EU recovery fund has ‘green strings’ but no ban on fossil fuels
The European Commission pledged on Thursday to attach climate conditions to its massive funding package to save Europe’s coronavirus-battered economies, but stopped short of banning...
U.S. caps charter flights to Cuba at 3,600 per year: agency
The U.S. Transportation Department said Thursday it will cap charter flights to Cuba at 3,600 per year as the Trump administration moves to curb the...
Mexican president to restart trips in spite of coronavirus spike
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday said he would next week resume tours of the country, which he had suspended due to the...
Paris to reopen parks and public gardens on June 2: mayor
Paris will reopen parks and public gardens from June 2, the city’s mayor said on Thursday on its websites....
Trump’s executive order takes aim at social media firms -draft
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter, Facebook and Alphabet’s Google from being responsible...
Column: What COVID-19 is teaching us about how to reform Medicare
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a bright spotlight on weaknesses in many of the systems designed to protect Americans from risks. But with older people...
Takeda gets EU green light to keep bowel drug after Shire buy
Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd will be allowed to keep a drug used to treat bowel disease because changes in the market have removed the...
Crashed Pakistan plane hit runway three times on first approach: minister
The captain of a Pakistani airliner that crashed last week, killing 97 people on board, approached Karachi airport without announcing he couldn’t open his landing...
The new workplace? Central and eastern Europe may be closer than most
When Mario Pereira’s Polish colleague, sitting not far from him in a Warsaw office, sent him an email rather than walking over to speak, the...
Pfizer ties up with glass maker Corning for vial supply
U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc has signed a long-term agreement with glass maker Corning Inc to procure vials for storing drugs, the companies said on Thursday....