Rowan Bridge and Emily Holt BBC News Chase Chase’s new Sapphire Lounge at New York’s La Guardia Airport offers cardholders a luxurious space I’m standing in what feels like a suite in a posh hotel – all soft lighting, marble counter tops, plush seating and parquet-style flooring. An ornate platter of food catches the corner […]
Avocados are true superfoods: dense, buttery scoops of vitamins, fat and fiber, all in a hand-size package. We worked for a long time to make them this way. According to a paper published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, people in what we today call Honduras made avocados a part of […]
For the past two days, under the soft lights of chandeliers in a Marriott basement a block from the White House, energy ministers and tech founders from across Africa gathered to discuss how best to bring electricity to more than 600 million people on the continent who have none. Much of their hope, and fear, […]
The railroad tracks that slice through downtown Freehold, N.J., used to be lined by dozens of men, waiting for work. Each morning, the men — day laborers, almost all from Latin America and undocumented — would be scooped up by local contractors in pickup trucks for jobs painting, landscaping, removing debris. In recent weeks, the […]
Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The chancellor will give an update on her plans for the UK economy when she gives a statement alongside an economic forecast on 26 March. Rachel Reeves has previously ruled out further tax rises, but faces difficult choices because of the performance of the UK economy and […]
Demonstrations from Buenos Aires to Lagos demand justice for victims of femicide and urge reforms to protect women. Demonstrators have taken to the streets across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas to mark International Women’s Day, with many demanding an end to gender-based violence and inequality. In cities like Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday, those […]
Keiron Tourish BBC News NI north west reporter BBC The mural is being unveiled in the Bogside in County Londonderry where Nell McCafferty was from A new mural has been completed in Londonderry in memory of the late writer and prominent feminist campaigner Nell McCafferty. She died in August at the age of 80 and […]
Manchester United have reportedly opened talks with Crystal Palace for Jean-Philippe Mateta, while Jobe Bellingham has also been linked with a move to Old Trafford. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | Women’s January grades TOP STORIES – […]
Lucy Hooker BBC Business reporter Reporting fromMacclesfield BBC Jane Kent says Macclesfield doesn’t need any more places to buy pastries There is a cheerful red awning and a newly painted cream wooden shopfront on the market square in Macclesfield. A new bakery cafe has just opened, offering ciabatta and sourdough loaves as well as hot […]
Jess Phillips and Branneisha Cooper Women like Jess and Branneisha say strangers are more likely to smile at them or strike up a conversation since they lost weight When Branneisha Cooper was overweight, she felt both invisible and like she stood out. Her friends would get attention when they were out together, while she was […]