Image copyright iStock Safety Pin Box, a new monthly subscription service, has a lofty goal – to help white people learn how to root out racism while simultaneously paying black activists for their time. While on vacation in Jamaica together just after the US election day, activists Leslie Mac and …

Image copyright AP Image caption The president elect did not enjoy many celebrity endorsements during his campaign Reports from the US suggest Donald Trump is struggling to find A-list stars to perform at his inauguration. We asked the stars of the BBC Music Awards what it would take to get …

Image copyright DON EMMERT Image caption US President-elect Donald Trump said he doesn’t want to be briefed every day For the CIA, the president’s daily brief – an in-depth look at national-security issues – is sacred. The president-elect sees things differently. Officials from the CIA and other intelligence agencies provide …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Trudeau also spoke about his personal “low point” over the last 12 months Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has defended his practice of attending fundraisers with wealthy donors. Mr Trudeau said he and his cabinet members make themselves available to a broad range of …

Media caption‘Just friends’ – Trump hosts Kanye West US rapper Kanye West has held a meeting with Donald Trump – with the president-elect saying the pair discussed “life”. They posed for pictures after the Trump Tower get-together on Tuesday. The reason for the meeting was not made clear, and neither …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cannabis companies stocks jumped after the panel’s report was released Canada should permit the sale of recreational marijuana to people over age 18, and tax pot products based on potency, a government panel recommends. The more than 80 recommendations come from an expert panel …

Image copyright AP Image caption Rick Perry at Trump Tower Donald Trump is expected to pick ex-Texas Governor Rick Perry as his energy secretary, a department whose name he famously forgot in a TV debate. The nomination puts Mr Perry in charge of a department he proposed abolishing in a …

Image copyright Getty Images A woman suspended after calling First Lady Michelle Obama an “ape in heels” in a Facebook post is set to return to work in West Virginia, local media say. Pamela Ramsey Taylor, who runs a local non-profit group in Clay County, West Virginia resumes work on …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption “Rex Tillerson’s career is the embodiment of the American dream,” Mr Trump said President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, Rex Tillerson, as his choice for US secretary of state. In a statement, Mr Trump praised Mr Tillerson, 64, as among …

Media captionMikhail Gorbachev, 85, rarely gives interviews now Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has accused the West of “provoking Russia” and said the USSR collapsed in 1991 because of “treachery”. The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg in Moscow was given a rare interview with him, 25 years after the USSR’s demise. Mikhail …