PARIS: Airbus announced Thursday (Jul 30) net losses of 1.9 billion euros (US$2.2 billion) in the first six months after aircraft delivery halved as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The leading European company delivered 196 planes over the first six months of 2020 as airlines around the globe slashed […]
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SINGAPORE: Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung has warned that Singapore cannot take for granted that it will remain an aviation hub even when the COVID-19 pandemic ends. Mr Ong was speaking to reporters on Thursday (Jul 30) after attending a ceremony at the Causeway to mark the official resumption […]
French carmaker Renault posted a record net loss of 7.292 billion euros in the first half of this year, dragged down by the impact of losses at alliance partner Nissan and the COVID crisis hitting sales. PARIS: French carmaker Renault posted a record net loss of 7.292 billion euros in […]
SHENZHEN: China’s Huawei overtook Samsung Electronics as the world’s biggest seller of mobile phones in the second quarter of 2020, shipping 55.8 million devices compared to Samsung’s 53.7 million, according to data from research firm Canalys. While Huawei’s sales fell 5per cent from the same quarter a year earlier, South […]
SYDNEY: Australia on Thursday (Jul 30) reported a record number of new COVID-19 infections and its deadliest day of the pandemic so far following a spike in cases at elderly care homes. Days after authorities expressed hope that a Melbourne lockdown – now in its third week – was bringing […]
SINGAPORE: Ride-hailing company Uber has reversed its decision to move its Asia-Pacific headquarters out of Singapore and will stay put in the country until at least the end of 2022. The company had said two months ago that it planned to relocate its Asia-Pacific headquarters to Hong Kong, but has […]
DOHA: Former Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez said on Wednesday (Jul 29) that he had recovered from the coronavirus, returned home and resumed his duties as Qatari side Al-Sadd’s head coach. “Thank you so much for all the caring messages that I’ve received during these days,” he wrote on his verified […]
SAO PAULO: In Brazil, health care workers are on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic in more ways than one, treating patients but also volunteering to test some of the most promising experimental vaccines. Brazil is the country with the second-highest number of infections and deaths in the pandemic, […]
TOKYO: Japan will from next week lift a ban on the re-entry of some foreign residents, imposed to limit the spread of coronavirus, the foreign ministry has announced. Up to 90,000 foreign nationals with residence permits, including students, business people and trainees, are currently stuck outside Japan after authorities banned […]
Manchester City have had a 41 million pound bid for Bournemouth central defender Nathan Ake accepted by the relegated south coast team, the Bournemouth Echo reported on Thursday. MANCHESTER, England: Manchester City have had a 41 million pound bid for Bournemouth central defender Nathan Ake accepted by the relegated south […]