Lebanon can ration $2 billion in reserves left for subsidies to last six more months, the caretaker prime minister said on Tuesday, as the country's financial meltdown raises fears of rising hunger.
Iran's cabinet on Wednesday allocated $150,000 for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane downed in Iranian airspace in January, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Thanks to Mitch McConnell, the U.S. Senate probably won't debate the measure upping stimulus payments to $2000 per head this side of the New Year, but the Senate Majority Leader hasn't managed to knock stock markets or dent expectations of a global growth rebound.
Chinese tourists, millions of whom have shunned overseas travel this year because of the global pandemic, are further narrowing the scope of their journeys, visiting nearby cities and avoiding trips out of their provinces.
Grupo Aeromexico has wound up discussions with two labor unions but remains in talks with two more, it said on Tuesday in an update on negotiations that are a requirement for the airline to receive a second tranche of bankruptcy financing.
The Canadian province of Quebec on Tuesday urged the federal government to require COVID-19 testing for residents returning from year-end vacations, after images of maskless tourists frolicking on overseas beaches hit social media as cases rose.
Britain will be able to trade with its European neighbours and keep control of its laws and destiny, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will say on Wednesday before lawmakers vote on the Brexit deal he clinched at the eleventh hour.
Lebanon can ration $2 billion in reserves left for subsidies to last six more months, the caretaker prime minister said on Tuesday, as the country's financial meltdown raises fears of rising hunger.
The loading of 162 ships has been delayed in Argentine agro-industrial ports, bogging down $1.458 billion in exports due to a strike by oilseed workers, as a new round of wage talks began, an analyst with the Rosario grains exchange said on Tuesday.
Chinese meat importers and processors have called on exporters in countries with COVID-19 outbreaks to step up checks on shipments before they are sent to the world's biggest market, the country's top industry group said.
Egypt is aiming to secure a second bumper crop of oranges this season in order to keep its spot as the world's leading exporter of the citrus fruit, producers and the agriculture ministry say.
Argentina's oilseed workers and agro-export companies said on Tuesday they would meet to hash out their differences in a government-mediated bid to end a more than two-week standoff that has bogged down exports from one of the world's main breadbaskets.
Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd said on Tuesday it plans to sell 32.67% of its stake in its Indian operations to majority shareholder Tata Sons [TATAS.UL] for $37.7 million.
Chinese meat importers and processors have called on exporters in countries with COVID-19 outbreaks to step up checks on shipments before they are sent to the world's biggest market, the country's top industry group said.
Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd said in a bourse filing on Tuesday it plans to sell 32.67% of its stake in its Indian operations to Tata Sons [TATAS.UL] for $37.7 million, the carrier said in a bourse filing on Tuesday.
American Airlines is set to restart U.S. Boeing 737 MAX commercial flights on Tuesday, another milestone for the U.S. planemaker as it tries to move past its deepest crisis in its 104-year history.
It looks like Americans could get $2000 stimulus cheques rather than the originally approved $600 -- if the U.S. Senate plays ball. That prospect sent Wall Street to another record high on Monday, while Japanese shares have scaled a 30-year top and European equities are heading north.
Ryanair on Tuesday confirmed it would restrict the voting rights of British shareholders from Jan. 1 in a bid to ensure it remains majority EU-owned and retain full licensing and flight rights in the bloc.
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