When Birmingham-based engineering firm Lontra advertised 10 jobs on a new production line, Chief Executive Steve Lindsey expected a few hundred applications at the most. Instead, he got 15,000. “It’s gratifying and worrying at the same time. I would love to employ them all,” he told Sky News. While it is…
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (Reuters) – The tourist hotspot of Niagara Falls has gained a new photo-op for social distancing Canadian visitors on board ferries taking them into the mist of the falls: crowds of Americans. Although cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across the United States, neighboring Canada has largely…
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. In order to agree to the crucial rescue package to save European member states, three major concession were made. Evaluating the details of the new deal, economic…
BBC Weather forecaster Tomasz Schafernaker said Europe will see temperatures just shy of 40C on both sides of the continent. The southeast of Europe will see hot temperatures as well as parts of western Europe. However, in between, there is an expectation for some thunderstorms as a weather front moves…
CHICAGO, July 21 (Reuters) – United Airlines Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it burned through about $40 million per day in the second quarter but sees that amount slowing to roughly $25 million in the third quarter as it matches its flight schedule to coronavirus-hit demand. U.S. airlines are scrambling…
(Reuters) – Tapestry Inc (TPR.N) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jide Zeitlin stepped down on Tuesday amid an investigation into his personal behavior, a source familiar with the matter said. The source said the Coach handbag maker’s board had hired a law firm to investigate allegations from at least one…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s negotiators fanned out on Capitol Hill Tuesday over a new COVID-19 aid package as divisions between the White House and Senate Republicans pushed talks into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office to deal with the mounting crisis. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and acting chief of staff…
The US city of Portland has seen another night of clashes between demonstrators and federal law enforcement officers sent by President Donald Trump to end almost two months of anti-racism protests there. Police in Portland, Oregon, said federal officers fired tear gas to disperse a large crowd of protesters –…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders clinched an historic deal on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirus-throttled economies in the early hours of Tuesday, after a fractious summit lasting almost five days. The agreement paves the way for the European Commission, the EU’s executive, to raise billions of euros…
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Britain has stepped up its campaign against the world’s second superpower over its handling of the coronavirus crisis and a crackdown in Hong Kong. China furiously lashed…