Business Update – April 15: Imminent IMF aid, remittance risks, food delivery frenzy
Couriers from the Glovo and Uber Eats food delivery services get ready to make a delivery at Lva Tolstoho Square in Kyiv on Feb. 13, 20
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Spotify new home for Joe Rogan’s podcast, shares jump
(Reuters) – Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) said on Tuesday comedian Joe Rogan’s podcast will be available on the music streaming platform starting Sept. 1 and will become an exclusive later this year, sending shares 8% higher. Rogan’s podcast, “The Joe…
Facebook to launch new shopping feature across apps
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) is launching Shops, a service that will allow businesses to display and sell products on the world’s largest social network’s platforms, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday. The move to build up e-commerce offerings…
Elderly home turns to wearables for contact tracing, sidestepping Apple-Google limits
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – When a senior living facility in Amarillo, Texas suspected a nurse may have caught the novel coronavirus this month, it had a list within five minutes of staff and residents the nurse could have infected. High-tech…
Shakhtar Donetsk hds first training session after quarantine
Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk have resumed the training process, according to a statement posted on the club's official website. The Miners conducted their first full-fledged training session after two months of quarantine. "On the morning of May 14, the whe…
Lez says fight with Lomachenko will not take place
IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lez has said that the fight with Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko, which has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will not take place, according to Boxingnews24.com. "The unbeaten IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lez (15-0, 12…
Chornomorets hds first training session with new coach
Chornomorets Odesa has held the first training session under the leadership of newly appointed head coach Serh Kovalets, the club's press service has reported. The training session took place on May 14 at the club's base at the Sovinyon resort.…
Coronavirus splits couple from baby born through surrogacy 8,000 miles away
By Valeria Perasso Social Affairs correspondent, BBC World Service When Flavia Lavorino decided to have a baby through surrogacy, she looked Ukraine up on a map and calculated the distance. Some 12,800km (8,000 miles) separate Buenos Aires, in Argentina, from…
Why comic’s dream to transform country may be over
By Jonah Fisher BBC Kyiv correspondent It’s a year since Ukraine’s best known comedian was sworn in as president. Volodymyr Zelensky won by a landslide on the back of bold promises to reform the country and end the war of…
Zelensky backs reloading external economic policy at meeting on attracting investments
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has backed the reloading of the external economic policy of the country, which was initiated by Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, and the Foreign Ministry will start the process from relaunch of the renewed Council of Exporters…