International

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  Britain's economy shrank 2% in the first quarter and 5.8% in March

  

  Britain's economy shrank 2% in the first three months of the year, rocked by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, official data showed on Wednesday, with analysts predicting even worse to come.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  EU plans to revive the air travel industry; Europeans consumers have the right to cash refunds

  

  Airlines will not have to leave seats empty, but passengers flying in the European Union will have to wear masks on planes and in airports under plans to revive the travel industry.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  US Senate votes financial support for local newspapers and broadcast outlets

  

  Thousands of local US newspapers and broadcast outlets, grappling with a massive downturn in advertising because of the Covid-19 pandemic, would be eligible for financial help under legislation introduced in Congress on Wednesday.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  US accuses Chinese hackers of attempting to steal coronavirus data on vaccines

  

  US authorities warned on Wednesday that Chinese hackers were attempting to steal coronavirus data on treatments and vaccines, adding fuel to Washington's war with Beijing over the pandemic.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:46 UTC

  Record US port exports to China while US consumers face shortages

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat processing plants to stay open to protect the nation's food supply even as workers got sick and died. Yet the plants have increasingly been exporting to China while U.S. consumers face shortages, analysis of government data showed.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:36 UTC

  Brazil's Gol Airlines recovers US$ 412 million compensation from Boeing

  

  Brazil airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes said on Wednesday it will receive a total of 2.4 billion reais (US$412.03 million) from Boeing Co as compensation for the grounding of the 737 MAX plane, which has not flown in over a year.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  France dismisses Beijing warnings about arms to Taiwan, suggests China focus on battling Covid-19 pandemic

  

  France dismissed Chinese warnings on Wednesday about selling arms to self-ruled Taiwan, saying it was implementing existing deals and that Beijing should focus on battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:17 UTC

  Strong US military and political support for Taiwan ahead of inauguration of reelected president Tsai

  

  The US navy said on Thursday it had sailed a guided-missile destroyer through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, a week before Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's inauguration for a second term in office amid rising tensions with China.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 07:46 UTC

  Guyana's second offshore facility FPSO on schedule for first oil in 2022

  

  Liza Unity, an under-construction FPSO that will be Guyana's second offshore facility in production, remains on schedule for first oil in 2022, Hess Corp. announced. Guyana became an oil-producing nation in December 2019, when Exxon brought online the Liza Destiny FPSO.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 07:29 UTC

  British researchers trying to crack one of coronavirus riddles: the deadly to mild range of the illness

  

  British researchers will study the genes of thousands of ill COVID-19 patients to try to crack one of the most puzzling riddles of the novel coronavirus: why does it kill some people but give others not even a mild headache?