United Airlines said on Sunday it is permanently eliminating change fees on tickets for U.S. travel effective immediately, the latest effort by a U.S. airline to try to stimulate bookings hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Mexican airline Interjet said on Sunday it will increase the number of routes and frequency of its domestic flights starting in September, including boosting travel options to the country's northern states and popular tourist destinations.
U.S. Gulf of Mexico crude oil production on Sunday remained down 70per cent, or 1.29 million barrels per day, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Interior, as companies continued to return crews to evacuated offshore facilities.
Wizz Air will sharply reduce weekly flights to and from Hungary from Sept. 7, the airline said, after the government announced it would ban the entry of foreigners to try to rein in the coronavirus outbreak.
LONDON: British finance minister Rishi Sunak is considering a sweeping set of tax increases to help fix the huge hole in the public finances left by the COVID-19 pandemic, two newspapers said. Tax hikes suggested by Treasury officials could raise an extra £20 billion to £30 billion a year,...
PARIS: While large traditional retailers announce big lay-offs because of the pandemic, sometimes shedding thousands of staff, coronavirus lockdowns have in contrast given e-commerce a major boost. Recent data shows a shift to shopping online - according to Kantar consulting group, international e ...
LONDON: "I don't know if you're aware, but we're living through a pandemic right now," says Joel Robinson with a smile as he introduces his Jack the Ripper tour in London's East End. Robinson, a trained actor and history buff who works for the tourist company London With A...
JAKARTA: As night fell in the Indonesian capital, pop ensemble Kahitna took to the stage for a drive-in concert nearly two hours long that attracted eager listeners in rows of hundreds of parked cars. The eight performers played yearning, sentimental tunes, capitalising on patrons' nostalgia for ...
LONDON: Treasury officials in Britain are pushing for tax hikes to plug holes blown in public finances by the COVID-19 pandemic, two leading British newspapers said. Such hikes will enable the exchequer to raise at least £20 billion (US$26.70 billion) a year, and some could be introduced in the...
BEIJING: China's new rules around tech exports mean ByteDance's sale of TikTok's US operations could need Beijing's approval, a Chinese trade expert told state media, a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment. ByteDance has been ordered by President Donald ...
