The newly-installed CEO of Virgin Australia Australia has said flying again would be “inevitable” as the airline aims to regain market share under the new ownership. JN Hurdlika told CNBC on Wednesday that the company was preparing to take a third of the domestic market as domestic travel resumed, re-establishing …
Read More »Elon Musk says he has gone to Texas
Tesla Inc. TSLA 0.30% Chief executive Elon Musk said he has relocated to Texas, becoming one of the top executives to leave Silicon Valley during a coronavirus epidemic. He said the move had been going on for months and California lamented that the state was happy with its innovations and …
Read More »Mount Everest: China and Nepal agree on height after years of dispute
The world’s highest peak, which sits on the border of Tibet in the Himalayas, stands at 48 884848..86 meters (approximately 29,032 feet), officials from both countries announced on December 8, 2020. This is less than a meter higher than previously recognized. The agreement puts an end to a long-running debate …
Read More »Hungary and Iceland accept ‘immunity passports’. Why not the rest of the world?
(CNN) – With barbed wire and electric fencing on its border and the government’s hostility towards migrants, Hungary’s borders are not always friendly to foreigners. It is during normal time. Amid the epidemic, Hungary has closed its doors to almost everyone, even its European neighbors. Unless, of course, they have …
Read More »Close to the UK’s prehistoric Stonehenge in protest of the tunnel
LONDON (AP) – A prehistoric monument to Stonehenge in southern England was closed to visitors on Saturday after dozens of protesters lodged a complaint against the British government’s road-building plans, including a new tunnel near a World Heritage site. The protesters, who identified themselves as an alliance of local residents, …
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