"This is the only hustle we know," miners tell the BBC as they try their luck at the site in Springs.

In 1999, Jesse Jackson flew to Yugoslavia to help free three US soldiers captured during the Kosovo War.

Russia's economy is hanging between stagnation and decline, and ordinary Russians are beginning to feel the pinch.

India has signed a string of trade deals recently, but export growth will require deeper reforms, say experts.

Billy Steinberg, who has died at the age of 75, co-wrote Madonna's 1984 chart-topper Like a Virgin.

The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue spoke with city residents about what the civil rights leader's passing means for the community shaped by his activism.