64 m. ago Hong Kong’s Cathay weighs cancelling Heathrow flight over UK airport blackout

Cathay says 1.30pm flight could be cancelled as Post learns another plane, CX257, is now returning to Hong Kong after Heathrow closure announced.

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11 h. ago Scotland’s former leader Nicola Sturgeon cleared in investigation into party finances

Police had investigated fate of US$730,000 raised for Scottish National Party campaign. Sturgeon has said she will not stand for re-election.

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21 h. ago Fire on Hong Kong Airlines flight forces plane to divert to Fuzhou

Flight from the mainland city of Hangzhou safely diverted to Fuzhou after a fire broke out in one of its overhead compartments.

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21 h. ago ‘Power bank fire’ on Hong Kong Airlines flight forces plane to divert to Fuzhou

Flight from the mainland city of Hangzhou safely diverted to Fuzhou after a fire broke out in one of its overhead compartments.

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23 h. ago Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 40, according to hospitals

Israel again bombarded Gaza after announcing renewed ground operations.

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23 h. ago Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 58 Palestinians, hospitals say

Israel resumes its bombing campaign after announcing renewed ground operations in central and southern Gaza.

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24 h. ago EU investigates BYD's Hungary plant for potential unfair Chinese subsidies, FT reports

EU investigates BYD's Hungary plant for potential unfair Chinese subsidies, FT reports  Reuters.com

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24 h. ago Hong Kong, Macau residents can apply for temporary mainland travel permits via app

Anyone who loses their standard travel permit on the mainland but needs to catch a train or plane will no longer have to visit public security authorities.

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26 h. ago How China is solving the nightmare that killed Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

Chinese engineers have overcome the hurdles that stopped the US billionaire’s idea for a vacuum tube transport system in its tracks.

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29 h. ago Former Chongqing political official facing corruption investigation

Sun Zhengcai, the former secretary of Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, has been placed under investigation on suspicion of accepting bribes, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Monday.

Politics

30 h. ago Israel investigating UN worker’s death in Gaza, military denies responsibility for blast

5 others injured in explosion at UN building in Deir al-Balah. Bulgaria said one of its citizens working for UN was killed in Gaza.

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30 h. ago Israel investigating UN worker’s death in Gaza, military denies striking compound

Five also injured in explosion at UN building that UNOPS chief Jorge Moreira da Silva said ‘was not an accident’.

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32 h. ago Alaska plane was overweight for icy conditions in crash that killed 10: US investigators

Bering Air crash in February was one of Alaska’s deadliest plane crashes this century and third major US aviation mishap in an 8-day stretch.

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32 h. ago Alaska plane was overweight for icy conditions in crash that killed 10: investigators

Bering Air plane crash in February was one of Alaska’s deadliest this century.

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33 h. ago Mexico’s top prosecutor denounces state investigation into ‘ranch of horror’

Attorney General said inquiry at Jalisco ranch – which activists called a cartel-run ‘extermination camp’ – was flawed, vows to find truth.

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33 h. ago Mexico’s top prosecutor denounces state investigation into cartel’s ‘ranch of horror’

Bones, clothing and underground ovens were found at the suspected drug cartel training ground.

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40 h. ago UK teen who planned school killing jailed for minimum 49 years

He said his aim was to conduct an attack more deadly than the US Sandy Hook and Virginia Tech massacres.

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45 h. ago Mother of slain Filipino comedian Goldenier Dagal slams killers as ‘cowards’

Dagal, who was known for his bold jokes, was performing at a bar in Pampanga when a suspect shot him before fleeing.

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46 h. ago Bus crash on Hong Kong highway leaves driver, 11 passengers injured

Police say they received report of the crash in Tai Po at 12.15pm on Wednesday.

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46 h. ago Woman critically injured, 10 others hurt in Hong Kong bus crash

Double-decker bus smashes into a road barrier on a highway in Tai Po.

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