News Headlines - 23 April 2018
▽Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to boy - BBC News
The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a boy, her third child and second son.
The new arrival, who was born at St Mary's Hospital, London, is fifth in line to the throne and the Queen's sixth great-grandchild.
▽Four presidents come together to pay tribute to Barbara Bush - CNNPolitics
A touching photograph of several generations of presidents paying tribute to the late Barbara Bush is being warmly and widely circulated on social media.
The remarkable photo features four former presidents -- Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush -- along with first lady Melania Trump and former first ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton.
▽Climate change: Michael Bloomberg pledges $4.5m for Paris deal - BBC News
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he will pay $4.5m (￡3.2m) to cover some of the lapsed US commitment to the Paris climate accord.
He said he had a responsibility to help improve the environment because of President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the deal.
▽London Marathon: huge crowds spur on runners in hottest race ever | The Guardian
Tens of thousands of people lined the streets of the capital on Sunday to cheer on friends, family – and complete strangers – who were running in the hottest London Marathon ever.
As the mercury hit 23.2C, runners who had trained throughout Britain’s particularly long and cold winter struggled to cope with the heat.
▽Playmobil boat ‘Adventure’ sails nearly 3,000 miles across Atlantic Ocean | Daily Mail Online
A tiny toy boat belonging to two British boys has sailed nearly 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean and is set to complete its journey in the Caribbean.
Brothers Ollie and Harry Ferguson, eight and six, had their little Playmobil boat Adventure dropped 100 miles off the coast of Mauritania in Africa.
The toy craft has since travelled 2,800 miles in five months and tackled waves of up to 65ft to come within 100 miles off the coast of Guyana in South America.
