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The United States has declined Britain’s request for the extradition of a U.S. diplomat’s wife who was involved in a car crash last year that killed a British teenager, the State Department said on Thursday. British prosecutors have requested the extradition of Anne Sacoolas over the crash last August in which 19-year-old Briton Harry Dunn was killed while riding his motorbike. “At the time the accident occurred, and for the duration of her stay in the UK, the U.S. citizen driver, in this case, had immunity from criminal jurisdiction,” a State Department representative said in a statement. “If the United…

The virus is spreading with three infected with Wuhan virus in Singapore after two new cases were confirmed. More than a dozen people in the UK have been tested for the new strain of coronavirus, Public Health England has said. Five people have tested negative while nine others are waiting for results. In Scotland, where five people were tested, an incident team has been set up to deal with the health threat. Globally, there are more than 800 confirmed cases of the virus, which has killed 26 people in China. Authorities there are battling to contain it.

British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) (TAMO.NS) said on Wednesday it will cut around 10% of the workforce at its northern English Halewood factory as it changes shift patterns to boost efficiency at the site. The Unite Union said the cuts were linked to slower than forecast growth of the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport vehicles, which are made at the plant. The company said the decision was not related to loss of volumes. JLR posted a 6% decline in 2019 sales, hit by the weakening Chinese autos market and falling demand for diesel vehicles in Europe.…

Britain’s Heathrow Airport will introduce separate areas for passengers travelling from regions that have been affected by the new flu-like coronavirus in China, UK transport minister Grant Shapps said on Wednesday. Heathrow is Europe’s busiest airport and while the risk to the UK population still remains low, over 200,000 passengers pass through the UK hub each day, with 17 flights arriving from China at Heathrow on Wednesday. The new measures for arrivals will only apply to flights from the Chinese city of Wuhan to London Heathrow, reported the BBC. There is one flight due from Wuhan at 1830 GMT on…

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted early on Wednesday on party lines to approve the rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, rejecting Democratic efforts to obtain evidence and ensure witnesses are heard. As the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history began in earnest, Trump’s chief legal defender argued the Democratic case was a baseless effort to overturn the 2016 election but a top Democratic lawmaker said there was “overwhelming” evidence of wrongdoing. Trump was impeached last month by the House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Democratic…

Special Rhapathon program set to open up a new phase of impact as Rhapsody of Realities celebrates 20 years in print. From Monday, January 20th, to Friday, January 24th, the airwaves will be taken over as millions around the world join the man of God, Reverend (Dr.) Chris Oyakhilome, for a special Rhapathon LIVE broadcast. The unique program, which heralds the impact and influence of the best-selling daily devotional, Rhapsody of Realities, across the globe over the last 20 years, will be hosted from LoveWorld Studios in Lagos, Nigeria and broadcast LIVE to a teeming global audience via LoveWorld Networks…

“Core Blimey eating two apples a day boosts health of your heart by slashing high levels of cholesterol,” reports The Sun. The story is based on a small trial that found that eating 2 apples a day for 8 weeks can slightly reduce high cholesterol levels, by up to 4%. Apples are high in fibre and polyphenols (chemicals thought to have various health benefits). The trial included 40 healthy volunteers with slightly raised cholesterol. When they ate 2 apples a day for 8 weeks, total cholesterol and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels reduced slightly compared with when they consumed the same number of…

And finally for our discussion point, U.S. President Donald Trump has declared that America is “winning again like never before” in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The United States is “in the midst of an economic boom the like of which the world has never seen before”, President Donald Trump declared in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. America, he said, “is winning again like never before”. He also lauded “extraordinary” trade deals recently completed with China and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Manchester United’s attempt to sign Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes has stalled because the clubs cannot agree on a fee. Sporting are demanding 80m euros (£68m) for the 25-year-old, which United are unwilling to pay. Talks continue between the clubs for a player rated at 45m euros by Tottenham Hotspur last summer. United have not ruled out targeting alternatives having made a priority of looking at midfield options this month.

A fourth person in China has died from a new coronavirus that has spread rapidly across the country, as authorities confirmed that it can be passed from person-to-person. It is thought to have originated from infected animals at a seafood and wildlife market in Wuhan More than 200 cases have now been reported across major cities in China including Beijing and Shanghai, but based on the spread of SARS the real number of cases could be as high as 1,700. A handful of cases have also been identified abroad: two in Thailand, one in Japan, and another in South Korea.;…