Meta's Metaverse App Is Vanishing From VR June 15Meta's biggest swing at creating a social network for VR is dying a quick death in June. Horizon Worlds, a platform that Meta said would be deemphasized for VR in favor of mobile earlier this year, is disappearing from VR on June 15.The news, which broke yesterday, was a shock to people like me who thought Meta would at least keep access to...

Ebo Taylor: Influential highlife and afrobeat musician dies at 90Getty ImagesEbo Taylor, pictured here in 2011, started performing in his teens in the 1950sEbo Taylor, the Ghanaian guitarist, composer and band leader whose work helped define the highlife genre and influenced generations of African musicians, has died at the age of 90, his family has announced.Born Deroy Taylor in the city of...

Four years into its full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia is feeling the effectsSteve RosenbergRussia editor, in LipetskBBCPosters offering large sums of money for joining the army are everywhere in RussiaAt first glance, Yelets in winter looks like something from a Russian fairy tale.From the embankment I spy the golden domes of Orthodox churches and, down below, ice fishermen dotted along the...

Child marriage in India: How football is helping girls fight against proposalsDivya AryaBBC World ServiceBBCNisha Vaishnav has quickly excelled at football, rising to play for the Rajasthan state team in 2024One hot summer evening when Nisha Vaishnav was 14, she and her 18-year-old sister Munna were at football practice when they noticed five adult strangers taking photos of them.Nisha soon...

China is trying to play peacemaker in the Iran war - will it work?41 minutes agoLaura BickerChina correspondent Getty ImagesXi Jinping is trying to mediate in the Middle East conflict As the war in the Middle East enters its second month, choking the world's energy supply and sending oil prices soaring, China is trying to step in as a peacemaker.It comes as President Donald Trump says US...