Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways cancelled 32 flights to and from destinations in the region Tuesday a day after it was forced to ground its entire fleet of 48 Airbus A350s when a part in the Rolls Royce engine of one aircraft failed a short while into a flight to Zurich. File Photo by John…
The Chinese navy’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier, CNS Fujian, was put to sea for the fourth time on Tuesday to conduct a new round of sea trials after it was launched two years ago. Named for the province of Fujian in southeast China, the carrier sailed from Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard, where it was…
An attempted jail break from DR Congo’s largest prison has left at least 129 people dead and led to women being raped, the interior minister said Tuesday. The circumstances around the bid to bust out of the Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa, which holds 10 times the number it is meant to house, in…
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s flagship airline said Tuesday that it had found 15 aircraft with components that needed replacement after the in-flight failure of an engine part prompted it to inspect its entire Airbus A350 fleet. Cathay Pacific grounded 48 planes for the inspection, forcing it to cancel 24 round-trip flights on Tuesday and…
US climate envoy John Podesta will start a three-day visit to China on Wednesday as the world’s top two greenhouse gas emitters look to bridge gaps on key issues ahead of a United Nations summit in November. The two sides would “conduct in-depth exchanges of views on practical cooperation”, their domestic climate actions, and the…
What is the Philadelphi corridor? The Philadelphi corridor is a ribbon of land about nine miles (14km)s in length and 100 metres wide along Gaza’s border with Egypt, including the Rafah crossing.It was designated as a demilitarised border zone after the withdrawal of Israeli settlements and troops from Gaza in 2005 and runs from the…
Islamabad, Pakistan – The invitations have all gone out. But when Pakistan hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit next month, there’s one guest above all others whose presence or absence will be most felt: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On August 29, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Islamabad would host heads of government…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75% of her body, police said. Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished at the 44th position in the 2024 Paris Olympics, was attacked in her house in the…
A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 aircraft at Kingsford Smith Airport on August 18, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., is the flag carrier of Hong Kong with its main hub being at Hong Kong International Airport. James D. Morgan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Rolls-Royce shares opened higher Tuesday, making up…
Legislators in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang say they will increase support for US-sanctioned enterprises, including via the legal system and overseas promotions. In a resolution released and taking effect on Monday, the regional legislature denounced US sanctions against Xinjiang enterprises over the alleged use of forced labour, calling for the creation of “a…