Britain’s ‘chat show king’ Michael Parkinson dies aged 88
Michael Parkinson, the veteran British chat show host whose decades-spanning career featured interviews with some of the world's highest-profile figures, ...
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Tax officials raid BBC India offices after critical documentary
By Uzair Rizvi Indian tax authorities raided the BBC's New Delhi and Mumbai offices on Tuesday, weeks after the broadcaster ...
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China arrests BBC journalist covering Covid protests
The BBC said on Sunday one of its journalists in China had been arrested and beaten by police while covering ...
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BBC urges Taliban U-turn after news broadcasts blocked
The BBC urged the Taliban on Sunday to reverse what it said was an order to remove international broadcasters from Afghan airwaves, ...
Read moreBBC pays ‘substantial sum’ to ex-Diana aide
London—The BBC said on Thursday it has paid a “substantial sum” and apologised to Princess Diana’s former private secretary over ...
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BBC announces internal probe into Diana interview fiasco
The BBC said Monday it would review its editorial policies and governance after an independent report found one of its ...
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BBC sets 450 job cuts in bid to achieve savings goal
The British Broadcasting Corp. on Wednesday said it will axe 450 newsroom jobs as part of plans to adapt “to ...
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Disinformation
It was bad enough that the world saw that the Philippines had elected a senator who appeared incapable of responding ...
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Trillanes’ latest meltdown
Hell hath no fury like an opposition senator embarrassed on the world stage. And so Senator Antonio Trillanes went on ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.