SINGAPORE (Reuters) – International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General Alexandre de Juniac said on Tuesday the results of an investigation into a deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash were needed before any conclusions were drawn on the incident. “The most serious and vigorous attitude is to check and verify and establish facts,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a conference […]

Bars, restaurants and private liquor stores around B.C. are dealing with a frustrating backlog in supplies, after hackers targeted one of the biggest links in B.C.’s booze supply chain. Ransom-seeking cybercriminals successfully breached systems at Container World, a warehousing and logistics company that supplies much of province’s specialty liquor products, on Feb. 14. Jeff Barlow, director of marketing and business […]

Dr Susan Hopkins, of Public Health England, said increased use of video consultations pose a threat to patients. GPs should physically examine those who are feared to have the blood infection — which kills around 46,000 people a year in England. This includes checking their breathing, heart rate, blood pressure and temperature. These “key variables” help predict what may happen […]

Research reveals around 5.7 million working-age adults in the UK suffer from nocturia, needing to pee at least twice nightly. Experts estimate the impact on their health means they do seven days less work annually than unaffected Brits. The main triggers for the bladder condition include ageing, hormonal changes and prostate issues. Overall, 14 per cent of Brits are affected. […]

(Reuters) – Boeing Co confirmed late on Monday it will deploy a software upgrade to the 737 MAX 8, a few hours after the Federal Aviation Administration said it would mandate “design changes” in the aircraft by April. Boeing did not reference Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash in connection to the software upgrade. The statement did express the company’s condolences to […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Britain on Monday announced additional agreements on the contentious Irish border backstop in a bid to make their stalled Brexit deal more palatable to the House of Commons. UK lawmakers will vote on Brexit for a second time on Tuesday after already defeating the tentative agreement in January over fears that the backstop […]

Authorities say mixed martial artist and boxer Conor McGregor has been arrested in South Florida for stealing the cellphone of someone who was trying to take his photo. According to a Miami Beach police report, the 30-year-old McGregor was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with robbery and criminal mischief. The report says McGregor was leaving the Fontainebleau Miami Beach shortly […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday blamed Russia and Cuba for causing Venezuela’s political crisis by supporting President Nicolas Maduro and said he had urged India not to help Maduro’s government by buying Venezuelan oil. His comments came after the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Russian bank Evrofinance Mosnarbank for helping Venezuelan state oil […]

Molly Russell’s father is ‘flabbergasted’ as family is refused legal aid for a barrister at inquest into death of his daughter, 14, who took own life after viewing Instagram self-harm images Teenager Molly Russell, from north-west London, took her own life in late 2017 Her family was denied aid on the grounds there was no ‘wider public interest’  Father Ian […]

PETER OBORNE: The stakes could not be higher as MPs prepare for the most fateful vote in their history and decide whether or not to pass Mrs May’s deal At lunchtime yesterday Theresa May looked finished. Negotiations with Brussels had failed. It appeared that Britain’s last days in the European Union had turned into a fiasco, and the Prime Minister’s […]