London / Agencies Tesco Plc reported a second straight quarter of UK sales growth, the first time it’s done so in five years as the grocer’s turnaround gathers momentum. Excluding fuel, UK same-store sales rose 0.3 percent in the 13 weeks to May 28, Britain’s largest retailer said on Thursday. That compares with the median of 13 analysts’ estimates ...

  Hanoi / Tribune News Service The opening of direct flights between India and Laos aims to enhance people to people contacts between the two Asian neighbours. Lao News Agency recently quoted India’s ambassador to Laos, Ravi Shankar Aisola as saying the direct flights between India and Laos were in the final stages of approval and very soon there would ...

  Berlin / Bloomberg Frankfurt airport is investing 100 million euros ($113 million) in a series of upgrades that includes yoga rooms, playgrounds and a forest-like recreation area to make passengers more comfortable and hence more willing to spend money at the shops. Airports around the world have increasingly transformed into family-friendly malls to lift earnings amid restrictions and competition ...