The Buzz | Emirates to cut 25pct flights on closure of Dubai southern runway

Emirates plans to reduce its number of flights by 25 percent during the closure of Dubai International Airport’s southern runway for 45 days. The closure, scheduled

Media | New York Times bets that more people want the news read to them

Starting Friday, “The Daily” will produce a news briefing on weekdays for the Amazon Echo, a voice-enabled speaker with a built-in assistant named Alexa. The free

Cathay sold tickets from HK to Lisbon at one-tenth of price

Less than two weeks after saying it had a ticketing error that gave away premium seats at huge discounts, Cathay Pacific has done it again.

Maduro era is endurance test as Venezuela’s lifelines fall away

President Nicolas Maduro’s second term is officially six years. However, it will endure only as long as Venezuela’s moribund economy allows. The 56-year-old successor to

Spain | Far-right Vox party allies with mainstream rivals

Spain’s far-right Vox party has edged toward the political mainstream, dropping its more extremist positions to help form a regional government in Andalusia as far-right parties build

Offbeat | Austrian train workers rescue wild goat buried in snowdrift

Austrian news agency APA reported this week two workers leapt out of the train and shoveled through the snow to reach the chamois, a type of

This Day in History | 1993 – BA dirty tricks against Virgin cost £3m

British Airways has ended one of the most bitter and protracted libel actions in aviation history in a humiliating climb-down. At the High Court Christopher Clarke

World briefs

THAILAND Four paramilitary volunteers were killed yesterday while guarding a school in southern Thailand, the latest of several recent attacks in a region troubled by a Muslim separatist insurgency

The Buzz | Suspect faces court in Belgium over Jewish museum attack

The trial of a man accused of shooting dead four people at a Jewish museum in Belgium in 2014 after fighting alongside extremists in Syria started in Brussels

Holympics | Vatican launches track team of Swiss Guards, nuns

About 60 Holy See runners — Swiss Guards, priests, nuns, pharmacists and even a 62-year-old professor who works in the Vatican’s Apostolic Library — are the

Security tight as Congo prepares to release vote results

Anti-riot police with water cannon and armored vehicles surrounded Congo’s electoral commission yesterday ahead of the delayed announcement of the results of the presidential election, while

Iran supreme leader calls US officials ‘first-class idiots’

Iran’s supreme leader yesterday called U.S. officials “first-class idiots,” mocking American leaders as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo toured the Mideast to promote the White House’s

Offbeat | A moose walks into an Alaska hospital and finds a snack

A moose wandered into a hospital building in Alaska’s largest city and chowed down on some plants in the lobby as workers watched the massive animal in

This Day in History | 1996 – King of Jordan in historic Tel Aviv visit

King Hussein of Jordan has made his first public visit to Israel’s largest city, Tel Aviv, in the latest indication of the new warmth between the two

World briefs

VIETNAM Facebook was defending itself yesterday against allegations that it allows illegal content in violation of Vietnam’s new cybersecurity law. The social media giant said it has restricted

Offbeat | Ratings dip to 18.6M for Golden Globes despite NFL lead-in

Preliminary figures from Nielsen show this week’s Golden Globes were watched by 18.6 million viewers, a slight drop from the 19.1 million that tuned in last year.

USA | Trump toughest contender? Eyeing 2020, democrat Harris addresses prosecutorial past in memoir

As she nears a decision on whether to seek the presidency, Sen. Kamala Harris is taking on what could be a hurdle in a Democratic primary: her past

This Day in History | 2005 – Abbas triumphs in Palestinian elections

Polling closed at 1900 GMT, two hours later than scheduled after voting difficulties forced an extension. One exit poll, by the Palestinian Centre for Policy

World briefs

THAILAND About 200 protesters staged a rare demonstration yesterday in military-ruled Thailand, demanding that there be no further delays in holding elections, which were expected next month but

The Buzz | Trump to take his case to build wall to prime-time audience

With no breakthrough in sight, President Donald Trump will argue his case to the nation today that a “crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border requires the long and

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