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Fears have been raised for 142 Britons on board the Grand Princess cruise ship after 21 people were diagnosed with coronavirus. Vice President Mike Pence, who is in charge of the US response to the crisis, revealed that 19 crew members and two passengers had the virus on Friday. President Trump subsequently raised the prospect … Read more
Americans stranded on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship have revealed they are confined to their rooms as they anxiously await test results while held off the coast of San Francisco. The Grand Princess with some 2,300 passengers on board, mostly Americans, and another 1,000 crew members, was ordered to stay at sea on Thursday. It follows … Read more
More than 100 Britons are stranded on board a cruise ship off the coast of California where medics are testing passengers for coronavirus, it emerged last night. Princess Cruises said 142 UK nationals – made up of 121 passengers and 21 crew – were on board the Grand Princess which is carrying a total of … Read more
A cruise ship that previously carried two passengers who contracted coronavirus, including one who died, is now being held 400 miles off the California coast after at least 20 people onboard fell ill. Thousands of passengers are currently on the Grand Princess cruise ship that was banned on Wednesday from returning to its home port of … Read more
Thousands of passengers on board the Grand Princess cruise ship are being held off the coast of California amid a suspected coronavirus outbreak as a state of emergency was declared across the state. It comes after two people who traveled on the ship during a cruise to Mexico last month were confirmed to have caught the virus. … Read more
Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova announces her retirement from tennis in an emotional essay in Vanity Fair – three years after coming from a drugs ban By Jonathan Spencer For Mailonline Published: 13:08 GMT, 26 February 2020 | Updated: 13:21 GMT, 26 February 2020 Maria Sharapova has announced her retirement from tennis at just the … Read more
The scenes at Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station in New York have been pictured amid an apparent homeless crisis that is reportedly making the lives of commuters and tourists a misery. Images show displaced Americans trying to sleep on floors and even trash cans as travelers and business people go about their daily lives, … Read more
M’aidez! M’aidez!’ Deranged with panic, I flapped my arms and hollered for help. No ski trip for my family is complete without the international phrase for emergency being used at least once. Only this time I wasn’t shouting it from a slope-side collision but from the hard shoulder of a French motorway after coming to … Read more
Hundreds of young Russian cadets put on a display of glitz and glamour as they arrived for the annual cadet ball at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. Staged by the Russian Federal Protection Service, St Andrew Hall was transformed into a sea of gold at the military soiree on Wednesday evening. Dressed to impress in … Read more
Shall we dance? Russian military school students take to the floor in glamorous pastel gowns and uniforms for the annual cadet ball at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow Hundreds of well-dressed young Russian cadets arrived at annual ball at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow Drummers of the secondary school No 1770 orchestra put on … Read more