Sanpower claims to control 100 companies and employ 30,000 people across a wide range of areas including banking retail, media and property, but has yet to make any investments in the UK. It owns China's oldest and largest department store, Nanjing Xinjiekou. … [Read more...] about House of Fraser: Chinese tycoon in talks over department store purchase
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Flights from coronavirus hotspots continue to land in Britain — with passengers not checked
PM Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab are keen not keep flights operating so they can bring back stranded Brits and one of the flights that landed yesterday was from Peru where dozens had been trapped. … [Read more...] about Flights from coronavirus hotspots continue to land in Britain — with passengers not checked
Up to a million Britons are STILL stranded abroad scrambling to return home after countries closed their borders – including 6,000 unable to leave New Zealand after it grounded international flights
'I have called the embassy every day for the last three days. I was told 'money talks' on one occasion. On another occasion I explained we were to be on the street without any certainty of shelter, they responded they don't help with accommodation... I had to spell it out to them that I was scared for my safety.' … [Read more...] about Up to a million Britons are STILL stranded abroad scrambling to return home after countries closed their borders – including 6,000 unable to leave New Zealand after it grounded international flights
BA cancels string of transatlantic flights due to coronavirus: London to US routes are reduced due to lack of demand and short-haul flights drastically cut back threatening Easter holidays
In China, a study is under way to see if high doses of vitamin C can help fight off coronavirus (officially known as COVID-19). Scientists at the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University are testing its effects on 120 patients who have the virus, giving them daily infusions of 24g of vitamin C for seven days. Results have not yet been published. … [Read more...] about BA cancels string of transatlantic flights due to coronavirus: London to US routes are reduced due to lack of demand and short-haul flights drastically cut back threatening Easter holidays
