Image copyright Getty Images Virgin Atlantic has confirmed it has been forced to operate some near-empty flights after bookings were dented by the coronavirus outbreak. It is operating the flights to try to retain take-off and landing slots at major airports such as Heathrow. Under European law, if flights are not operated, slots have to […]
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Dr Mekkia Mahdi works at the health clinic in Aslam, an impoverished town in the north west of Yemen. It is only 60km (37 miles) from the border with Saudi Arabia, but is on the front line of Yemen’s health emergency. The BBC spent time with her on the morning rounds, as she checked on
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Wary travelers are donning masks on New York City subways and in San Francisco airports. Panicked consumers are arming themselves with disinfectants. Businesses are suspending operations and airlines are halting flights. As the world grapples with a coronavirus outbreak that has killed thousands of people and infected tens of thousands more, people across the world
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander is expected to miss opening day after he strained a back muscle during a spring training start against the New York Mets. Verlander said it would “probably take a miracle” for him to pitch in the Astros’ opener against the Los Angeles Angels on March
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First he ordered the detention of at least four senior members of his own royal family. Two days later he plunged Saudi Arabia into a price war with Russia that sent energy and stock markets around the world into free fall. For a while, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia had appeared to
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Stocks and bond yields have tumbled as an oil war broke out in the middle of the viral outbreak that has beset markets for weeks March 10, 2020, 1:22 AM 5 min read NEW YORK — U.S. companies buffeted by supply chain chaos and a growing awareness of the scope of a viral outbreak are
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Zoe is 11-years-old and she is also a metre tall. She wanted to share her story about how having dwarfism affects her everyday life. She thinks there are some positives and it has made her stronger. Her form of dwarfism is called Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SEDC) and affects the way her bones grow. She is
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption DaBaby appears on Camila Cabello’s chart hit My Oh My US rapper DaBaby has apologised after a video emerged of him hitting a female fan in the face in Florida. In the footage, a fan can be seen holding her smartphone up to the rapper’s eye with the flash
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Image copyright Adrian Toole Image caption Adrian Toole and his late daughter Joanna “I learn to cope but nothing will ever be the same again. I was at a party last night with people having fun, and it suddenly struck me that I’m no longer able to join in with things like that.” Adrian Toole
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The Rosewood tree is one of the most trafficked species on earth. When it’s cut it bleeds a blood red sap. Having exhausted stocks elsewhere, Chinese traders have turned to West Africa. BBC Africa Eye are in Senegal where it is illegal to fell or export a Rosewood tree. And yet, we can reveal they
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