Tribune News Network Doha Investments in the energy sector will see their biggest fall this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which has hit both demand and prices, with consumer spending on oil set to drop by $1 trillion in 2020, ..
Agencies Washington Airplane maker Boeing on Wednesday announced plans to shed more than 13,000 employees, including the first round of compulsory cuts as part of previously announced plans triggered by the coronavirus-driven ..
AFP Frankfurt am Main Coronavirus-stricken airline group Lufthansa wavered on Wednesday on grabbing a nine-billion-euro ($9.9 billion) German state lifeline, throwing up new turbulence for a rescue that could decide the fate of ..
AFP Paris Economic activity in France is making a clear if cautious recovery after lockdown measures were relaxed earlier this month but the country is still heading for a roughly 20 percent contraction this quarter, the national ..
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AFP Hong Kong Asian equities mostly fell Wednesday as profit-taking and worries about deteriorating China-US relations outweighed optimism over the gradual reopening of economies around the world. Hong Kong fell as investors ..
AFP Brussels European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed a 750-billion-euro post-virus recovery fund for Europe and urged sceptical member states to back it. The global coronavirus outbreak has already thrust ..
dpa Geneva A sixth of the world’s young labour force has stopped working since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday in a report which warned of long-term ..
AFP Paris Air France-KLM will slash 40 percent of its French domestic flights by next year in exchange for receiving seven billion euros ($7.7 billion) in emergency coronavirus funding backed by the French state, the company’s ..
AFP Paris Struggling automakers Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi unveiled on Wednesday a plan to deepen their alliance, a top global producer of cars, that only months ago seemed on the verge of breakup. The announcement comes as the ..
AFP Tokyo Japan announced fresh stimulus plans worth nearly $300 billion on Wednesday to pep up the economy after the coronavirus pandemic tipped the country into recession. Consumer spending has slowed to a crawl despite Japan’s ..