25 h. ago Japan Airlines says pilot repeatedly faked alcohol tests before flights

A Japan Airlines employee who admitted to drinking alcohol in Hawaii before his scheduled piloting duty last month, causing delays as the airline found a replacement, had on multiple occasions tampered with his testing kit to avoid detection under similar circumstances, the operator said on Thursday. The 64-year-old captain had been flagged by the airline as someone who needed close monitoring after he was found with a below-threshold level of alcohol seven years ago. He had vowed to quit...

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4 d. ago EU chief’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming over Bulgaria

A plane carrying EU chief Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming as it readied to land in Bulgaria on Sunday, Brussels said on Monday, alleging Russia was thought to be behind the incident. The European Commission said Bulgarian authorities suspected the disruption “was due to blatant interference” from Moscow, but it was not clear if the chartered flight was deliberately targeted. “We can indeed confirm that there was GPS jamming,” Commission spokeswoman Arianna Podesta told a press...

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9 d. ago Ukraine capital hit by ‘massive’ Russian strikes as diplomatic efforts stall

A “massive” Russian attack on Kyiv on Thursday killed at least three people and wounded a dozen others, officials in the Ukrainian capital said. Powerful explosions rocked the city overnight, illuminating the sky and leaving behind a column of smoke. The city’s military administration said three people had been confirmed dead and 12 wounded, with “significant damage” to residential buildings. One of those killed was a 14-year-old, according to the administration’s head Tymur Tkachenko. The...

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9 d. ago Ukraine capital hit by deadly Russian strikes as diplomatic efforts stall

A mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital, including a rare strike in the centre of the city, early Thursday killed at least eight people and injured 30, local authorities said. It was the first major Russian combined attack on Kyiv in weeks as US-led peace efforts to end the three-year war struggled to gain traction. Among the dead were two children, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said, citing preliminary information. The numbers were expected to rise. Rescue teams were on...

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9 d. ago Ukraine capital hit by Russian aerial barrage, causing multiple deaths

A mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital, including a rare strike in the centre of the city, early Thursday killed at least 12 people and wounded 48, local authorities said. It was the first major Russian combined attack on Kyiv in weeks as US-led peace efforts to end the three-year war struggled to gain traction. Russia launched 598 strike drones and decoys and 31 missiles of different types across the country, according to Ukraine’s Air Force, making it one of the war’s...

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9 d. ago Russia’s largest air attack on Kyiv leaves 15 dead, including 4 children

Russia bombarded the Ukrainian capital with drones and missiles early on Thursday, including a rare strike in the city centre, killing at least 15 people and wounding 48, local authorities said. It was the first major Russian attack on Kyiv in weeks as US-led peace efforts to end the three-year war struggled to gain traction. Russia launched 598 strike drones and decoys and 31 missiles of different types across the country, according to Ukraine’s Air Force, making it one of the war’s largest air...

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1 week ago Multiple workers dead after 'tensioning operation' causes bridge in China to collapse

Multiple workers dead after 'tensioning operation' causes bridge in China to collapse  Sky News

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2 w. ago China girl causes brother’s death while adjusting car seat; court dismisses lawsuit

A couple in China have filed a lawsuit against a car manufacturer after their five-year-old daughter adjusted the car seat, which inadvertently led to the death of their two-year-old son due to suffocation from being trapped by the seat. However, the Shanghai Pudong District People’s Court dismissed their lawsuit, stating that the tragedy was caused by the “multiple instances of negligence in the parents’ guardianship.” The case was publicised on social media on August 14 by the Shanghai High...

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2 w. ago Spare China but hit India: US Secretary of State defends Russian oil hypocrisy

Spare China but hit India: US Secretary of State defends Russian oil hypocrisy  India Today

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3 w. ago Europe reduced to spectator as Trump and Putin eye Ukraine carve

A meeting in Alaska on Friday that could shape the future of Europe’s security will be notable for the absence of Europeans. Instead, US President Donald Trump will sit down with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin – a pariah in the West since launching his 2022 invasion of Ukraine – without anyone from Kyiv or the other European capitals present. Fearing Trump could hand Putin a blank cheque to end the war on terms deeply unfavourable to Ukraine, the Europeans have been scrambling to keep the...

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3 w. ago Trump mulls new tariffs, China builds space debris device: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump may hit China with punitive tariffs over purchases of Russian oil US Vice-President J.D. Vance said that President Donald Trump is “thinking” about slapping new tariffs on imports from China in response to the country’s purchases of Russian oil. 2. China condemns Israel’s Gaza City takeover plan, urges 2-state solution China has condemned Israel’s...

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3 w. ago Trump may hit China with punitive tariffs over purchases of Russian oil

US Vice-President J.D. Vance said on Sunday that President Donald Trump is “thinking” about slapping new tariffs on imports from China in response to the country’s purchases of Russian oil. Vance was asked in a Fox News interview whether Trump would move against Beijing as he did against New Delhi last week, when the president announced a punitive 25 per cent tariff on Indian imports over the South Asian country’s continued purchase of Russian oil despite his repeated warnings. “The president...

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4 w. ago Trump tariffs live updates: China defends buying Russian oil as US gold tariffs hit Swiss refiners

Trump tariffs live updates: China defends buying Russian oil as US gold tariffs hit Swiss refiners  Yahoo Finance

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