Shooting: India cancels pre-Olympic base in Korea amid coronavirus outbreak
The Indian shooting federation has dropped Italy as a training venue for its shooters and also canceled plans to set up a pre-Olympic base in...
Nokia shares rise on report of possible mergers, assets sales
Shares in Nokia Oyj rose in a falling market on Thursday, after Bloomberg News reported that the Finnish telecom network equipment maker was considering asset...
Too white, too male: Fed takes on diversity one bank board member at a time
The Federal Reserve, long criticized for being too white and male, crossed a substantial milestone last year: for the first time in its 107-year history,...
Republicans’ ‘Operation Chaos’ seeks to undermine South Carolina’s Democratic primary
Republican activists in South Carolina are urging party voters to do the seemingly unthinkable: support U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ bid for the White House in...
Shell and Gasunie plan to build massive Dutch green hydrogen plant
Oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell and Dutch gas company Gasunie [GSUNI.UL] plan to build a massive green hydrogen plant in the northern Netherlands...
Opponents of new London Heathrow runway to hear appeal outcome
Opponents of a third runway at London’s Heathrow are set to hear on Thursday whether their legal appeal against the government’s decision to expand Europe’s...
Biting passengers on flight is no reason for cash compensation delay: EU court adviser
Air travelers cannot receive cash compensation if their flight is delayed by a passenger biting others and assaulting crew members, an adviser at the Court...
Japan PM Abe says to ask all schools to close for most of March
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that the government would ask all elementary, junior high and high schools to close from March 2...
France’s Macron says coronavirus ‘epidemic is on the way’
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called the coronavirus outbreak a “crisis, an epidemic that is on the way”....
Emirates won’t fly Umrah pilgrims, some tourists to Saudi due to coronavirus outbreak
Emirates airline said it would no longer carry to Saudi Arabia passengers with Umrah pilgrimage visas or tourists from nearly two dozen countries until further...
