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Eight kids in hospital after ‘life-threatening’ scuba diving oxygen tank mix-up

A pupil was found face down in a Manchester Grammar School swimming pool and was rushed to hospital along with seven other children due to carbon monoxide poisoning during a scuba diving class. Two boys, aged 14 and 15, were pulled from the school's on site pool after becoming seriously ill and one was placed […]

New Chinese billionaires outpace U.S. by 3 to 1: Hurun

BEIJING (Reuters) – China minted three times as many new billionaires than the United States in the past year, with fortunes made in drugs and online entertainment after a mini-boom from the coronavirus outbreak, a ranking of the world’s wealthiest people shows. The Greater China region, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, created 182 new billionaires […]

Airport strike prompts cancellation of flights to and from Portugal’s capital

By Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) – A three-day strike by workers at Lisbon airport led to the cancellation of several flights this weekend, with more likely before the action ends on Sunday, the workers’ union and Portuguese airport authority said. EasyJet <EZJ.L>, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Transavia France, and Wizz Air UK flights from and to […]