Should our DNA dictate what we eat?
Companies are offering dietary advice based on customers’ propensity for certain heath conditions.
A massive Covid financial relief plan will mean many Americans getting cheques for $1,400 (£1,008). Donna Kelly-Yu told BBC World News of the relief she felt, knowing the money was coming. Donna was laid off from her job as an order taker and cashier at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas last March. She said the…
The Delta variant of Covid-19 is spreading rapidly throughout the world and has been detected in 124 territories the World Health Organisation has said. An emergency room doctor in the United States has told BBC World News about how the initial narrative of it being a virus which kills older people is now problematic as…
Countries are currently dealing with the coronavirus pandemic as a national rather than international issue, Dr David Nabarro, a special envoy on Covid-19 for the World Health Organization told BBC World News While a country looking after their own people’s interest is fine and it is what politicians are elected to do, you cannot deal…
American Julie Montagu, who became Lady Hinchingbrooke when she married, can relate to the Duchess of Sussex telling Oprah Winfrey she had not known what to expect when she had joined the Royal Family. “It is true as an American we do look at royal life as really fairy tale,” she told BBC World News….
Zalmay Khalizad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan speaks to the BBC as the Taliban capture a major border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran. He said that for Afghanistan’s war to end, there has to be a political agreement, and stressed that Taliban forces taking Kabul is an unlikely situation.
After a journey of about seven months Nasa’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars last Thursday. Designed to look for signs of past microbial life, the rover has been sending back stunning images of the Red planet. But those who watched the rover’s descent onto the Martian surface may have spotted a coded message on the…