Last October, Citigroup Inc. told about 70,000 of its employees to get Covid-19 vaccinations or lose their jobs. Today, the banking giant made good on that promise, telling its staff that any who remain unvaccinated by Jan. 14 will be placed on unpaid leave and then lose their jobs at month’s end. “As it has become crystal clear that ...

  Appealing for outside help to quell protests that have rocked Kazakhstan this week, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev claimed his government was under attack by “terrorist” groups that had “received extensive training abroad.” In fact, ordinary Kazakhs have plenty reason of their own to be angry. Tokayev would be better off addressing that frustration than trying to violently suppress it. The ...

  Bloomberg Creditors of struggling airline PT Garuda Indonesia have submitted about 198 trillion rupiah ($13.8 billion) in claims as part of a debt restructuring, according to court-appointed administrators. The administrators for the flag carrier received claims from more than 470 creditors by the end of a January 5 deadline, Martin Patrick Nagel and Jandri Siadari, members of the team ...