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Pedestrians wear surgical masks in London’s China Town on January 25th, 2020. European airports from London to Moscow have stepped up checks on flights from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the heart of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 41 people. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty
Xi declares ‘grave situation’ as China’s coronavirus death toll at 41

President Xi Jinping has said China faces a “grave situation” as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumped to 41, overshadowing the occasion(...)

The Laser Radial boys’ fleet in the Youth World Sailing Championships on Dublin Bay in 2012. Conor Quinn will compete in the boys’ Radial class in China. Photograph: David Branigan/ISAF
Four Irish sailors to compete in Youth World Championships in China

With temperatures at home plummeting towards zero, only the most committed sailors are likely to be found on the water on these short winter days. How(...)

Furuzamani Beach, Zamami Island, Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan
52 Places to Go in 2017
  • Travel
  • January 11, 2017, 12:30

1. Canada: A world to explore. Canada has cosmopolitan cities, barely explored natural wonders and everything in between. Canada is huge — the s(...)

An aerial view of the city of Sansha on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel chain in the South China Sea. Weddings, sea plane trips, fishing and scuba-diving are all planned for the island. Photograph: AFP/GettyImages
China promotes tourism to disputed South China Sea islands

China is planning to promote disputed islands in the South China Sea as a tourism destination, similar to the holiday paradise of the Maldives, a high(...)