Ryanair under pressure after messing up pilots’ holidays

Irish budget airline Ryanair was under pressure yesterday to provide more information to travelers after canceling up to 50 flights a day over the next six weeks

Race to make robots for China spurs manufacturer to double capacity

ABB Ltd. is accelerating expansion in China with a plan to double robot production capacity as part of a bid to become the biggest provider worldwide of

Trump’s top trade negotiator calls China ‘unprecedented’ threat

China’s economic model represents an “unprecedented” threat to the world trading system that can’t be addressed under current global rules, President Donald Trump’s top trade negotiator said. “There

Hard to spot | Criminals find new ways to smuggle rhino horns to China, SE Asia

International traffickers have tried many ways to smuggle African rhino horns to Asia, concealing them inside wooden Buddha statues, stashing horn pieces in lobster heads kept in

Beijing detains man for service to evade internet firewall

Chinese authorities have detained a software developer for selling computer services that allow internet users to evade China’s “Great Firewall,” which blocks access to thousands of websites,

US flies powerful warplanes amid tensions with North Korea

The U.S. military flew advanced bombers and stealth jets over the Korean Peninsula and near Japan in drills with South Korean and Japanese warplanes yesterday, three days

New Zealand | Burst fuel pipe to disrupt flights through week

A rupture in the main pipeline carrying jet fuel to New Zealand’s largest airport has disrupted the travel plans of thousands of people and is expected to

Malaysia | Mahathir says in interview opposition can win vote

Former Malaysian strongman Mahathir Mohamad says the opposition alliance campaigning to topple the country’s corruption-tainted leader can win the next general elections and pull Malaysia back from

USA | How Trump’s advisers schooled him on globalism

On a sweltering Washington summer day, President Donald Trump’s motorcade pulled up to the Pentagon for a meeting largely billed as a briefing on the Afghanistan conflict

Offbeat | Koala survives 10-mile Australia trip in wheel arch

For a stowaway who made a 16-kilometer journey squeezed in a wheel arch, a koala was lucky to escape with just scratches. The driver of the four-wheel

This Day in History | 2003 – Washington DC swept by hurricane

A massive hurricane has swept through the area around Washington DC, the capital of the United States. At least two deaths have already been attributed to

Football | Lukaku compounds Everton’s misery in Man United’s 4-0 rout

When Romelu Lukaku slotted the ball into the Everton net, the Manchester United striker had no intention of holding back on the celebrations. Far from it. Especially after being

Rugby | Kaino recalled to All Blacks squad for Championship

Flanker Jerome Kaino has been recalled to the All Blacks squad for Rugby Championship tests against Argentina and South Africa over the next two weeks. Lock

World briefs

  RUSSIA President Vladimir Putin yesterday attended the weeklong war games with Belarus that have demonstrated the Russian military’s resurgent might and made neighboring countries nervous. Russia and Belarus say

The Buzz | Maria grows to a Cat 3, nears already battered Caribbean

Hurricane Maria grew into a Category 3 storm yesterday as it barreled toward a potentially devastating collision with islands in the eastern Caribbean. Forecasters warned it was likely

Armani, Versace add Italian glitz to London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week got an injection of Italian glamour yesterday , with Donatella Versace’s Versus and Emporio Armani joining Britain-based designers including Preen and Topshop on the

World Views | Selling a piece of Hong Kong history

A piece of Hong Kong’s history won’t come cheap. That’s why Mandarin Oriental International Ltd.’s USD3.8 billion disposal of the Excelsior Hotel, featured in the Pink Panther movies

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 – edition no. 2890

* Society divisions responsible for surprise legislative election results * Going to the movies remains popular * Forbidden weapons found in tourists’ bags * Trump urges united nations to reform   DOWNLOAD

AL election | Conservatives and democrats both winners

Mak Soi Kun was the most voted candidate in yesterday’s Legislative Assembly (AL) elections. According to the official data released early morning today, Mak got 17,207 votes

Myanmar | Fleeing Rohingya Muslims watch as homes burn

Days after fleeing their village on the Myanmar side of the border fence, a group of Rohingya Muslims watched from just inside Bangladesh as yet another house

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