Cathay Pacific Airways will nearly double its fuel surcharges from next Wednesday, following a similar move by another Hong Kong carrier amid rising fuel prices driven by the Iran war. Cathay’s move, announced on Thursday and applicable to tickets issued on or after March 18, came on the same day the higher fuel surcharge rate…
Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao is winding up its operations in Canada by the end of this month, marking the closure of all newsrooms run by the city’s major print publications in the North American country. Employees working for the Toronto and Vancouver editions of Ming Pao Newspapers (Canada) were notified of the decision on…
The skies of the 20th century were awash with the roars of fighter aircraft, and few, if any, nation produced as many impressive machines as the United States. From the 1940s onwards, the US created some of the greatest fighter aircraft in the world. We will largely focus on the primary fighter mission of shooting…
The US unemployment rate has ticked up in recent months to its highest level since 2021. Meanwhile, job seekers say it’s taking them longer to find work as employers pull back on hiring. In August, the economy created 22,000 jobs, a decline from the revised previous month’s 79,000, according to data from the US Labor…