I have to agree with
@piersmorgan
. If there's no sausage, it is not a sausage roll and shld be called a vegetable roll. It is misleading to consumers. The French got it right and have banned the use of meat terms on vegan products
#greggsvegansausageroll
The world’s rarest duck was driven to the brink of extinction by fish farming.
But 21 Madagascar pochards, an 'unobtrusive brown duck' have been released into the wild following a successful conservation effort
@MsMelChen
@SpectatorUSA
Hi Melissa - the image used on your article is not mainland China. It’s a fishmonger selling to a Muslim in Singapore where the hygiene standards are VERY different. Please correct.
Singapore has reported a fifth confirmed case of
#coronavirus
. The patient is a 56 year-old female Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived here with her family on Saturday, Jan 18. She didn’t show symptoms for a week.
The value of
@Bitcoin
slumped below $8000 this week after
@Google
joined
@Facebook
in banning crypto-related ads. Combined with regulators clamping down on the market, are the major players worried?
@Ripple
CEO Brad Garlinghouse has a rather controversial view
#ICYMI
@BBCBusiness
Also, forget
@Bitcoin
. The best-performing cryptocurrency last year was
@Ripple_XRP1
with a nearly 20,000% gain... making its founders and major shareholders top members of the billionaire boys club. So I asked
@Ripple
CEO Brad Garlinghouse how it felt to be richer than Croesus.
🚨 JOB ALERT: BBC Radio Current Affairs is hiring a Journalism Researcher. The role is based in London. Deadline is Nov 23rd so time is tight. Find out more details and apply via the
@BBC
careers page
‘The new findings bolster calls for a frequent flyer levy, a proposal under which each citizen would be allowed one tax-free flight per year but would pay progressively higher taxes on each additional flight taken.’
Glad to hear that
@Nadine_Writes
remains 'fundamentally undeterred' and will continue to hold power to account. An impressive and talented journalist who has also just lost her sister. A free and independent press is vital to democracy.
Last week,
@Nadine_Writes
found herself in the middle of an internet pile-on after MP Kemi Badenoch described her efforts at chasing a press statement as 'creepy and bizarre'. Nadine joins
@Emmabarnett
to explain why she is so concerned by Kemi's response
A
#Peabody
goes to
#BBCAfricaEye
in collaboration
@Amnesty
International,
@Bellingcat
network & independent analysts
@Twitter
for "Anatomy of a Killing," for innovative reporting to source a viral video of an atrocity, bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Wet wipes contain non-biodegradable plastic and have been blamed for clogging up rivers and feeding the growth of "fatbergs" in sewers. Not sure a ban is the way forward though. They're highly useful in disaster zones and for stressed parents needing to clean their kids on the go
This is currently the most-read story on business page of the
@BBC
website. Yellen's candid comments about
@POTUS
was given to our US radio partner
@APM
@Marketplace
and the host of its flagship programme
@kairyssdal
who has also interviewed the current Fed chief Jerome Powell
@MsMelChen
@SpectatorUSA
Thanks Melissa. At the BBC and Marketplace I’ve always selected my own images and written the headline before it gets subbed for both news pieces and features. I’d still flag a fix to your editor because these are hard times and Singaporeans are proud of the govt’s virus handling
Out filming with the
@BBCNewsAsia
team at an evacuation centre near
#MountAgung
in Bali. It is drizzling slightly and everything is being coated with a light layer of ash, including our car
South Korea’s former leader and first female president Park Geun-hye is sitting in jail. But good to see there are still two women both Korea’s top levels of government at historic summit
“These are not the earnest, striving immigrants... These are the overseas Chinese merchant families who attained oligarchical wealth throughout Southeast Asia and in Singapore, where
#CrazyRichAsians
is set, speaking British English and living as royalty amid tropical splendor”
#H5N8
is very low-risk for humans, but the economic cost can be significant. Health experts say people should avoid touching sick or dead birds, and chicken and eggs are safe to eat if cooked thoroughly, as that kills the virus. Re-upping article fr 6d ago
“An entrepreneur and son of Taiwanese immigrants, Yang, 44, began his presidential campaign in 2017 to little fanfare but made a name for himself by promising to give every American adult $1,000 a month”
@AndrewYang
still faces long odds and this is his 1st run for public office
Yang is one of the top six polling candidates in the Democratic primary field heading into Thursday's ABC debate.
One of the lesser-known candidates, Yang still faces long odds.
This is cool. China has built an "intelligent highway" that will be able to recharge electric cars while they're moving because it is paved with solar panels.
@elonmusk
should integrate this idea into Solar City. via
@business
Loved discovering the late YouTube star’s anecdotes about life during the Great Depression, “the period in which she learned to cook from her thrifty Italian mother”.
She attributed her youthfulness to clean living and copious amounts of olive oil.
“Don’t read him as children do, for amusement, nor as the ambitious do, to be instructed. No, read him in order to live” — Gustave Flaubert on Montaigne’s Essais
Don’t worry about death, pay attention, read a lot, give up control, embrace imperfection, and other timeless lessons on how to live from Montaigne, born on this day in 1533
@mcpli
That is a vfx by an internet user which has gone viral but is not real. The actual dragon display in Singapore made up of 1500 drones looks like this (pic
@AFP
)
Goldman Sachs made $600 million from its work for
#1MDB
. Now Malaysia wants its money back. I've been tracking one of the world's biggest financial scandals since 2009 and discussed the latest developments on
@BBCWorld
Talking Business with
@BBCMaryam
#ICYMI
Social media giant
@Facebook
was grilled for hours by Singapore’s law minister over the alleged
#CambridgeAnalytica
data misuse, marking its first government testimony since the scandal broke... and it’s fair to say it wasn’t a pleasant experience.
#ICYMI
@BBCWorld
#Impact