Shanghai bankers and traders hunker down as lockdown intensifies

Bankers and traders are hunkering down in offices in Shanghai, sleeping on camping beds and living off instant noodles or boxed meals to keep China’s financial centre running amid a longer-than-expected lockdown against COVID-19. While the wheels of Shanghai’s financial markets are mostly still turning, there are signs that the city’s extended lockdown is causing […]

Russia to resume flights with 52 ‘friendly’ countries, PM says

Russia plans to end restrictions on flights to and from 52 countries after April 9, part of its plans to reduce measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Monday. Russia plans to resume flights to and from Argentina, South Africa and other “friendly countries”, Mishustin said, meaning those […]