[ad_1] South Korean carmaking giant Hyundai has unveiled $21bn (£16.3bn) of investment in the US just days before President Donald Trump is set to impose new tariffs on trading partners.The plan includes a new $5.8bn steel plant in the southern state of Louisiana.Hyundai also said it will expand its American vehicle production and invest billions of dollars in new technology including autonomous driving and artificial intelligence (AI). "This investment is
[ad_1] A man who fell into a large sinkhole in South Korea's capital Seoul has been found dead, according to the local fire department.The man was riding his motorbike in the Gangdong district when the road caved in at about 18:30 local time (09:30 GMT) on Monday.Rescuers found his body underground on Tuesday morning around 11:00 local time, about 50m (164ft) from where he had fallen in.A car driver was
[ad_1] Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD has reported annual revenue for 2024 that has leapfrogged rival Tesla.The Shenzhen-based firm says revenue rose by 29% to come in at 777 billion yuan ($107bn; £83bn), boosted by sales of its hybrid vehicles. This topped the $97.7bn reported by Elon Musk's Tesla.BYD has also just launched a lower-priced car to rival Tesla's Model 3, which has long been the top selling EV
[ad_1] Mark SavageMusic CorrespondentLottery WinnersThe Lottery Winners (left-right): Robert Lally, Thom Rylance, Joe Singleton and Katie LloydThom Rylance, frontman of indie band The Lottery Winners, has experienced panic attacks since he was a child. But he'd never had one on stage... until last month."I've got this other, outgoing version of me that does the shows, and he just turns up every time," the singer explains."I don't really know him, and
[ad_1] Jessica BradleyBBC News, YorkshireDurham UniversityTom Moore, head of the department of archaeology at Durham University said the size and scale of the hoard is "exceptional"Archaeologists have helped uncover one of the "largest and most important" Iron Age finds in the UK.The Melsonby Hoard was discovered in a field near Melsonby, North Yorkshire, by metal detectorist Peter Heads and excavated with the help of Durham University.It includes more than 800
[ad_1] Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesOropouche virus, spread by biting midges and some mosquitoes, is on the listThe UK has a new watch list of 24 infectious diseases that could pose the greatest future threat to public health. Some are viruses with global pandemic potential - like Covid - while others are illnesses that have no existing treatments or could cause significant harm. Avian, or bird, flu is
[ad_1] Andrew RogersBBC NewsbeatBBCMax shared his recent gonorrhoea diagnosis online and wants to end some of the stigma around the STIMax was in the shower when he got a call few would want. "My phone is connected to a speaker in the shower. That goes off, and I'm like: 'Oh no'," he says.He was told he'd tested positive for gonorrhoea.His was one of more than 85,000 cases in England last
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has been gifted a new portrait from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin - while trashing an existing painting of him as "truly the worst".The new portrait has not been shown publicly. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described it as a "personal gift", adding that only Putin himself could disclose further details. Meanwhile, Trump took to Truth Social to criticise an earlier picture of him that hung
[ad_1] Helen CattPolitical correspondentIan DuffieldIan Duffield and his wife Linda put £234,000 of their pension savings into Neil Woodford's fundPeople who lost tens of thousands of pounds when a star stockpicker's investment fund collapsed say they have been let down by the UK's financial regulator and are calling on MPs to investigate.Around 300,000 people lost money when Woodford Equity Income Fund collapsed in 2019.In 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
[ad_1] Watch: Covid five years on: How BBC journalists covered the crisis in IndiaOn 24 March 2020, India announced its first Covid lockdown, just as the world stood on the brink of a global pandemic that would claim millions of lives.India's already fragile healthcare system collapsed under the pandemic's weight. The WHO estimated over 4.7 million Covid deaths in India - nearly 10 times the official count - but the
