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Asian shares were mostly higher Friday after meandering on news about economies reopening, mixed with worries about the prolonged health risks from the new coronavirus. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 recouped … Click to Continue »
National Express has started selling UK tickets as it plans to get its coaches back on the roads from July 1.
THERE will be fewer jobs in retail, transport and entertainment as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Taoiseach has said.
General Motors will begin reopening its Corvette plant in Kentucky on May 26, a company spokesman said. The restart at the Bowling Green plant will be gradual and will focus … Click to Continue »
President Donald Trump is never far from a public spat with his government's top expert on the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the most recent flare-up occurring this week over the … Click to Continue »
THE European Commission has put Ireland on a four-month deadline to solve a chemical contamination problem affecting the drinking water supply of 180,000 people.