Category Archives: Business
Cyprus to further ease use of COVID certificates, masks
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is further winding down the compulsory use of COVID-19 vaccination certificates and face masks as the country’s virus numbers continue to improve.
YouTube takes down Hong Kong leader candidate’s channel
HONG KONG (AP) — YouTube on Wednesday took down the campaign channel of Hong Kong’s sole candidate to become its next leader, John Lee, citing compliance with U.S. sanctions imposed against the former No. 2 official.
Judge sends Assange extradition decision to UK government
LONDON (AP) — A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now go to Britain’s interior minister for a decision, though the WikiLeaks founder still
Masks off: Spain relaxes face covering rules for indoors
MADRID (AP) — Spain took another step Wednesday toward a sense of normality amid the pandemic by partially ending the near two-year-long obligatory use of masks indoors.
Inflation picks up steam in March to hit 6.7% amid war in Europe, supply chain woes
OTTAWA — Canada's inflation rate hit 6.7 per cent last month, the fastest annual increase in more than three decades as Russia's attack on Ukraine pushed up oil prices and a pandemic-related supply chain crunch dragged on. The March increase in
Sri Lankan leader promises inquiry into police shooting
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday pledged an impartial and transparent inquiry into a police shooting that left one person dead and 13 others injured during protests over the country's worst economic crisis ...
Live updates | US set to send more military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to announce plans Thursday to send additional military aid to help Ukraine fight back against the Russian invasion, according to a U.S. official.
Macron attacks Le Pen on Russia, Muslim headscarf ban pledge
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron tore into his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a television debate Wednesday for her ties to Russia and for wanting to strip Muslim women of their right to cover their heads in
Russia’s Chernobyl seizure seen as nuclear risk ‘nightmare’
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Here in the dirt of one of the world’s most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches. Ukrainian officials worry they were, in effect, digging their own graves.
Japan formally revokes Russia’s ‘most favored nation’ status
TOKYO (AP) — Japan enacted a law on Wednesday formally revoking Russia's “most favored nation” trade status over its invasion of Ukraine, as Tokyo steps up sanctions amid revelations of Russian military atrocities against civilians.
