught in another deadly disaster.

Attorneys for Mangione, who is accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, are meeting federal prosecutors on Friday.

Thousands of sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have reportedly faced food shortages and broken plumbing, with some considering jumping overboard.

BBC Verify has examined footage shared by a Virginia woman in which an ICE agent points his gun at her.

A jury in Chicago in the US awarded the sum to Michael Ryan's family after his widow Naoise Connolly Ryan brought a civil suit against Boeing.

Mangione faces two federal charges of stalking resulting in death, each carrying a maximum sentence of life in prison.

It comes after one of its planes suddenly lost altitude last week, with a number of passengers injured.

Under local regulations in the region, "it is forbidden to needlessly disturb, attract or pursue a polar bear".

The job requires managing a complex relationship with the media - as well Trump's high expectations.

A fifth has been reinstated, though an appeals board found that the whole group broke Hockey Canada's code of conduct.

Despite growing opposition to the death penalty, one state is behind the rising numbers.

The Black Sea location has been selected after Bulgarian singer Dara won this year's contest.

The UK government says it is "disrupting and deterring shadow fleet vessels" in accordance with the law.

Hakainde Hichilema wants five more years but continued cost of living pressures have dented his appeal.

Users of the popular streaming platform criticised allowing Amazon to use their data by dafault.

The accusations against Bruno Foucher prompted investigations into a potential security breach.

Two Palestinian families in the village of Qusra say they have been trapped in their homes, with water and power cut off, since Sunday.

A deleted video of Tamil star Vikram cuddling an endangered gibbon has triggered an inquiry into how the animal entered India.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, Dmitry Muratov says the Kremlin leader can only "destroy Ukraine, not conquer it", with the war now in its fifth year.

David McBride was jailed after pleading guilty to leaking military secrets about Afghanistan.

The outbreak, declared on 15 May, has caused more than 2,000 deaths, with thousands more reported cases.

In the comments, Kelce called Swift his "wife" for first time and said it was a "childhood dream" to wed at Madison Square Garden.

The president's approval numbers may be down, but in this Tennessee town, his support is as strong as ever.