China has announced that it is cutting the centralized quarantine time for overseas arrivals from two weeks to one week. The announcement was made by the country’s National Health and Wellness Commission. China has been struggling to control the spread of the coronavirus, and has been imposing strict quarantine measures on travelers from overseas. The …
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Scotiabank is one of Canada’s leading banks, and it offers a wide range of products and services to its customers. One area where Scotiabank is an expert is in interest rates. The Bank of Canada is expected to raise interest rates this year, and Scotiabank is predicting that the rate will reach 3.5%. This would …
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Russia is one of the largest markets for h&m, accounting for about 7% of its total sales. However, the company has been facing challenges in recent years. In 2015, h&m was forced to close all of its stores in Russia after a sharp decline in sales. The company attributed the closure to the Russian government’s …
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Tesla, the electric car company, has come under fire recently for its firing practices. The company has been accused of firing workers without cause, and of using a performance-based system that is unfair to workers. Tesla has defended its practices, saying that it is necessary to fire workers who are not performing up to standards. …
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(CHINADAILY) China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System played an invisible but important role in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office. It said in a statement that Chinese athletes and trainers had benefited from the use of a Beidou-enabled training suit developed by researchers from the Capital University of Physical …
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The travel company has taken a step toward worker autonomy amid a backlash against working conditions in China tech.
The latest figures show that the UK takeaway industry is booming. Britons spend £4.2 billion a year on takeaway services that deliver food to their homes and enjoy good food at home, an increase of 73% in the last 10 years. And in 2017, the number of Chinese food orders reached 673 million, topping the …
Alphabet’s Google has entered into a partnership agreement with French supermarket chain Carrefour to sell groceries online in France. Carrefour said this is the first time it is selling fresh food through Internet giant Google’s platform. Carrefour said in a statement that by early 2019, French shoppers will be able to buy Carrefour products through …
(SIXTHTONE) China’s drug regulator granted conditional approval to U.S. drug maker Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment Saturday, making it the first, and so far only, oral antiviral drug officially sanctioned for use on COVID-19 patients in the country. The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) said in its announcement that the drug, known as Paxlovid, will be used to treat …
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