February 2020

Coronavirus: No change in outbreak despite China spike, WHO says

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Vietnam has put 10,000 people in quarantine after six cases were found in villages north of Hanoi Coronavirus cases are not rising dramatically outside China despite a spike in Hubei province, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The only exception was on a cruise liner docked in Japan, where 44

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Emily Eavis: Glastonbury festival ‘has to achieve 50/50 gender-balance’

Image copyright Getty Images Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis says the festival has to achieve a gender balanced line-up as soon as it can. “Our future has to be 50/50,” she tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. “It’s a challenge. Everyone’s finding it hard – but the acts are there,” she says, adding that past Glastonbury line-ups have

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Fed Nominee Shelton Faces Tough Questioning Before Senate Committee

“You never go back, with money,” Ms. Shelton said during the hearing, suggesting she was surprised that people portrayed her as supporting a return to a traditional gold standard. At one point, Ms. Shelton said that she “would not advocate going back to a prior historical monetary arrangement.” In 2009, Ms. Shelton started a Wall

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Jimmy Kimmel Points Out Trump’s Disgraceful New Favorite Word

Some of us thought President Donald Trump’s favorite word was “bigly”; others believed it was “yuuuge.” We are, all of us, a disgrace. On Wednesday, Jimmy Kimmel unveiled a new Trump supercut on his late night show, and it appears the President has an all-new go-to catchphrase. (Start at 3:50). “And I know disgrace, Don Jr.

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