PRAGUE (Reuters) – China’s Hainan Airlines will halt regular direct flights between Beijing and Prague starting in March, the Prague Airport and the Czech Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. No reason was given but relations between the Czech Republic and China have deteriorated sharply in the past months following a series of diplomatic spats. Flights […]
Parts of Europe are easing lockdown restrictions – but in other parts of the world, the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate populations. Brazil Brazil has become the second country to pass 400,000 COVID-19 deaths following the US, with 100,000 fatalities seen in a single month. Loosening social restrictions and a slow vaccination programme have contributed […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China’s economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter of last year, ending a rough coronavirus-stricken 2020 in remarkably good shape and remained solidly poised to expand further this year. The gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 6.5 per cent, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday (Jan […]
