Hong Kong started flight operations on its third runway on Thursday, with officials saying it will keep the city’s airport competitive as an aviation hub despite its lagging post-pandemic recovery. Hong Kong International Airport is still among the busiest airports in the world, but flights are not yet back to pre-Covid levels and it has fallen …
Beijing has removed top military official Miao Hua from office pending a probe into “serious violations of discipline” — a common euphemism for corruption.Miao joins a host of high-ranking figures, including two former defence ministers, to fall foul of a sweeping crackdown in the country’s military in just over a year.Analysts say corruption may have …
A top Chinese military official has been removed from office for “serious violations of discipline”, Beijing said Thursday, the latest senior apparatchik to fall in a sweeping crackdown on graft in the country’s armed forces.The ruling Chinese Communist Party “has decided to suspend Miao Hua from duty pending investigation”, Wu Qian, a spokesman for Beijing’s …
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More than a million Ukrainians were left without power in freezing cold temperatures on Thursday after a massive nationwide Russian missile and drone attack.Ukraine is bracing for what could be its toughest winter of the almost three-year war as Moscow steps up its aerial bombardment of the war-torn country and its troops advance on the …
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Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing could be hit with an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, years after he led a deadly campaign against the Rohingya minority.Min Aung Hlaing was head of Myanmar’s armed forces when the military launched a crackdown in 2017 following what it said were attacks by Rohingya insurgents in Rakhine state.Bringing …
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Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te will stop over in Hawaii and the US territory of Guam during a trip to three Pacific island nations, the Presidential Office said Thursday.The announcement sparked fury in Beijing, which insists Taiwan is part of its territory and opposes any international recognition of the island.Lai will depart Saturday for a visit …
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Namibians were still voting early Thursday, hours after polls were scheduled to close in a presidential and legislative election set to test the ruling party’s 34-year grip on power in the southern African nation. Logistical issues left crowds waiting to vote although polls were scheduled to close at 09:00 pm (1900 GMT) on Wednesday. Ballot counting had …
Russia’s army on Thursday launched a massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, forcing emergency power outages as temperatures dropped to freezing across the country.Ukraine’s energy grid has been heavily targeted since Russia invaded in February 2022, with Kyiv accusing Moscow of “terror” tactics by trying to plunge Ukrainian cities into darkness and cut off heating …
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“Bro, I can’t wait for my first dead body,” wrote an 11-year-old boy on Instagram in Sweden, where gangs recruit children too young to be prosecuted as contract killers on chat apps.”Stay motivated, it’ll come,” answered his 19-year-old contact. He went on to offer the child 150,000 kronor ($13,680) to carry out a murder, as well …
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Heavy snowfall blanketed South Korea for a second consecutive day Thursday, resulting in three deaths overall and disrupting flights and ferry services, authorities said.The snow caused three fatalities in Gyeonggi province around the capital Seoul, officials said, including one person killed when a tent-style garage collapsed during snow removal. Another died when a golf practice net …
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