Ukraine security services search TV channel office over PM wiretap

Ukraine's security service said on Wednesday it had searched an office of the "1+1" TV channel over what it said it was an illegal wiretap that nearly led to the resignation of the prime minister.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2v5xxC8

Read More

Water and sewerage bills set to fall by about £17 a year

Regulator Ofwat had told water firms to invest more in improving services between 2020 and 2025.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2GWDXWV

Read More

Buses: Government unveils £50m plan to create first all-electric bus town

Local authorities can bid for the money to pay for a new fleet of up to 200 electric buses.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/398amWD

Read More

Coronavirus: The economic cost is rising in China and beyond

How is the coronavirus outbreak affecting China's economy and trade?

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/36YZ6tZ

Read More

My Money: A wedding, a pay rise and some healthy eating

As part of a new BBC blog series, Somi from Nigeria shares what she spent her money on this week.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2S5j42l

Read More

Mobile operators clash on 'notspots' costs

A key meeting will be held on Wednesday to hammer out the details of sharing rural networks.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/31pg2ZL

Read More

Wuhan resident: ‘We’d rather die at home than go to quarantine’

Speaking from the epicentre of the outbreak, Wenjun Wang describes her family's difficulty getting treatment.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Sw2zeH

Read More

Irish general election: Leaders clash in RTÉ debate

The leaders of Ireland's three biggest parties exchange insults in the final TV election debate.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/31sBRaU

Read More

How the McDonald's model revolutionised business

By successfully selling franchises, Ray Kroc turned a tiny hamburger restaurant into a global giant.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/31rlaMN

Read More

How the new coronavirus will finally get a proper name

Finding an official title for the new virus is a surprisingly fraught task, reports the BBC's Jasmine Taylor-Coleman.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2OpDwbB

Read More

How Nicaragua's deaf children invented a new sign language

How deaf children in Nicaragua invented their own sign language, allowing experts a unique insight into how communication develops.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3b6aGad

Read More

Buttigieg takes lead in Iowa, Biden lags in Democrats' first 2020 results

Pete Buttigieg took a narrow lead in the first batch of long-delayed results on Tuesday from the chaotic Iowa Democratic Party caucuses, and former Vice President Joe Biden trailed badly in fourth place with about 62% of precincts reporting.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2ulbg35

Read More

Mainland China reports 65 new coronavirus deaths on February 4, total at 490

The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China reached 490 as of Tuesday, up 65 from the previous day, the country's National Health Commission said on Wednesday.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3bdGcmw

Read More

China's virus-hit Wuhan creates more hospitals as demand for beds surges

The Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, is converting an additional eight buildings, including gymnasiums, exhibition centers and sports centers, into hospitals, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2v9i2sL

Read More

Passengers on cruise liner docked in Japan test positive for coronavirus - media

Almost a dozen people on a cruise liner at the Japanese port of Yokohama have tested positive for coronavirus, TV Asahi reported on Wednesday, citing the health ministry.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2UwuTjH

Read More

One dead, 81 injured in Mexico after truck ferrying migrants overturns

One person died and 81 others were injured on Tuesday when a truck crammed with Central American migrants flipped over in Southern Mexico on a highway that leads to the United States, according to officials in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2UnH02a

Read More

Factbox: Companies feel impact of coronavirus outbreak in China

Companies around the world have warned that a coronavirus outbreak in China could disrupt supply chains or hurt bottom lines as factories and shops shut and airlines suspend flights.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3aY2tF3

Read More

China virus to delay U.S. export surge from trade deal: White House adviser

The White House's top economic adviser said on Tuesday that China's coronavirus would delay a surge in U.S. exports to China expected from the Phase 1 trade deal set to take effect later this month.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OsjaOZ

Read More

Ryanair rapped over low emissions claims

The UK's advertising watchdog says Europe's biggest airline misled consumers about its carbon footprint.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/37YZqKx

Read More

Pretty Little Thing: 'Overly sexualised' advert banned

The "irresponsible" advert invited viewers to view women as sex objects, the regulator rules.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/37YaWpz

Read More

'My African name stopped me getting job opportunities'

About a third of FTSE 100 have no ethnic minority representation on their boards, a report shows.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Us0LpE

Read More

Dozens arrested in 'courier fraud' crackdown

One couple lost almost £1m after being persuaded to hand over all their savings and pensions.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2tuK3L7

Read More

How the McDonald's model revolutionised business

By successfully selling franchises, Ray Kroc turned a tiny hamburger restaurant into a global giant.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/31rlaMN

Read More

Keeping rats out of kitchens and bedbugs out of hotels

Mouse traps and poison are being replaced by internet connected traps and thermal imaging.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/36QvxuB

Read More

Tskaltubo: Georgia's abandoned resort that refugees call home

Georgia plans to revive Tskaltubo, an abandoned Soviet-era spa town, but it's an uncertain time for thousands of civil war refugees living among the decaying sanatoriums.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2OqCxrM

Read More

CEO Secrets: Can you be the boss if you're in chronic pain?

Shazia Ginai, who suffers from chronic pain, found that it was no barrier to being the CEO of a market research firm.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/31pCCBm

Read More

Roll ball: Kenya are world champs - but what is this sport?

Winnie Mutembei, World Cup winner with Kenya, says the young and growing sport is "the real deal".

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/395MJOk

Read More

With impeachment almost over, Trump faces Congress in prime-time speech

With the impeachment drive against him ebbing, U.S. President Donald Trump faces his Democratic accusers on Tuesday night at a State of the Union speech where he is expected to push his case for another four years in office.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/39cr1YT

Read More

Iowa Democrats begin caucus meetings, kicking off search for Trump election challenger

- Iowa Democrats began meeting at caucus sites around the state on Monday, kicking off what could be a bruising months-long national nominating fight to choose a November election challenger to Republican U.S. President Donald Trump.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Up5Uyn

Read More

California lawmaker introduces bill to make PG&E a publicly owned utility

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at making PG&E Corp a publicly owned utility, a year after liabilities from wildfires traced back to some of its equipment pushed the power producer into bankruptcy.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2GTBLPP

Read More

Iowa official slams viral claim of suspicious voter registration activity as false

A viral claim by a conservative activist group that voter registration numbers in Iowa are suspiciously large ahead of the first U.S. presidential nominating contest on Monday is false, a senior state government official said, and called on the group to end its "misinformation campaign."

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2OnqICA

Read More

You won't 'bully me': Democratic presidential contender Bloomberg to Trump

U.S. Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg vowed on Monday he would not let President Donald Trump bully him as the war of words between the two New York business tycoons and political rivals became nastier.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/36YjjjI

Read More