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US mask mandate for flights likely to be extended: Union

  Bloomberg The largest union representing US flight attendants expects a federal order mandating face masks for air passengers and other travellers will be extended again, even as a growing number of states and businesses lift restrictions. The requirement is set to expire on March 18 after being extended three times since it first was imposed in February 2021 as ...

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London Heathrow Covid losses hit $5.2b

  Bloomberg London Heathrow airport’s losses from two years of Covid disruption swelled to 3.8 billion pounds ($5.2 billion), leaving its finances hanging on a summer travel rebound and the go-ahead from regulators to raise prices. The UK hub had a loss of 1.8 billion pounds last year after passenger numbers slumped to 19.4 million, the lowest since 1972, Heathrow ...

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Biden ups Russia sanctions, calls Ukraine invasion underway

Bloomberg US President Joe Biden unveiled sanctions targeting Russia’s sale of sovereign debt abroad and the country’s elites, responding to what he described as the start of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. “He’s setting up a rationale to take more territory by force,” Biden said at the White House. “This is the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.” ...

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