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Brazil's Gol became the world's first airline on Wednesday to fly the Boeing 737 MAX commercially since the planes were grounded 20 months ago following two deadly crashes that killed hundreds of people.

The number of passengers screened at U.S. airports dipped to 501,513 on Tuesday, the lowest number since July 4 as COVID-19 cases spike, and Delta Air Lines' chief executive warned that the outlook remained bleak in the months ahead.

Delta Air Lines expects traffic to remain depressed in the coming weeks, its chief executive said on Wednesday, and will continue blocking middle seats until vaccines are widespread.

South Africa's public enterprises ministry said on Wednesday that it had appointed an interim board of directors at South African Airways (SAA), which has been under a form of bankruptcy protection for a year.

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Argentine grains inspectors and oilseeds workers started a new wage strike on Wednesday, organizers said in a joint statement, as stalling contract negotiations threatened to interrupt exports from one of the world's main bread baskets.

German agriculture group BayWa has agreed to sell 49% of its renewable division to Energy Infrastructure Partners AG (EIP) for 530 million euros ($642 million), sending its shares to their highest level in nearly three years.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is awaited in Brussels for crisis talks over dinner with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in what is seen as a last-ditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous no-trade deal Brexit in three weeks' time.

Aurubis AG, Europe's largest copper producer, on Wednesday said it was optimistic on earnings for its new financial year despite the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mexico's lower house of Congress has agreed to delay the approval process for a landmark bill to legalize cannabis until 2021 to give lawmakers more time to study it, congressional sources said late on Tuesday.

When Bangladeshi textile firm DBL set up shop in Ethiopia two years ago, the African nation was the garment industry's bright new frontier, boasting abundant cheap labour and a government keen to woo companies with tax breaks and cheap loans.

Virgin Australia expects the profit outlook for the Sydney-Melbourne-Brisbane triangle will be challenging for a long time as Regional Express Holdings Ltd (Rex) enters the market, Virgin's chief executive said on Wednesday.

President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday laid out his plan to fight the coronavirus pandemic during his first 100 days in office, saying his administration would vaccinate 100 million Americans, push to reopen schools and strengthen mask mandates.

Seven times last month, Benjamin Karmis, a 26-year-old priest from Wheaton, Illinois, failed to get his hands on the latest Sony PlayStation 5 video game console from retail websites including Walmart Inc and Facebook Marketplace.

From the humblest pouch to Birkin bags to Louis Vuitton luggage, a new exhibition in London will explore the function, design and craftsmanship of the accessory that carries our stuff, but can mean so much more.

Debt-laden Tianqi Lithium has secured a lifeline from Perth-based nickel and gold miner IGO Ltd, which will invest $1.4 billion in the unit that controls Greenbushes, the world's largest hard-rock lithium mine.

JetBlue Airways unveiled a series of cost saving measures on Tuesday, including halting pay raises and paid parental leave, in a move it said would avoid furloughs through at least Sept. 30 as it continues to battle the pandemic.

Boeing Co lost another 63 orders in November for its newly un-grounded 737 MAX jet, and the company delivered seven aircraft to customers, down from 24 in the same month a year ago, company data showed on Tuesday.

Companies and industry groups lobbying to get their U.S. workers to the front of the line for COVID vaccination are running into a patchwork of state plans and confusion over who is essential, and who is not.

Companies and industry groups lobbying to get their U.S. workers to the front of the line for COVID vaccination are running into a patchwork of state plans and confusion over who is essential, and who is not.