…Boris Johnson is facing a major Conservative rebellion over Covid – 19 restrictions next week, as a “sulphurous” mood sweeps through Tory ranks over the UK prime minister’s leadership….

Britain’s finance firms have began issuing an array of updated work from home guidance to staff after the government toughened up rules.

As many as 42,427 people have received the coronavirus jab with either the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson&Johnson vaccine in the past 24 hours, the National COVID Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) informs on Thursday.

U.S. railroad operator Union Pacific Corp (NYSE:UNP) said on Thursday it was suspending its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its 31,000 employees, two days after a judge blocked the Biden administration’s inoculation rule for federal contractors.

The European Union needs to rethink its budget framework and alter deficit rules to encourage post-pandemic investment and foster growth as the world seeks to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.

European shares ended lower on Thursday amid Covid-19 worries, while technology stocks and energy companies also slid.

Revenues of Romania’s four local food hubs registered an increase of 150 percent over April – August 2020, ie during the peak months of the pandemic, reveals the report “Food Hub: an alternative model for the development of Romanian small and medium-sized farms” by the Romanian Center for European Policies (CRPE) and released on Thursday in an online debate.

The arrivals in Russia from South Africa who tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant have a mild form of the infection, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told reporters.

…The UK’s economic recovery from coronavirus is expected to withstand the imposition of the government’s “Plan B” restrictions, but the Bank of England…

Shipping costs have increased by 700 percent as a result of the pandemic.