U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Tobias Hase | Picture Alliance | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday will laud the lifting of all remaining Covid restrictions in Engla...
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4-day workweek was cure for employee burnout at online store Primary
Primary co-founders and co-CEOs Cristina Carbonell and Galyn Bernard shifted the online children’s clothing retailer to a four-day workweek during the pandemic and have no plans to go back to th...
European countries scrap Covid rules despite warnings it’s too soon
A pedestrian zone in Oslo on Feb. 2, 2022, after Norway scrapped most of its Covid restrictions. Terje Pedersen | NTB | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Several European countries are scrapping Covid regul...
European nuclear fusion experiment announces ‘record-breaking’ results
Nuclear fusion powers the Sun. Pierre Longnus | The Image Bank | Getty Images Researchers working on a project centered around fusion energy — the process that powers stars — have hailed “record...
UK investigation into Downing Street Covid lockdown parties finds ‘failures of leadership’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to make a statement at Parliament on January 31, 2022 in London, England. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — The interim find...
Populist nations fared much worse during Covid outbreak, research says
Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, delivers a speech at the Fidesz party headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, on April 8, 2018. Akos Stiller | Bloomberg via Getty Images Risk of death from Co...
More than two-thirds of omicron cases are reinfections, study suggests
Members of the public queue for Covid-19 vaccinations and booster jabs at St Thomas’ Hospital on December 14, 2021 in London, England. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images Omicron has ...
Bentley to invest $3.4 billion to exclusively offer EVs by 2030
A rendering of Bentley’s new electric vehicle production operatins in Crewe, England. Bentley Bentley Motors plans to spend 2.5 billion pounds (about $3.4 billion) over the next decade to become...
Plans for floating wind energy projects off U.K.’s coastline get funding boost
This image, from 2018, shows a floating wind turbine in waters off the coast of France. SEBASTIEN SALOM GOMIS | AFP | Getty Images Eleven projects centered around floating wind technology are a step c...
London police to investigate alleged Downing Street lockdown parties
Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street on January 19, 2022 in London, England. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said Tuesday...
Travel industry to stay in flux for the foreseeable future: Collinson
The travel industry will have to “roll with the punches” as government requirements continue to evolve with the pandemic, according to the Asia-Pacific president of a travel services firm....
What will be shut down starting Jan 7
Transparent barriers enforcing social distancing measures are seen on tables at a restaurant in Hong Kong, on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Roy Liu | Bloomberg via Getty Images From bars and pubs to sports...
Tesla rival Lucid plans to launch in Europe this year
People test drive Dream Edition P and Dream Edition R electric vehicles at the Lucid Motors plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, September 28, 2021. Caitlin O’Hara | Reuters Electric vehicle maker Luc...
Walgreens May Sell Boots U.K. Pharmacies To Private Equity
Walgreens Boots Alliance may sell its Boots pharmacies in the United Kingdom to private equity … [+] firms, according to media reports Jan. 1, 2022 in the U.K. Shoppers in York walk past a Boots...