Park visitors enjoy the view from Doi Inthanon, Thailand’s highest mountain peak. The Chiang Mai sandbox model will go ahead as planned on Oct 1 and target tourists from Asia as operators expect to receive a windfall from the Phuket sandbox. Punlop Saejew, president of […]
A man browses hotel deals at a travel fair. Amid the pandemic, many hotels are offering local tourists discounts based on the government’s “We travel together” and “Tour Teaw Thai” stimulus packages. Somchai Poomlard The hotel sector is urging the government to extend domestic stimulus […]
Uber Technologies Inc. reported a 24% increase in gross bookings in the first quarter, driven by continued growth in the delivery business. The total value of customer spending on Uber reached $19.54 billion, exceeding an average of analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. But the performance […]
People in the United States had the lowest number of babies in more than four decades last year, mirroring a slump in European birth rates, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced more people to take care of sick family members or deal with job losses. The […]
Brazil’s central bank lifted its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points and promised another hike of the same magnitude in June as it moves to bring inflation forecasts back down to target. The central bank on Wednesday unanimously voted to raise the Selic by […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed a decision by the United States to back intellectual property waivers for coronavirus vaccines, calling it “a monumental moment” in the fight against the deadly virus. WHO Executive Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday commended […]
The thousands of people driving those ubiquitous Amazon-branded blue vans aren’t employed by the Seattle leviathan. They work for small, independent businesses with contracts to transport packages for Amazon. But that hasn’t stopped the company from dictating the state of their fingernails—and a whole lot more. “Personal grooming […]
The top United States diplomat will visit Kyiv on Thursday in a show of support after Russia massed troops near Ukraine’s eastern border in a weeks-long standoff that drew concern in Western nations. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]
Across 15 states in the United States, trillions of bugs will emerge soon after 17 years underground, scientists have said, in a sign that despite climate change, nature continues. Two of those scientists working in the east coast state of Maryland, sift through a shovel […]
The U.S. will support a proposal to waive intellectual-property protections for Covid-19 vaccines, joining an effort to increase global supply and access to the life-saving shots as the gap between rich and poor nations widens. “We are for the waiver at the WTO, we are […]
