Bloomberg WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Meta Platforms Inc, is pushing its privacy features in a new US marketing campaign that compares a standard text message to mail that was opened before it was delivered. The campaign promotes end-to-end encryption, technology that WhatsApp uses so that user messages only exist on the device where a message was sent …

  GENEVA / WAM The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to accelerate the relaxation of travel restrictions as Covid-19 continues to evolve from the pandemic to endemic stage. Iata called for removing all travel barriers (including quarantine and testing) for those fully vaccinated with a WHO-approved vaccine, enabling quarantine-free travel for non-vaccinated travellers with a negative pre-departure …

  Bloomberg Japan’s coal imports are poised to jump to the highest level in at least two years as the nation’s utilities turn to the dirtiest fossil fuel as a replacement for expensive liquefied natural gas. More than 17.3 million tons of coal will be delivered to the country this month, said Edwin Toh, a dry bulk manager at energy …