US & World

Video shows Bon Jovi helping woman to safety

[ad_1] Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi has been praised by police for helping a woman in distress who was on the ledge of a bridge in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shared a video of the Bon Jovi frontman and his team who were at the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge when the woman was standing precariously over the Cumberland River. Bon Jovi, 62, and others
US & World

Obituary: Alberto Fujimori

[ad_1] ReutersAlberto Fujimori was sentenced for human rights abusesThe controversial former Peruvian president, Alberto Fujimori has died aged 86.To his supporters, Fujimori was the president who saved Peru from the twin evils of terrorism and economic collapse.To his opponents, he was an authoritarian strongman who rode roughshod over the country's democratic institutions to preserve his hold on power.In 2009, he was sentenced to 25 years in jail for human rights
US & World

Malawi’s growing industry to beat climate change

[ad_1] Anne Okumu/BBCA small-scale farmer in northern Malawi, Emily Nkhana used to discard over-ripe bananas or just let them rot, but she has now found a profitable use for them - banana wine.Extreme heat was causing bananas to ripen too quickly, resulting in heavy losses for Ms Nkhana and many other farmers who live in Karonga district. “Then we discovered how to make banana wine,” she tells the BBC, as
US & World

Clashes outside Argentine Congress after veto of pension rise

[ad_1] There have been fierce clashes between protesters and police in Buenos Aires, after thousands of people gathered outside Argentina's Congress to demonstrate against the president's veto of a rise in pensions.Video shows protesters, many of them pensioners, tearing down fences and entering the Congress area, before officers fired pepper spray and rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse the crowd.Politicians supporting the pension rise failed to win the two-thirds
US & World

Boeing boss makes last-ditch plea to workers ahead of strike vote

[ad_1] Boeing's new chief executive Kelly Ortberg has pleaded with workers to not go on strike as it would put the company's "recovery in jeopardy".It comes hours ahead of a crucial union vote that could trigger industrial action at the embattled company.The aviation giant's executives and union representatives reached a deal earlier this week that includes a 25% pay rise over four years but it has yet to be approved
US & World

Jon Bon Jovi praised for talking woman off bridge in Nashville

[ad_1] Getty ImagesJon Bon Jovi (image from earlier this year) Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi has been praised by police for helping a woman in distress who was on the ledge of a bridge in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night.The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shared a video of the Bon Jovi frontman and his team who were at the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge when the woman was standing precariously over