Sahle-Work Zewde was the country’s first female head of state – a largely ceremonial position.
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Spacecraft to launch towards knocked-off-course asteroid
The mission aims to re-visit the asteroid Nasa diverted when it crashed a probe into it.
My son’s not a monster, says Diddy’s mother
Janice Combs says her son is “not perfect” but is not guilty of the sex charges filed against him.
Drug-related killings shake French city of Marseille
Prosecutor says city faces “savagery” after taxi driver killed by 14-year-old and another child, 15, is stabbed to death.
Nobel Prize goes to microRNA researchers
US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun helped explain how genes work inside the human body.
Israeli strike kills 10 firefighters in south Lebanon, authorities say
The Israeli military has not commented, but said it struck Hezbollah targets in the south overnight.
Israeli hostage family’s fight ‘not over’ one year on
On the one-year anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks in Israel, survivor Hadas Kalderon speaks to the BBC.
Mexican mayor murdered days after starting job
Alejandro Arcos is the second politician to be killed in a week in the city of Chilpachingo.
Madonna pays heartfelt tribute to brother Christopher
The veteran star says her younger brother was the “closest thing to me for so long”.
Ukraine strikes oil depot in occupied Crimea
Officials in Kyiv say they hit an oil processing facility in the occupied peninsula overnight.