Australia's Qantas cuts 6,000 jobs over COVID impact

Jun 25,2020
Australia's Qantas is cutting 6,000 staff and grounding 100 planes for up to a year in a US$10 billion cost-cutting blitz in response to the COVID crisis, the airline announced Thursday.
Mongolia's ruling party wins parliamentary election in landslide
Jun 25
Mongolia's ruling party won a landslide election victory to retain an overwhelming majority in parliament -- a reward from voters who approved of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to near-complete results on Thursday.
Finland opens borders to low-infection EU countries
Jun 25
Holidaymakers from 12 European countries with low virus infection rates will be allowed into Finland as of next month but tourists from Sweden will remain barred, ministers said on Tuesday.
Turkey reports 1,492 daily infections of COVID-19, 191,657 in total
Jun 25
Turkey reported 24 new COVID-19 fatalities on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 5,025 in the country, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.
US coronavirus infections soar to near record in 24 hours
Jun 25
The number of new coronavirus infections in the United States is approaching record daily levels, with more than 35,900 cases recorded in the past 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Russians begin voting on constitutional reform
Jun 25

US Open organizers restore wheelchair tennis event
Jun 25
Organizers of the US Open tennis tournament say they will go ahead with this year's wheelchair competition, retracting their earlier decision to cancel the event.