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Nadeshiko's Saki Kumagai a finalist for BBC honor
With over 100 international caps and six seasons of service for women's soccer titan Olympique Lyonnais, defender Saki Kumagai is already recognized by those in the know as one of the sport's top players. Now the rest of the world will have a chance to ...
A group of American hackers who once worked for U.S. intelligence agencies helped the United Arab Emirates spy on a BBC host, the chairman of Al Jazeera and other prominent Arab media figures during a tense 2017 confrontation pitting the UAE and its allies ...
Islamic State teen's Dutch husband says he wants to head home with her and baby
The Dutch husband of Shamima Begum, a British-born teenager who fled to join Islamic State, wants to live with her in the Netherlands, the BBC reported Sunday after finding him in Syria. Yago Riedijk, who is being held in a Kurdish-run detention center in northeast ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation asked the White House for a review of security arrangements on Tuesday after a BBC cameraman was assaulted at a Donald Trump rally. BBC cameraman Ron Skeans was attacked by a Trump supporter yelling anti-media slogans during the U.S. president's rally ...
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has called on Britain to return "more than 80 tons of gold" reserves deposited in London instead of sending humanitarian aid, in an interview with the BBC. Venezuela is in the midst of an economic crisis as millions of people face ...
Two Japanese make it onto BBC's '100 Influential Women of the Year' List
Two Japanese women, a 23-year-old astronomer and a 90-year-old English learner, have been included in the world's 100 influential women of the year selected by British broadcaster BBC. Yuki Okoda, a graduate student of physics at University of Tokyo's School of Science, was the first ...
Singer Cliff Richard wins BBC privacy case, sparking media alarm
Veteran British pop star Cliff Richard won a privacy case against the BBC on Wednesday after it broadcast live on television a police raid on his home, in a ruling the broadcaster warned threatened press freedom. High Court Judge Anthony Mann said the BBC had ...
Matt LeBlanc of 'Friends' fame to step down as BBC 'Top Gear' host, citing travel demands
Matt LeBlanc, former star of 1990s U.S. hit comedy "Friends," said on Thursday he will step down as co-host of the BBC motoring program "Top Gear" after the next series. The American actor, who achieved global fame as Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom, was ...
Jimmy Armfield, ex-England captain and distinguished broadcaster, dies at age 82
Jimmy Armfield, a former England captain who led Leeds to the European Cup final as a manager before a distinguished career in broadcasting, has died. He was 82. The Professional Footballers' Association said Armfield died early Monday morning. Armfield had been fighting cancer for the ...
Debate continues over mothers taking their babies to work
The hashtag #KozurekaigiOK, which translates roughly as “It’s OK to bring a child to a meeting,” began trending in late November. The trigger was a female politician’s decision to bring her child to a Kumamoto assembly session, which sparked a nationwide debate on child ...
BBC editor Carrie Gracie quits China post over pay discrimination against women
The BBC's China editor has resigned her position in Beijing in protest over what she called a failure to sufficiently address a gap in compensation between men and women at the public broadcaster. Carrie Gracie's departure is the latest aftershock from the BBC's forced publication ...
Japan midfielder Yosuke Ideguchi set to join Leeds United: report
Japan international midfielder Yosuke Ideguchi is set to join English second-tier club Leeds United from Gamba Osaka on a deal worth about £500,000, according to a report published Monday on the BBC's website. Ideguchi will join the Championship side in January, but will be sent ...
