Kieran Corcoran is the Associate News Editor at Business Insider UK.
A visualization from a 2018 BBC documentary called 'Contagion!' highlights how frequent handwashing could help slow the outbreak of infectious diseases such as the COVID-19 coronavirus.
The latest figure for China is 68.7 years, compared to 68.5 in the USA.
HMRC, the UK's tax and revenue department, is writing to companies reminding them of the law around paid internships.
The British government has announced that the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned by 2040.
A Japanese island where women are banned has been named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
