USA: Tesla sales climb but miss expectations

Supply shortages, logistics bottlenecks and rising costs are hitting Tesla as it rapidly ramps up production of its electric cars. While the problems have improved in recent months, they remain…

Syria: TikTok to ban children from livestreaming

TikTok is raising its minimum age for livestreaming from 16 to 18 from next month. A BBC News investigation found hundreds of accounts going live from Syrian refugee camps, with…

South Korea: Co-chief executive quits internet giant

The co-chief executive of Kakao, the company behind South Korea’s largest mobile messaging app, has resigned after a massive outage at the weekend. Namkoong Whon told a news conference that…

India: Google fined $161m for unfair practices

Indian authorities have fined Google 13bn rupees ($161m; £144m) for using its Android platform to dominate the market. The country’s competition regulator has accused the tech giant of entering into…

Burkina Faso: 34-year-old coup leader sworn in as new Burkina Faso president

The young army officer who seized power in Burkina Faso’s latest coup has been sworn in as interim president. As he took the oath of office, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, 34,…

Guinea: Three dead in pro-democracy protests

At least three civilians were shot dead in protests against Guinea’s military leaders on Thursday, an opposition coalition and the country’s justice minister said on Friday. Guinea’s top prosecutor has…

Sierra Leone: Return to old voting system

Sierra Leone is to drop its current voting system and return to proportional representation, the president has decreed. But the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party is considering mounting…

Cameroon: Yaoundé braces for four days without tap water

People living in Cameroon’s capital city could be without tap water for up to four days, the state-owned water company Camwater has warned. Camwater says the potential interruption to Yaoundé’s…

Italy: President Sergio meets far-right coalition allies to form a government

Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni and her coalition allies have met President Sergio Mattarella and say they are ready to form a government “as quickly as possible”. He is set…

Mexico: Giant fuel fire engulfs railway and homes

A huge blaze has engulfed a train line and homes in Aguascalientes, central Mexico, after a fuel truck crash. Dramatic video of the fire went viral on social media, including…