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Heathrow seeks UK nod to screen people

Bloomberg London’s Heathrow airport has asked the British government to consider allowing it to screen people for the coronavirus to help allay passenger fears once flights resume. Heathrow Chief Executive Officer John Holland-Kaye wrote to Health Secretary Matt Hancock saying a more stringent regime may be required at airports. Such measures could include temperature tests that the UK has ruled ...

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Mohamed, WFP chief review global fight against Covid-19

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, discussed with David Beasley, Executive Director of UN World Food Programme, ways of accelerating coordination in getting assistance to those affected by Covid-19 pandemic. This came over a phone call His Highness Sheikh Mohamed ...

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Factories fire up in Europe to pull economy back from abyss

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG is rebooting plants, Airbus SE is up and running and UK builders will soon be erecting homes again as Europe starts returning to work after coronavirus shutdowns plunged the region into its worst economic slump in living memory. Factory doors are reopening after nations from Denmark to Germany began easing restrictions on public life, with Italy, France ...

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