1 week ago Trump’s 100% China tariff threat leaves exporters scrambling to beat deadline

Trump’s 100% China tariff threat leaves exporters scrambling to beat deadline  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Munich airport shut again over drone scare amid suspected Russian activity

Munich airport was forced to halt operations for the second day in a row on Friday over drone sightings, with dozens of flights and more than 6,000 passengers affected. Airports in Denmark, Norway and Poland have recently suspended flights due to unidentified drones, while Romania and Estonia have pointed the finger at Russia, which has brushed off the allegations. Munich airport said in a statement that on Friday “from 9.30pm air traffic was restricted and then cancelled due to drone...

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2 w. ago Munich Airport reopens after drone chaos disrupts thousands of passengers

Flights resumed “progressively” on Saturday at Munich airport, but delays were expected after a drone scare caused a second shutdown in as many days, affecting more than 6,500 passengers, the operator said. Airports in Denmark, Norway and Poland have recently suspended flights due to unidentified drones, while Romania and Estonia have pointed the finger at Russia, which has brushed off the allegations. Munich airport said that on Friday “from 9.30pm air traffic was restricted and then cancelled...

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3 w. ago Oktoberfest grounds closed as Munich police investigate explosives incident

The Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich will remain shut on Wednesday until at least 5pm local time after police said they discovered explosives in a residential building in the north of the city that caught fire and left one person dead. As part of a major operation that police earlier said posed no danger to the public, special forces were investigating an area in the north of Munich where Bild newspaper and multiple other reports said shots and explosions had been heard. Police said the...

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3 w. ago Munich’s Oktoberfest briefly closed by bomb threat, deadly family drama

A suspect who set fire to his parents’ home while his family was inside, and who was found with an explosives-laden backpack, prompted the temporary shutdown of Germany’s famed Oktoberfest on Wednesday. Police said the 57-year-old man had wounded his mother and daughter, booby-trapped and set ablaze their home, and then killed himself at a nearby lake in the city’s leafy northern Lerchenau district. They said he was still alive when found but badly wounded, and later died. Police also said he...

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3 w. ago Venezuela’s Maduro ready to declare state of emergency over US ‘aggression’

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is ready to declare a state of emergency over the threat of US “aggression”, following a spate of deadly US strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats, Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez said on Monday. Rodriguez told foreign diplomats that Maduro had signed a decree giving himself “special powers” as head of state to act in matters of defence and security in the event the United States “dares to attack our homeland”. A government source, however, told Agence...

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