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By Reuters Staff (Corrects Transport Minister’s last name in last paragraph to Alghabra) Jan 13 (Reuters) - Air Canada said on Wednesday it will cut first-quarter capacity by an additional 25%, resulting in a workforce reduction of about 1,700 employees, as travel restrictions, lockdowns and new testing requirements to combat the spread of COVID-19 hit bookings. Carriers have been wrestling with a slump in demand and passenger confusion, following the Jan. 7 introduction of new Canadian rules requiring travelers to test negative for the novel coronavirus before boarding a plane bound for th...

* Temperatures in China fall to lowest in decades * Demand for fuel surges due to cold weather * Officials warn about severe frost this week BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Chinese ports and marine safety authorities are on high alert as an expansion of sea ice makes it tougher for ships to berth and discharge at key energy product import terminals along the coast of northern Bohai Bay. A cold wave sweeping the northern hemisphere has plunged temperatures across China to their lowest in decades, boosting demand for power and fuel to historic highs in the world’s largest energy consume...

By Reuters Staff (Corrects Transport Minister’s last name in last paragraph to Alghabra) Jan 13 (Reuters) - Air Canada said on Wednesday it will cut first-quarter capacity by an additional 25%, resulting in a workforce reduction of about 1,700 employees, as travel restrictions, lockdowns and new testing requirements to combat the spread of COVID-19 hit bookings. Carriers have been wrestling with a slump in demand and passenger confusion, following the Jan. 7 introduction of new Canadian rules requiring travelers to test negative for the novel coronavirus before boarding a plane bound for th...

* Regeneron up as U.S. govt orders more COVID-19 therapy doses

Nearly 9 million Americans had been given their first COVID-19 vaccination dose as of Monday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, as states scrambled to step up inoculations that have yet to slow the roaring pandemic.