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The BBC’s online health editor on what we know about the virus

Coronavirus: First death outside China reported in Philippines

BBC News, February 2, 2020

A man has died of the coronavirus in the […]

US travel ban: Nigeria’s Buhari to comply with Trump’s new visa rules

BBC News, February 1, 2020

Nigeria will work to fix security lapses that led to a US curb on immigration from the country, […]

Angola’s João Lourenço – the man taking on Isabel dos Santos

By Andrew Harding, January 27, 2020

João Lourenço was supposed to be a relatively safe pair of hands.

A liberation party sta […]

Pre-recorded bongs from Big Ben played out as the UK left the European Union

Brexit: UK begins new chapter outside European Union

BBC News, February 1, 2020

European leaders have expressed […]

The US issued more than 8,000 immigration visas to Nigerians in 2018. GETTY IMAGES

US travel ban: Trump restricts immigration from Nigeria and five other countries

BBC News, January 31, 2020

The […]

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Beauty Laid Bare: The ‘gritty’ truth about your cosmetics

From problems with recycling to glitter particles in our oceans, what’s the environmental impact of the beauty i […]

Eva Batista was diagnosed with a rare muscle-wasting disease. COURTESY RICARDO BATISTA

When a lottery ‘wins’ sick babies life-saving drugs

By Jessica Murphy, January 30, 2020

Eva was diagnosed […]

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “We must all act together now to limit further spread”

BBC News, January 30, 2020

The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health […]

Construction workers try to fix the fallen section of the wall GETTY IMAGES

Trump’s wall: Winds blow over section of US-Mexico border fence

BBC News, January 30, 2020

A new section of President […]

AP Exclusive: Woman who says Trump raped her seeks his DNA

By Jennifer Peltz, January 30, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a woman who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s a […]

Tyne-Lexy says she was 19 when she was first propositioned LEE PALACE

Influencers ‘being offered thousands for sex’

By Ellie Costello, January 20, 2020

Top social media influencers are being […]

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As BBC Three show Don’t Scream launches, fear experts break down the psychology behind the things that make us scream

By Harvey Day, January 17, 2020

Spiders? Clowns? Really […]

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Massachusetts serial pooper arrested after police catch her defecating in parking lot: reports

By Paulina Dedaj, January 24, 2020

A Massachusetts woman accused of defecating in […]

US Chief of Staff John Kelly looks on as US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean defectors in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS

Ignoring Trump, […]

By STEFANIE DAZIO, January 26, 2020

CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others were killed Sunday when their helicopter plunged into a steep hillside in dense m […]

Former National security adviser John Bolton speaks to media at the White House in Washington. Bolton says he’s ‘prepared to testify’ in Senate impeachment trial if subpoenaed (AP Photo/Carolyn […]

‘Birth Tourism’: Trump To Impose Visa Restrictions On Pregnant Women Coming To US

By Apeksha Bagchi, January 23 2020

For years now, “birth tourism” has been a lucrative business in the U.S. and […]

Kidnapped Nigerian church leader executed only 18 days after abduction

By Lindy Lowry, January 22, 2020

We have extremely tragic news to report. Only 18 days after he was kidnapped by Boko H […]

 Gardasil, one of the vaccines that protects against human papillomavirus. Photograph: Voisin/Phanie/Rex Features

Cervical cancer is an avoidable disease – in theory, at least

HPV can be def […]

By TDBN, January 22, 2020

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration plans to add seven countries to a group of nations subject to travel restrictions, including Nigeria, Africa’s most populous coun […]