Virgin Australia looks set to cut basic fares and start charging fees for items like checked baggage and food under new chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka, prompting a wider industry shake-up as the country’s airlines reawaken from the coronavirus crisis. SYDNEY: Virgin Australia looks set to cut basic fares and start […]
Day: October 19, 2020
REUTERS: Streaming video service Netflix on Thursday (Oct 29) raised monthly charges in the United States for its standard and premium subscription plans, a move that sent the company’s shares climbing nearly 5 per cent. Netflix increased the cost of its standard subscription by US$1 a month to US$14, and […]
CALIFORNIA: Logitech International on Tuesday (Oct 20) reported a surge in second-quarter revenue and net profit as the computer peripherals maker benefited from a shift to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The maker of computer keyboards and mice also raised its full-year forecast, saying it now expects annual […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s Victoria state may accelerate the easing of social distancing restrictions after reporting just one new Covid-19 case today, Premier Daniel Andrews said today. Case numbers were down from four yesterday, extending a run of single-digit daily increases to almost a week, and are well down from a peak […]
GENEVA: Europe and North America should follow the example of Asian states by persevering with anti-Covid measures and quarantining anyone who comes into contact with infected people, a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert said yesterday. The WHO’s Europe region, which includes Russia, has recorded up to 8,500 deaths in the […]
DUBLIN: A number of European countries took urgent new measures yesterday to combat a second wave of coronavirus infections, as the World Health Organisation blamed the surge in worldwide cases — now more than 40 million — on countries’ failure to quarantine infected people properly. Ireland and Wales became the […]
LAS VEGAS: President Donald Trump called coronavirus expert Anthony Fauci a “disaster” yesterday, airing his frustration with the scientist during a call meant to reassure campaign staff he has a path to victory on Nov. 3 despite trailing in opinion polls. Trump and Fauci, a member of his coronavirus task […]
CORAL GABLES: Florida voters lined up outside polling places yesterday on the first day of early voting in the battleground state, as 30 million Americans have already cast their ballots in November’s presidential election. Republican President Donald Trump, running out of time to change the dynamics of a race that […]