February 2020

Coronavirus: China admits ‘shortcomings and deficiencies’

Lifestyle /

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe BBC’s online health editor on what we know about the virus China’s top leadership has admitted “shortcomings and deficiencies” in the country’s response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The rare admission came from the Politburo Standing Committee, which called for an improvement in China’s emergency management […]

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Lupita Nyong’o: ‘Books don’t have to be about white people’

Entertainment /

Star of 12 Years A Slave, Lupita Nyong’o visited the Harris Sixth Form College in London to mentor young women on leadership and the importance of literacy in an event hosted by the National Literacy Trust. Nyong’o, now a best-selling author, told the BBC she didn’t even like reading when she was young. Producers: Jeanette

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Coronavirus Live Updates: Hong Kong Reports Its First Death From Outbreak

Travel /

Hong Kong’s first death comes amid calls for border shutdown. A 39-year-old man in Hong Kong died Tuesday from the new coronavirus, the city’s Hospital Authority said. The death from the outbreak was the first in Hong Kong, a semiautonomous Chinese territory, and the second outside mainland China. A man in the Philippines who was

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Brexit: Steve Bray says his ‘Mr Stop Brexit’ campaign will continue

Politics /

For three years, Steve Bray has been in Westminster, opposing Brexit, but what will he do now that Britain has left the European Union? While Brexit supporters celebrated the UK’s departure with a party in Parliament Square, the campaigner from Port Talbot – nicknamed Mr Stop Brexit – said his protest would not stop. Read

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FTC sues to block Harry’s sale to Schick owner Edgewell

Finance /

The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block a merger that would combine old-school shaving company Schick with upstart rival Harry’s By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer February 3, 2020, 11:33 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — Federal antitrust regulators say a proposed merger that would combine old-school shaving company Schick with upstart Harry’s

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Colbert Nails Don Jr., Eric And Jared Kushner In A Single Brutal Trump Joke

Entertainment /

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert picked up on some not-so-subtle shade thrown at President Donald Trump’s two eldest sons as Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) made his closing argument during the impeachment trial on Monday.  Schiff argued that if Trump goes unpunished, he could essentially do whatever he wants, knowing he’ll never be challenged by the Senate. 

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Top Antitrust Official Is Said to Recuse Himself From Google Inquiry

Technology /

WASHINGTON — Makan Delrahim, the head of the antitrust division at the Department of Justice, has recused himself from investigating Google, even as the agency’s examination of the largest tech companies ramps up. Mr. Delrahim, 50, recently removed himself from looking into allegations of anticompetitive practices at Google because of a potential conflict of interest

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