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China's 'Hawaii' to allow horse racing, sports lotteries
AFP, Published on 16/04/2018
» BEIJING: China is encouraging its southern island of Hainan to develop horse racing and introduce a raft of reforms as Beijing pushes the tropical tourism destination as a beacon of openness.
Hopes high as tourists touch down for Thailand re-opening
AFP, Published on 01/11/2021
» PHUKET: Tens of thousands of travellers were expected to touch down in Bangkok and the holiday island of Phuket on Monday as Thailand reboots its tourism industry after 18 months of Covid curbs.
US port logjam brings early Christmas for importers
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Christmas came early -- June, to be precise -- at the port of Los Angeles, as American importers raced to get ahead of a pandemic-sparked logjam that has snarled global shipping.
In world first, bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador
AFP, Published on 08/09/2021
» SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country to introduce bitcoin as legal tender, with high demand forcing a freeze of its online cyber "wallet" system on Day 1.
'Yamas!' Greek islanders drink to a better tourism season
AFP, Published on 16/05/2021
» CHANIA, Greece: “Yamas! Cheers to a good season,” says Nikiforos Karifilakis as he pours shots of 'tsikoudia', the strong traditional Cretan spirit, a day after Greece reopened to tourists.
Greece launches tourism season, eyes pandemic recovery
AFP, Published on 14/05/2021
» CHANIA, Greece: Greece kickstarts its tourism season on Friday, with both the government and travel operators hoping the lure of sun, sand and sea will bring a sorely needed revenue boost after last year's miserable holiday season.
Logjam deepens at the world's ports as pandemic strikes shipping
AFP, Published on 04/04/2021
» LIANYUNGANG, China: Towering cranes work overtime swinging containers from cargo vessels in the eastern Chinese port of Lianyungang, racing to keep ahead of a perfect storm unleashed by the pandemic that has created gridlock in global shipping.
Pandemic an 'apocalypse' for restaurants in US
AFP, Published on 02/08/2020
» LOS ANGELES: For Gabriel Gordon and his wife Lena, the small restaurant they opened 14 years ago in the coastal California town of Seal Beach was a dream project and the cornerstone of their future success.
US ports brace for surge of imports ahead of new tariffs on China
AFP, Published on 21/08/2019
» NEW YORK - The latest lurches in President Donald Trump's trade war with China set the stage for a potential repeat of late 2018 when goods flooded into America's ports to beat new tariffs.
With IPO due, Uber aims to be 'Amazon of transportation'
AFP, Published on 03/03/2019
» SANTA MONICA: Uber, the ridesharing behemoth set to launch a stock offering soon, is aiming beyond sharing car rides to becoming the "Amazon of transportation" in a future where people share instead of owning vehicles.