By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – The European Union will send a special human rights envoy to Cuba this year to discuss the aftermath of anti-government protests in July 2021, but the EU’s top diplomat said it will not “impose” demands on the Communist-run Caribbean nation. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, on a visit…
(Corrects to add dropped word in last bullet) (Reuters) – The upcoming Memorial Day weekend is expected to see millions of Americans travel despite tight budgets, kicking off the busy summer travel in the U.S on a high note. Here’s how the Memorial Day travel might look like: ROADTRIPS ** Cheaper gas is pushing more…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Transportation Security Administration screened 2.658 million passengers on Thursday, the highest number since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as U.S. holiday travel got off to a smooth start. “So far so good,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNBC on Friday. Despite the record travel Thursday “the system held…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh, Doyinsola Oladipo, David Shepardson (Reuters) -After two successive summers of travel chaos, U.S. airlines are going all out to prevent large-scale flight disruptions in the face of rising demand. Carriers have trimmed flight schedules, beefed up staffing, and invested in airport infrastructure and technology to be ready for the busiest travel…
By Cecile Mantovani KUESNACHT, Switzerland (Reuters) – Well-wishers gathered outside the lakeside home of Tina Turner on Thursday to pay tribute to the music legend who had made Switzerland her home for nearly three decades. Flowers and cards lay outside the house in the picturesque town of Kuesnacht, on the shore of Lake Zurich, where…
By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – China Eastern Airlines, the initial customer for the country’s homegrown narrow-body jet C919, will launch the plane’s first commercial flight on Sunday, the carrier’s app showed on Friday. The C919 flight will take off as flight number MU9191 at 10:45 a.m. Beijing time (0245 GMT) from…
By Rosalba O’Brien (Reuters) – When Eric Gaillard first went to photograph the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, it was a smaller, more intimate affair – the kind of place where you could see the greats from Hollywood’s Golden Age like Lauren Bacall or Ava Gardner wandering alone on the esplanade or having fun on…
HAVANA (Reuters) – There is no quick fix for Cuba’s sputtering economy, its economy minister said on Thursday, as inflation, fuel shortages, plunging farm production and a cash crunch drag on output and continue to fan discontent in the communist-run island nation. Economy Minister Alejandro Gil, in an hour-long presentation before newly elected lawmakers, said…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court has issued several important rulings during its current term that began last October and is due to decide its remaining cases by the end of June including disputes involving race-conscious college admissions practices, President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan and voting rights. Here is a look at some…
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s Armani Group said on Thursday its sales jumped 18% in the first quarter thanks to a rebound in Asia and more modest growth in the United States, where a slowdown is expected in the coming months. The privately-owned luxury group added that its 2022 full year revenues were up 16.5% to 2.35…
