[ad_1] British Airways has today suspended all flights to mainland China with ‘immediate effect’ amid the escalating coronavirus crisis which has killed 130 people. The airline halted all bookings on its website for direct flights from London to Beijing and Shanghai until March, following the Foreign Office’s unprecedented advice last night urging Britons not to travel…
[ad_1] Ministers are drawing up plans for the emergency evacuation of more than 200 Britons trapped at the centre of the deadly coronavirus epidemic in China. The Government, which initially said it would leave British citizens in Wuhan to avoid spreading the virus to the UK, performed a dramatic U-turn yesterday after concluding that keeping…
[ad_1] The deadly coronavirus is ‘accelerating’ and China is facing a ‘grave situation’, the country’s president has said – as at least one doctor has died from the virus and the US prepares to evacuate citizens from crisis-hit Wuhan. The virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, already on lockdown and where the virus is thought to have…
[ad_1] One of the first British patients tested for the deadly coronavirus has compared his period in quarantine to a scene from an apocalyptic movie. Craig Dillon, 27, told how he was bundled through a secret hospital entrance and into isolation at breakneck speed as soon as he mentioned his recent flight from China. He described…
[ad_1] The deadly coronavirus ravaging Asia is far more contagious than previously thought and someone who is infected can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze. It has so far killed 26 people and infected more than 900 in at least 10 countries within three weeks. But experts predict the true number…
[ad_1] Raising a glass of Chinese brand, bottled Jersey milk to the camera, the Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips claims: ‘This is what I drink.’ Is it really? Come off it, Pete, mate. This is what you drink when an advertising agency pays you to do so. We all know it and so do you. Shortly…
[ad_1] Donald Trump accuses the EU of making it ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ to trade as he praises Boris Johnson’s ‘guts’ and says the UK is now in a ‘good position’ to secure a strong post-Brexit deal with the bloc Donald Trump today said the EU is ‘more difficult to do business with than China’ US President said…
[ad_1] Good morning, These are the top stories: Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case gets under way today Story continues below advertisement (Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail) Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail It’s a case that upended Canada’s relations with China and led to what critics called hostage diplomacy through the jailing of two Canadians. A little…
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[ad_1] It may be a typically subdued day for stocks post-Thanksgiving, but escalating tensions between the U.S. and China over President Donald Trump’s support for Hong Kong have concerned investors. Trump signed two bills expressing support for human rights in the region on Thursday and U.S. futures are falling for a second consecutive day. Stocks…