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April 8, 2022 Aviation
Bloomberg The Austin airport doesn’t have enough fuel for its flights, but plans to build new storage tanks are running into stiff opposition from neighbours in Texas’s booming capital. For homeowners trying to preserve Austin in the face of exploding growth, the airport fight is the latest in a series of squabbles over the fate of the city. A ...
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April 8, 2022 Aviation
Bloomberg Thailand plans to scrap a mandatory polymerase chain reaction test on arrival for foreign visitors from next month as the Southeast Asian nation steps up efforts to attract more tourists amid a rebound in global travel. The RT-PCR tests will be replaced with antigen tests at the airports, Deputy Health Minister Satit Pitutecha told reporters in Bangkok after a ...
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April 8, 2022 Retail
Bloomberg Nestle SA said access to food is a basic right and a key value for the world’s largest food company following criticism the Swiss firm didn’t scale down its Russian activities quickly enough after the war in Ukraine started. After pressure built up, Nestle said it suspended the vast majority of manufacturing in Russia while maintaining the sale ...
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April 8, 2022 Politics, Uncategorized
Bloomberg Dozens were killed and injured as Russia bombed a major rail evacuation hub on the eastern flank of the territory held by the government in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Friday. At least 39 were killed and more than 80 were injured when at least one Russian “Tochka-U†missile with cluster munition hit the main train station in Kramatorsk, a ...
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April 8, 2022 Politics
Bloomberg As Sweden and Finland deliberate joining Nato, the two countries are seeking more clarity on how to bridge the gap between filing their applications and when the military alliance’s security guarantees would kick in with full membership. While there is little sign that the two Nordic nations would struggle to secure acceptance, Russia has repeatedly warned both against joining ...
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April 8, 2022 Politics
Bloomberg China lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for reportedly planning a landmark trip to Taiwan that’s been delayed because she has Covid-19, setting up a showdown when her visit to Asia is rescheduled. “If the speaker of the US House of Representatives knowingly commits a sneaky visit to Taiwan, it will be a malicious provocation to China’s sovereignty, ...
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April 8, 2022 Politics
Bloomberg French voters head to the polls on April 10 in an election that is far from certain to return President Emmanuel Macron to power. Macron, 44, has sought to put himself at the centre of European and US efforts to end the crisis in Ukraine since late last year, and only began campaigning in earnest about a week ago. ...
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April 8, 2022 Politics
Bloomberg Sri Lanka’s opposition plans to file a motion soon to abolish President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s sweeping executive powers that lawmakers and critics say has contributed to the economic mismanagement of the country and prompted street protests calling for his ouster. “It will be an opposition motion. It will be to abolish the executive presidency,†Harsha de Silva, a lawmaker ...
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April 8, 2022 Banking
Bloomberg India’s central bank signalled a shift in policy focus as it ramped up efforts to mop up excess liquidity in the banking system and raised its inflation forecasts, sending bond yields higher. While the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) rate-setting panel decided to hold rates and keep its accommodative stance, it also voted unanimously to focus on “withdrawal ...
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April 8, 2022 Banking
Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA reached one of the most comprehensive work-from-home deals among major banks, with more than 132,000 employees given the option of doing their jobs from home for up to half the week. Staff in 22 countries across Europe can decide to work from home every week for as much as 2.5 days or to adopt a ...
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