British Airways will be… Forty-nine per cent owned by Qatar Airways. The Gulf super-connector, seven-time winner of the Skytrax “World’s Best Airline” award, already has a 25 per cent stake in IAG, BA’s parent company. And passengers will see the benefit, with the new joint venture offering a premium service to almost anywhere on the … Read more
Bates is right: we read too much into short-term results, in either direction. There is a huge amount of chance in tennis, especially when it comes to the draws. A seeding removes some of the uncertainty, but without one, you might just as easily start out against a legend like Novak Djokovic or an ancient … Read more
According to clinical nutritionist Stephanie J Moore it’s all down to the micro-organisms that inhabit our digestive tracts: “One of the more recent findings relating to gut health and travel is the way it disrupts our gut microbes on a number of different levels, which results in people experiencing irregular bowel movements and just feeling … Read more
Refuse worker strikes earlier this year, in response to president Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms, probably didn’t help. Ms Hidalgo’s own team has linked the rising rat population to climate change, with the animals said to reproduce more during long periods of heat. Should tourists be worried? The scientific community considers the risk posed by rats … Read more
They’ve heard all the usual questions a thousand times: “How fast can you go?” (About 1,300mph at full pelt); “How high do you fly?” (A maximum of 55,000ft); “Ever pulled the trigger?” (No comment, but … yes); “When do you go to the toilet?” (Ideally before take off). “And then obviously all the Top Gun stuff …” … Read more
The five deaths in Florida occurred in the southeastern state’s Tampa Bay area. In all, there have been 26 reported cases of vibrio vulnificus infections in the state since January. Last year, Florida reported 74 cases and 17 deaths. The high death toll in 2022 was attributed to bacteria levels increasing after Hurricane Ian spilled … Read more
Yet while airlines continue to complicate their fares and diverge from each other, the trend with package holidays is going the other way. Tour operators have been including more in their packages and base prices, rather than less, responding to customers who want more certainty over the overall cost of their holidays. A few months … Read more
A Ukrainian drone targeted a military airfield in Russia’s Novgorod region, causing a fire and damaging one warplane, Russia’s Defence Ministry has said. The ministry said nobody was hurt and the fire was quickly extinguished. The Novgorod region lies northwest of Moscow, hundreds of miles from Russia’s border with Ukraine. ”As a result of the … Read more
Washington has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands, it has been reported. The White House has given the two European nations official assurances that it will expedite approval of transfer requests for the F-16s as soon as Ukrainian pilots have completed training programmes for the aircraft, an unnamed US official told Reuters. … Read more
By now, you might already have noticed your mood improving. Dementia and depression are closely linked. Some research suggests that having depression earlier in your life is a risk factor for developing dementia later on. There are ways to improve mental health through diet. Saffron has been shown to improve mood, while fresh tomatoes contain … Read more