LONDON: EasyJet aircraft will take to the skies on Monday (Jun 15) for the first time since Mar 30, as the British carrier resumes a small number of mainly domestic flights after weeks of lockdown. Passengers, who under easyJet's new rules must wear face masks, were to board the airline's...
LONDON: Unilever Plc said on Monday (Jun 15) it will invest 1 billion euros in a fund to invest in climate change projects and reduce to net zero greenhouse gas emissions from all its products by 2039, 11 years ahead of the Paris Agreement deadline. Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products...
Amid brewing Sino-US tensions, economic distancing from China would carry heavy costs, says ANU’s Shiro Armstrong.
COVID-19 makes it difficult to administer and manage the annual performance reviews in any case, so it is timely to introduce more relevant frameworks, says Adrian Tan.
LIMA: The ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a jewel of Peruvian tourism, will sharply reduce the number of daily visitors once it reopens from a virus-imposed closure in July, officials said. Given the need for social distancing and other measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, only...
PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday (Jun 14) he was accelerating France's exit from its coronavirus lockdown and that the crisis had laid bare the country's need for greater economic independence. In a televised address to the nation, Macron promised that the 500 billion euro cost of ......
VENICE, Italy: Make no mistake, tourists are back in Venice. The lagoon city is already welcoming visitors back to its splendours as Italy relaxes the restrictions that halted the flow of visitors. On Saturday, a long queue of tourists built up outside St. Mark's cathedral, one of the most...
Systemic racism and high unemployment levels among black and Hispanic Americans create a drag on the U.S. economy, Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said on Sunday.
TOKYO: An explosion was reported at Honda Motor's plant in central Japan, police said on Sunday (Jun 14), with two workers sent to the hospital with burns. The explosion at a switchboard occurred at around 9.15am local time (8.15am Singapore time) in Honda's plant in Suzuka city, Mie prefecture...
SINGAPORE: Even as the country tackles the immediate challenges posed by the COVID-19 outbreak, Singapore must look further ahead and invest in areas that develop its “intangible strengths”, its infrastructure, as most of all, its people and businesses, said Minister for Trade and Industry Chan ...
