Right-wing pundits are trying to use the polar vortex to discredit climate change concerns and Dems’ Green New Deal.
Pangolins: Hong Kong finds ‘record’ haul of scales in shipping container
Some eight tonnes of anteater scales are discovered in a shipping container in Hong Kong.
Australia weather: January was hottest month on record
For the first time, January saw average temperatures exceed 30C (86F) across the country.
Jussie Smollett: Police want to question two people over US actor attack
Police investigating the attack on Jussie Smollett want to speak to two “people of interest”.
South Korea sex abuse scandal: ‘My skating coach kissed and touched me’
A South Korean athlete who says she was physically and sexually abused by her coach tells her story.
‘My country is more dysfunctional than yours’
As the UK and US governments remain in gridlock, two BBC correspondents discuss the state of their nations.
Super Bowl fans on what happened to Take A Knee
Ahead of the Super Bowl in Atlanta, fans tell us how they feel about the movement three years on.
Why events in Iran 40 years ago matter
In 1979, a revolution brought massive change to Iran.
Sierra Leone has a national cleaning day once a month
A new campaign introduced by the country’s president, has called on people to get out on the streets and clean.
Polar vortex: How people are having fun in the freeze
Americans are getting creative as the US shivers in the worst cold snap in decades.