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GE sees long recovery after progress in costs and cash

(Bloomberg) – General Electric Co. predicted slow gains in operations this year and next after the coronavirus pandemic hit results in the second quarter. The jet engine division has traced “early signs of improvement” at flight departures on the road to a prolonged recovery, GE said in a presentation as …

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Saudi Arabia’s Hajj reduced by coronavirus pandemic

Generalized tests, quarantine, social distancing, disinfected robes and small crowds. Like many other things this year, hajj, the ancient Islamic pilgrimage in Mecca, has been drastically changed by the coronavirus pandemic. “Of course it will be different because this year there is a social distancing,” pilgrim Zineb el Farissi, 37, …

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