Bloomberg South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy took another step towards building a new nuclear-power program. The department issued a request for information for 2,500 megawatts of capacity, the ministry said in a statement. Submissions will close on September 15. “This will enable the department to gain insight into the cost of the program, possible ownership structures, cost ...

Dwight Eisenhower’s cultured despisers, whose number was less impressive than the number of electoral votes Eisenhower reaped (899 of a possible 1,062), complained that his grin was his political philosophy. Ronald Reagan, who remained a Democrat for 10 years after he cast his first Republican presidential vote, for Eisenhower in 1952 (Reagan later won 1,014 of a possible 1,076 electoral ...

It has been a while since I thought back to that week in 2012 when I received news that three close family members had been diagnosed with cancer — two in my household. Newly published figures on how Covid-19 has delayed cancer referrals and treatments brought the memory back. I’m grateful those cases didn’t arise in the middle of a ...

Protests across America have prompted discussion about the value of different types of political action. There is even debate about how useful voting is. Unfortunately, our political culture and (mostly non-existent) civics education do a really poor job of explaining the role of voting in the US and how it relates to democracy. Our political culture envisions voting as the ...

Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics briefly united the world in Anglophilia. The Britain celebrated there seemed amused, multicultural, cool — the Britain of the Beatles, the National Health Service, Shakespeare and Mr Bean. There was, however, one strong dissonant note: the moment when, as a camera follows the Queen’s supposed helicopter from Buckingham Palace to the ...

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc said a travel restart in the UK is lagging behind the rest of Europe because a 14-day quarantine for people arriving in Britain puts off would-be travellers from flying. The Luton, England-based carrier is seeing strong demand away from its home market, Chief Executive Officer Johan Lundgren said in a Bloomberg TV interview on Monday. EasyJet, which ...

Bloomberg German airline Condor will cut about 15% to 25% of its staff in an attempt to slash operating costs amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, CEO Ralf Teckentrup told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. The carrier formerly owned by failed travel firm Thomas Cook Group Plc plans to shed “between 650 and 1,000 jobs,” a move Teckentrup said was in line with ...

Bloomberg UK lawmakers lashed out at British Airways over plans for 12,000 job cuts, saying the carrier had sought to exploit the coronavirus crisis to slash headcount and weaken employment terms for remaining staff. The House of Commons transport committee said in a report on the pandemic’s impact on aviation that while some workforce reductions were inevitable, BA had made ...

Bloomberg Asia’s largest retailer is betting that it has the right product at the right time: a Uniqlo face mask. Fast Retailing Co, operator of the clothing stores, will begin selling reusable face masks in Japan this week. The masks, which will sold in sets of three and retail for 990 yen ($9), aim for both performance and comfort, the ...

Bloomberg China Eastern Airlines intends to establish a new airline in Hainan along with a group of other investors to take advantage of planned free-trade area and tourism growth, it says in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. Shanghai-based carrier would be the majority shareholder in Sanya International Airlines. Other backers include the governments of Hainan province and ...