'We need real peace': Easter truce fails to lift grim mood in war-torn Ukraine33 minutes agoSarah RainsfordEastern Europe correspondent, Kharkiv BBCPeople line up to be doused in holy water by a priest in KharkivAn Orthodox Easter truce agreed by Russia and Ukraine came into force on Saturday afternoon but 38 minutes later we heard air raid sirens in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.Since...

More than a decade later, the team behind N++ is back with a multiplayer sequelBack in 2015, the two-person studio Metanet released N++, a brutally hard 2D platformer that was a decade in the making, building off of previous releases dating back to the freeware Flash title N. At the time, cofounder Raigan Burns issued some famous last words: “We hope it’s not another 10 years before we come up...

Giant robot tribute to Brazil's Lula leads start of Rio CarnivalA tribute to Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has marked the first day of the iconic carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro.The samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói traced Lula's life as a boy growing up in poverty in the Brazilian northeast, to a metalworker, union leader and then president, showcasing giant figures to...

Uttar Pradesh: In India's 'glass city' Firozabad, the Iran war is threatening jobsA faraway conflict threatens livelihoods in India's glass hub6 hours agoArunoday MukharjiBBC NewsPritam Roy/BBCSanjay Jain says production at his glass bangle factory has dropped in the past few weeksTensions in the Middle East are rippling far beyond the region - and are now being felt in India's "glass city"...

OSHA probing worker death at SpaceX’s Starbase site A worker died at SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in South Texas on Friday, and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has opened an investigation. The San Antonio Express-News reported Monday that the unidentified victim died at around 4:17 a.m. local time on May 15, citing OSHA and local officials. The Wall Street Journal...