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Rita Ora drops teaser of Eric Clapton cover Change The World she recorded pre-lockdown

The Let You Love Me hit-maker, 29, had filmed the 'now appropriate' recording before lockdown measures had been introduced by the UK government and told fans it had been an 'honour' to perform.




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Jo Konta crashes out of Eastbourne in straight-sets loss to world No 62 Ons Jabeur

KIERAN GILL AT EASTBOURNE: Jo Konta's half of the draw had opened up this week, with world No 1 Ashleigh Barty withdrawing and Elina Svitolina suffering a surprise defeat.




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Tom Cruise is filming the world's first action movie in space — and he'll get there using Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket

Tom Cruise is partnering with NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX to film the first narrative action movie in outer space.Cruise plans to shoot the film on the International Space Station and be transported using a SpaceX rocket.SpaceX intends to launch its first manned mission to the International Space Station May 27.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Tom Cruise is taking action movies to a whole new level — literally — by filming his next blockbuster in outer space 1,200 miles above Earth, and Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket is going to get him there.NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine confirmed Tuesday that the agency will work with Cruise to shoot a film aboard the International Space Station. The news was first reported by Deadline.The mission is a three-fold collaboration between a




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Clashes and unity calls at UN on World War II anniversary

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.N. Security Council meeting on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe on Friday saw a clash between Russia and...




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Russian volunteers search for fallen World War II soldiers

KHULKHUTA, Russia (AP) - Crouching over the sun-drenched soil, Alfred Abayev picks up a charred fragment of a Soviet warplane downed in a World War II battle...




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Nurseries around the world are destroying millions of flowers as demand drops during the coronavirus pandemic




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'It's hard to pay off your medical school loans in this kind of a job': Doctors who can protect the world against pandemics are in short supply

In situations like the coronavirus pandemic, infectious disease doctors are indispensable experts who help us better understand viruses and the steps that society can take to mitigate damage.Infectious disease specialists are some of the lowest paid physicians in the US, according to data from Medscape."There are not enough people like me in the world right now," Dr. Emily Landon, an infectious disease specialist at University of Chicago Medicine, told Business Insider. "It's hard to pay off your medical school loans in this kind of a job.""The greatest barrier to going into our field is the financial concerns," said Dr. Thomas File, Jr., president of the Infectious Disease Society of America.Read live updates about the coronavirus here.Experts who can help protect the world against viral




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Emulate real-world scenarios with Rohde & Schwarz power supplies

Emulate real-world scenarios with Rohde & Schwarz power supplies




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Chris Mears: I can't believe I've won a Commonwealth Games gold medal! My best mate Jack and I have proved we're one of the best diving partnerships in the world

ROAD TO RIO 2016: British diver Chris Mears, who won a gold Commonwealth medal in the synchronised 3m springboard event with Jack Laugher in Glasgow, talks about his success.




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Max Whitlock: I'm delighted with World Championships silver medal, it was my best performance of the season

MAX WHITLOCK: To return home from the World Championships in Nanning in China with a silver medal was fantastic. Competing out there was a great experience.




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Max Whitlock: Leading Team GB to the World Gynamastics Championship makes a tough year feel worthwhile... but I'll be taking my own food to China 

I’m so happy to be leading Great Britain at the World Gymnastics Championships next month! 




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ROAD TO RIO 2016 - Harry Brown: Playing for Amiab Albacete in Spain has been awesome and I can't wait to take part in World Championships

ROAD TO RIO 2016: I’ve just finished my first year playing abroad. I left Sheffield Steelers to join Amiab Albacete in Spain and it was awesome! The basketball is totally different and, because it’s a semi-professional league, you are there just to play.




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BECKY JAMES: Training is a real grind in build up to World Championships, so I'm looking forward to relaxing with the rugby WAGs

My training sessions in Manchester have been intense since my last blog, but now I'm beginning to taper off so I'm fresh for the World Championships in Colombia in a month's time.




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Max Whitlock: World Championships was the steepest learning curve of my career but I'm ready for 2015

With silver at the 2014 World Championships, two medals in the European Championships and my five medals in the Commonwealth Games, what more could I ask for?




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CHRIS MEARS: My body is sore everyday from continual diving but I cannot wait for the World Aquatics Championships to start

Some of you won’t like me saying this, but I feel old! I know I’m only 22 but I’m diving so much and working so hard that my body is sore every day. I’m training for the World Aquatics Championship.




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At 22, Max Whitlock already has 18 major gymnastics medals. This week he wants to become a world star 

Max Whitlock has set his sights on becoming a ‘legend’ of the sport. That quest for greatness continues at the World Championships in Glasgow.




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Beauty queen, 24, sues Miss World after it bans her from taking part because she is a mother 

Veronika Didusenko, 24, has launched legal action in London claiming organisers are in breach of the Equalities Act 2010 and has demanded they change their 'outdated' entry criteria.




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Woman, 19, is selling her virginity for £84,000 so she can travel the world and 'experience luxury'

Ekaterina, who is listed at Katya on Cinderella Escorts, is originally from the city of Kharkiv in north-eastern Ukraine, but currently resides in the United States.




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Ten of the world's lesser-known romantic places to celebrate Valentine's Day from Ukraine to Mexico

If you don't want to mark your match-up the same way as every other loved-up pair on Valentine's Day, pay close attention. Here we've rounded up ten lesser-known places linked to love around the globe.




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Eight-year-old girl in Ukraine becomes world's youngest person to die of OLD AGE

Anna Sakidon's biological age was nearer to 80 and she weighed just 17lbs when she died in Ukraine. She suffered from Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome which only affects 160 people.




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Ex-Miss World slams equalities watchdog for dropping her bid to change law

Veronika Didusenko, 24, was crowned Miss Ukraine in 2018 but was stripped of her title four days later after it was revealed she was divorced and had a four-year-old son.




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JB Chemicals, a little-known pharma company in India is now on the radar of private equity giants around the world – here’s why

Private equity giants like KKR, the Carlyle group and others are interested in acquiring a controlling stake in JB Chemicals, a little-known pharma company in India.Although JB Chemicals is a small player in the Indian pharma industry, it has built four strong brands and has market leadership in three of them, which has resulted in industry-beating growth.Some of the popular brands that JB Chemicals owns include Metrogyl, Rantac, Cilacar and Nicardia – driving 80-85% of the company’s India formulations revenue.JB Chemicals, a little-known pharma company in India with a market capitalization of ₹4,600 crore is reportedly on the radar of private equity giants around the world. This has sent the stock to an all-time high of ₹621 in intra-day trade.JB Chemicals is a relatively small player when




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Premier League owners' world map: the global scale of foreign riches

The Premier League is even more cosmopolitan with the arrival of Wolves, Cardiff and Fulham. That's because the men bankrolling the three new additions are from China, America and Malaysia.




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Golf news: World No 5 Justin Thomas reveals skin cancer scare

Former World No 1 and 2017 US PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas has issued a warning to fans to get checked for skin cancer after revealing his own melanoma scare.




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Rory McIlroy returns to world No 1 spot for first time in five years after replacing Brooks Koepka

The four-time major winner officially took the world No 1 spot again on Monday, ending Koepka's 38-week reign at the top since winning the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in May.




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Sparkling secrets of five-star luxury: How the world's most glamorous hotels earn their stripes

Hotel managers across the world are waiting to hear if their properties have retained their place on the luxury list by Forbes Travel Guides. Here Neil Simpson reveals what makes a five-star hotel.




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How Samsung became one of the world's biggest brands despite selling exploding phones 

Eleven of the greatest legends of Hollywood - among them winners of ten Oscars who together and $9 billion in earnings - had spontaneously gathered together in a single shot.




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FEMME attends world premiere of the Jaguar E-PACE

Released her new song 'Fire with Fire'




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Mike Pompeo slaps aside French warning that killing Qassem Soleimani makes the world more dangerous

France's top European diplomat said Friday that 'we have woken up to a more dangerous world.' Pompeo fired back on CNN . 'Yeah, well, the French are just wrong about that,'




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Video game firm is slammed as 'beyond disgusting' for 'World War 3' advert

Video game Conflict of Nations: World War 3 tweeted: 'Iran starting World War 3? Simulate any #WWIII scenario you can think of in Conflict of Nations right now!'




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Palestinians burn US flags: World reacts to airstrike death of Iran commander Soleimani 

Protesters across the West have gathered today to condemn the US drone strikes following the death of Iran's highest ranking general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.




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USA tops list of the world's most diplomatically influential countries, with Britain third

America ranked top in a new survey looking at 'soft power' - a country's ability to influence others without using military or economic might - followed by Germany and the UK, researchers found.




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Daredevils race along frozen surface of the world's deepest lake

Ice-adapted vehicles - including helicopters, lorries and motorbikes - soared along Lake Baikal in Russia for the second annual Baikal Mile. The competition can reach temperatures of -40C.




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How Saudi Arabia is trying to CRIPPLE Russian oil industry by flooding world market

Saudi Arabia slashed its oil export prices over the weekend and declared a price war with Russia that sent global markets reeling and marked the sharpest decline in oil futures since 1991.




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Could Iran-US crisis escalate and lead to World War Three?

Iran has vowed to exact a 'crushing revenge' on America in retaliation for a strike which killed top general Qassem Soluemani, leaving the Middle East on the brink of a 'devastating war'.




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Kate Upton decries the 'dumb misogynist comments' she received over controversial World Series call

'I LOVE talking about sports and reading all of the dumb misogynist comments. It reminds me that women need to keep fighting for equality. It's 2019 but feels like the 1950s,' she tweeted.




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Sebastian Stan tunes out the world as he strolls on the street wearing his earbuds and latex gloves 

Marvel Cinematic Universe star Sebastian Stan was seen on the streets of New York City on Wednesday, staying safe in a pair of bright blue latex gloves as added precaution against the coronavirus pandemic.




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World Championships: Adam Peaty demands freedom to protest against drug cheats

LIZ BYRNES IN GWANGJU: Peaty has hit out at swimming's governing body for refusing to respect freedom of speech after his Scott was warned for protesting against Yang.




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Australian swimmer Shayna Jack was forced to leave World Championships after failing a doping test

Australian swimmer Shayna Jack reportedly failed a doping test ahead of the World Championships.




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Drugs cheat Chinese swimmer Sun Yang returns home following furious at World Championships

Sun Yang was pictured walking through Hangzhou International Airport in China on Sunday after winning gold in the 200m freestyle at the World Championships in South Korea.




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Coleman faces September hearing as world's fastest man remains determined to clear his name

Christian Coleman will undergo a hearing on September 4 to determine if he is cleared to run at the World Championships after allegedly missing three doping tests.




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World's fastest man Christian Coleman CLEARED to compete in world championships

The American, who is the heavy favourite to win the 100m in Doha, had faced a potential suspension after three missed tests in a 12-month period, as revealed by Sportsmail .




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Russia to miss World Athletics Championships for second time in a row as IAAF extend ban on nation

MATT HUGHES: Russia are facing a worldwide ban from all major sports events after being given three weeks to explain signs of tampering with drug tests. 




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Christian Coleman looks set for 100m World Championships glory...but doping doubts linger

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: Christian Coleman is on course for 100 metre glory at the World Athletics Championships but his doping violations mean he can't replace Usain Bolt as the face of the sport.




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Laura Muir boosted by fifth place finish at the World Championships

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: In the end it was all too much for Muir. There were simply too many injuries and one athlete who ran the sixth quickest 1500m time in history.




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World Anti-Doping Agency panel calls for Russian athletes to be banned for FOUR YEARS

It follows an investigation into the data handed over by the Moscow laboratory in January as part of the reintegration process of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency following the state-sponsored doping scandal.




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WADA ban Russia from international sport for next FOUR years... meaning no Olympics and World Cup

Russia have been banned from the world's top sporting events for four years, including next summer's Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Qatar World Cup, for tampering with doping tests.




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Spotlight on Tokyo Olympics, Qatar World Cup and cash for Russian doping cover-ups at Diack trial

ROB DRAPER AND PETER ALLEN IN PARIS: A criminal trial will start on Monday with some huge names on the International Olympic Committee sweating to see if they are named in court.




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Former World Athletics president Lamine Diack's trial in Paris for corruption adjourned until June

The trial of Lamine Diack, the former president of World Athletics, has been adjourned until June and the 86-year-old's request to return from Senegal has been refused.




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World Athletics will sue former boss Diack and five defendants for £35m but corruption trial stalls

MIKE KEEGAN IN PARIS: World Athletics is to sue Lamine Diack and his co-defendants for £35million. The ex-head of the sport's governing body, formerly known as the IAAF, was in a Paris court on Monday.