TRAVEL to and from Hong Kong is easier now that hotel quarantine has ended. It is also more expensive. Much more expensive. A business class ticket between Hong Kong and Los Angeles leaving Friday and returning on Oct. 7 cost ...
ROME — Giorgia Meloni, widely expected to be named Italy’s first woman prime minister after Sunday’s elections, will have to tackle a raft of pressing economic problems as soon as her government takes office. The country’s laborious institutional proceedings mean ...
NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in a test of the world’s first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth. Humanity’s first ...
EasyJet is to stop offsetting carbon emissions by its planes as it unveiled a “roadmap to net zero” emissions by 2050 including introducing hydrogen-powered jet engines. Other elements of easyJet’s new strategy include using sustainable aviation fuel, more fuel-efficient planes ...
Labour would renationalise the railways, its conference has been told, although Keir Starmer will continue to face pressure after delegates unanimously passed union-backed motions urging public ownership of Royal Mail and inflation-proof pay rises. The party leadership avoided a potentially ...
Farmers are threatening to quit the National Farmers’ Union after its leader said she supported the UK government’s apparent move to scrap post-Brexit nature subsidies. This weekend it was revealed that the government was poised to abandon the “Brexit bonus”, ...
OTTAWA — Canada will drop all coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions for travelers from Oct. 1, including vaccination and masking requirements for flights and trains, the government said on Monday. The move is likely to boost the Canadian travel industry, ...
Banks and building societies removed dozens of mortgage deals from sale yesterday and homeowners raced to secure fixed rates because of fears that the cost of borrowing would soar. Halifax, the biggest mortgage provider, said it would withdraw most fixed-rate ...
TikTok could be facing a £27 million fine for an alleged breach of data protection law by failing to protect young users’ privacy. The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued the Chinese-owned social media company with a notice of intent, a ...
Flexible and remote working opportunities are proving as important as salaries for new recruits, as the continued skills shortage means that jobseekers hold most of the cards when it comes to finding work. More than two thirds of employers said ...