Kate Langbroek has been holed up with her family inside their Bologna apartment for a week amid Italy’s deadly coronavirus outbreak. The 54-year-old radio presenter is one of 16 million Italian residents currently in lockdown as parts of the country are placed under ‘red zone’ quarantine restrictions. ‘Woke up this morning to the news of red … Read more
Fire safety experts warned refurbishment of Grenfell Tower was ‘making a c**p condition worse’ five years before blaze which killed 72, inquiry hears Exova warned of designs for refurbishment of Grenfell Tower as far back as 2012 The design was described by fire safety experts as ‘not great’, the inquiry heard Conversations with architect Bruce … Read more
Freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has claimed that electing former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is ‘not a good idea’ and will only lead to a president who is a ‘worse Trump’. The New York congresswoman told The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1 AM on Tuesday that the country can’t ‘go back to the same … Read more
As the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak ripples out from the epicenter in China, airlines have been among the hardest hit. Already, the outbreak is leading to sharp reductions in air travel demand in the US, with major companies such as Amazon ordering a freeze on all non-essential employee travel. The result is clear … Read more
Asian markets plummeted overnight, tracking a collapse in New York and Europe as the coronavirus spread rapidly around the world with the WHO warning the deadly epidemic was now at a ‘decisive point’. Tokyo and Jakarta were hammered more than four percent, while Shanghai, Sydney, Seoul and Bangkok tanked more than three percent each. The … Read more
A province in eastern China has been accused of covering up the true scale of its coronavirus outbreak by seriously under-reporting the number of its daily cases. The health crisis in Shandong Province is up to 52 times worse than officials have admitted, a report revealed today. Between February 9 and 23, the daily infection … Read more