Four BILLION people worldwide will be overweight by 2050, report predicts 

Global eating habits have set the world on course to have more than four billion overweight people by 2050, new research predicts.  And 1.5 billion of those people will be obese, a new report released Wednesday suggests.  Meanwhile, 500 million people will likely be underweight and living at the edge of starvation   The Potsdam Institute … Read more

More than 50 million Covid-19 infections have been recorded worldwide, with 1.25million deaths

The worldwide total of coronavirus cases has passed 50million, with Europe once again the epicentre of the pandemic and the United States now seeing more than 100,000 new infections per day.   Europe accounted for more than half of the 3.8million new cases in the last week, with massive new spikes in countries including France, which … Read more

More than 50 million Covid-19 infections have been recorded worldwide, with 1.25million deaths

The worldwide total of coronavirus cases has passed 50million, with Europe once again the epicentre of the pandemic and the United States now seeing more than 100,000 new infections per day.   Europe accounted for more than half of the 3.8million new cases in the last week, with massive new spikes in countries including France, which … Read more

Covid kills a FIFTH of all cancer patients who contract the virus worldwide

Covid kills a FIFTH of all cancer patients – with lung and blood cancer sufferers the most at risk Research looked at 15 studies from across the globe involving 3,019 patients Analysis of the data revealed patients with cancer face a 22.4% mortality rate This is 273 times higher than the mortality rate for all … Read more

Covid kills a FIFTH of all cancer patients who contract the virus worldwide

Covid kills a FIFTH of all cancer patients – with lung and blood cancer sufferers the most at risk  Research looked at 15 studies from across the globe involving 3,019 patients Analysis of the data revealed patients with cancer face a 22.4% mortality rate This is 273 times higher than the mortality rate for all … Read more

Covid-19: Worldwide airport passenger numbers plummeted 58% in the first half of 2020, says report

The dramatic impact of coronavirus on worldwide aviation highlighted in shock new report that reveals passenger numbers plummeted by 58 per cent in the first half of 2020 Data was released by Airports Council International in its airport traffic report  In the first half of 2020, overall aircraft movements globally fell by 41.6 per cent Atlanta, … Read more

Covid kills one million worldwide: Coronavirus has now spread to 210 countries

Covid kills one million worldwide: Coronavirus has now spread to 210 countries infecting at least 32 million people across the globe as Europe is gripped by second wave Coronavirus has claimed the lives of one million people across the globe   Virus has been recorded in 210 countries and infected at least 32 million people  Europe … Read more

Covid kills one million worldwide: Coronavirus has now spread to 210 countries

Covid kills one million worldwide: Coronavirus has now spread to 210 countries infecting at least 32 million people across the globe as Europe is gripped by second wave Coronavirus has claimed the lives of one million people across the globe   Virus has been recorded in 210 countries and infected at least 32 million people  Europe … Read more

Agora reveals its shortlisted images from a worldwide travel photography contest  

What does travel mean to you? Perhaps it means a margarita by a hotel pool in Marbella. Or eating an ice cream in the rain in Blackpool. Or buying a scratch card on a Ryanair flight. To the photographers who entered the Agora #Travel2020 contest the meaning of travel is a little more… epic. When … Read more

The beautiful shortlisted images in a worldwide landscape photography contest run by photo app Agora

Hungry for fine photography? Then feast your eyes on these images. They are MailOnline Travel’s pick of the 50 stunning snaps shortlisted in a contest called #Landscape2020, run by photo app Agora. Agora asked photographers around the globe to send in their very best shots of breathtaking scenery. In total, 14,739 photos were submitted, with … Read more