After Powell's remarks, European stocks hit a nine-month high, as the dollar wobbles.

On Wednesday, global stocks soared and most currencies rallied against the dollar as investors perceived a dovish tone in comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, albeit an ECB policy change meant European bonds sat out the rally. MSCI's world stock index increased 0.3%, returning t...

Report: 15 Australian players were offered $500,000 to forego the BBL and play in the UAE League

The Big Bash League (BBL), whose dates overlap, has reportedly offered 15 elite Australian players AUD 700,000 offers to leave it. This has caused significant stress within Cricket Australia (CAranks. )'s It will be very difficult for Australian players to compete in both games since the Big ...

Employer-Backed BNPL Plan Distributes Medical Costs and Pain

Steven Greene, the co-founder and CEO of Nibble Health, recognised a need for a solution when a family member got an $8,000 hospital bill despite having health insurance.

In a recent interview with PYMNTS, Greene said, "This is a scenario that is all too common to folks across the ...

U.S. businesses that pay for abortions for their employees risk legal squabbles

Large American firms are increasingly offering to pay for employees' travel expenses when they need to leave their home states for abortions, but legal experts warned that these new practices could subject organisations to legal action and even potential criminal prosecution.

Conde ...

Australia lifts ban on citizens travelling overseas

Australia is lifting the ban on its citizens travelling overseas without permission. The ban on  travelling will be lifted next week. Australians have been following one of the strictest border rules for the past 19 months, to avoid further transmission of C...

TRAVEL BUBBLE BEGINS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Highlights:

• The travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand begins as the families reunite
• Hundreds of the passengers from Australia has started travelling to New Zealand on Monday as the governments re-opened the borders

Hundred...

AUSTRALIA AND SINGAPORE DISCUSSED AIR TRAVEL BUBBLE TO RESTART TOURISM

Highlights:

• Australia and Singapore had discussed the possibility of an air travel bubble for restarting the tourism
• This allowing be allowing the residents for travelling the two countries without being quarantined for two weeks

The...

TRAVEL FROM COOK ISLAND TO NEW ZEALAND MAY START SOON

HIGHLIGHTS

• Individuals from the Cook Islands can begin isolation free travel to New Zealand one week from now, the two governments said on Friday (Jan 15), yet New Zealand-based individuals should stand by until some more time in the year to visit the Cook Islan...

AUSTRALIA- KIWIS TO START TRAVEL EXCHANGES FROM 2021, SAYS JACINDA ARDERN

HIGHLIGHTS

• New Zealand's legislation committee has consented to set up an isolation free travel bubble with Australia in the primary quarter of 2021, the PM, Jacinda Ardern has said

The Australian clergyman Greg Hunt excitedly welcomed the ...

SINGAPORE OPEN FOR TAIWAN TRAVELERS FROM 18 DEC WITH MINIMUM QUARANTINE PERIOD

HIGHLIGHTS

• Singapore will lift its border limitations for guests from Taiwan from noon on 18 December

In a media revelation, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said that voyagers from Taiwan can apply for an Air Travel Pass (ATP) ...

SINGAPORE HONG KONG TRAVEL BUBBLE PUSHED AHEAD OF SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS

HIGHLIGHTS

• The fourteen-day deferral of the debut air travel bubble was a jointly made decision by Singapore and Hong Kong, said Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing

He added that the two sides had recently concurred on "clear bounda...

NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA NOT TO KICK OFF TRAVEL BUBBLE IN SA AFOOT CORONAVIRUS EPISODE

HIGHLIGHTS

• As South Australia encounters another Covid-19 flare-up, the New Zealand leader, Jacinda Ardern, has yielded there is almost no possibility of an operational travel bubble by Christmas

Australia and New Zealand are handling the pande...

FORMER NFL PLAYER DANA STUBBLEFIELD SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS TO LIFE FOR RAPE

Highlights

• After a trial of nine months, Stubblefield was convicted in the month of July, when a jury found him guilty of rape by force, oral copulation by force, and false imprisonment

• Santa Clara District Attorney’s office said, football player Dana Stubb...

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TRAVEL BUBBLE FACING PROBLEM AFTER PASSENGERS BREACH QUARANTINE RULES

Highlights:

• The travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia have hit an obstacle after 17 passengers who arrived in Sydney caught a flight to Melbourne by breaking the rules
• The acting immigration minister of Australia said that, anyone who is arr...

HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE WELCOME BILATERAL TRAVEL BUBBLE ARRANGEMENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Hong Kong and Singapore have solidified designs for a Covid-19 "travel bubble," the administration declared on Thursday

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau told the press that a starter arrangement wo...

SINGAPORE ON JAPAN’S TRAVEL NATION LIST, SOUTH KOREA TOPS ON VISITING NATION LIST OF SINGAPOREANS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Japan is intending to eliminate a prohibition on abroad travel to China and 11 different nations one month from now, the Yomiuri paper revealed.

The 11 different nations and regions incorporate Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapo...

INDIA STARTS AIR TRANSPORT BUBBLE WITH BHUTAN

HIGHLIGHTS

• The air transport bubble between India and Bhutan has been operationalized.
• This move enables easier movement of people between two friendly countries.

The India-Bhutan air transport bubble has been operationalized for eas...

BLUETOOTH BAND: NEWEST SOLUTION TO ENSURE SOCIAL DISTANCING IN IPL 2020

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is not leaving any stone unturned to make season 13 of one of the most loved cricket tournament in the world, the Indian Premier League (IPL). The tournament that was initially was postponed in wake of COVID-19 got a new venue in form of the United...

HONG KONG TALKS WITH JAPAN, THAILAND ABOUT TRAVEL BUBBLE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Hong Kong is all set to kick start travel bubble talks with neighboring nations that include Japan, Thailand, and other nations, Edward Yau, commerce head said, given a commonly perceived coronavirus testing component is built up.

In...

INDIA SIGNS AIR BUBBLE AGREEMENT WITH MALDIVES

Highlights

• Maldives became the six country that is now open for travel post COVID-19

• India at present has allowed travel to the U.S., UK, France, Germany and Kuwait

One of the favourite holiday destination of the Indians, Maldives is now in the list of ...