Tag: The Telegraph

‘For $670 Million,’ US Firm Agrees Deal To Buy UK’s Telegraph Newspaper

Ganiyu Amodu

British right-wing newspaper The Telegraph has agreed a takeover by US investment group RedBird Capital Partners, ending a two-year saga marked by UK government intervention over press freedoms. RedBird has struck an “in-principle agreement” to purchase The Telegraph Media Group (TMG), which comprises the 170-year-old paper’s print and online operations, for £500 million ($670 million), the pair announced in a statement on Friday. It concludes a protracted sale that involved an intervention by the previous Conservative government. US-Emirati consortium RedBird IMI, comprising Redbird Capital, had already struck a deal for…

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COVID could be spread through fart — UK Ministers

Wonuola Olujobi

The official advice is to open a window to increase ventilation and slow the spread of Covid, but now there could be an added incentive – the virus may also be spread by flatulence. Ministers have privately pointed to evidence that Covid could be spread by people breaking wind in confined spaces such as lavatories. One said they had read “credible-looking stuff on it” from other countries, although government scientists are yet to produce a paper on the matter. READ ALSO: EXPLAINER: Why COVID-19 may still Kill more Men than Women…

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