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US air passengers exceed 1 million

Bloomberg The virus-ravaged airline industry reached a milestone, carrying more than 1 million passengers for the first time in seven months. US airport security checkpoints processed 1,031,505 people, or 39.6% of the equivalent day in 2019, according to a tally by the Transportation Security Administration. Several of the busiest days since mid-March have occurred in the past two weeks and ...

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Indonesia’s protests reignite over controversial labour law

Bloomberg Student groups across Indonesia resumed protests against a landmark labour law passed earlier this month that opponents say will erode workers’ rights and dismantle environmental protections. The renewed protests come after police detained thousands of people last week as demonstrators in Jakarta clashed with officers, hurling rocks and bottles and setting alight bus shelters. Labour unions plan to challenge ...

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Trump demands Barr investigate Joe Biden’s son

Bloomberg President Donald Trump demanded that Attorney General William Barr open an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, just two weeks before Election Day. “We’ve got to get the attorney general to act,” Trump said in a phone interview with the TV show “Fox & Friends,” in response to a question about whether a special prosecutor should be ...

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