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Cathay Pacific sacks flight crew for making fun of passengers
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (0293.HK) said it fired three flight attendants after a passenger accused them of bias against non-English speakers, prompting criticism on Chinese state media and Hong Kong's leader to vow it wouldn't happen again.
24 May 2023, 07:52 AM
50 million people trapped in 'modern slavery': Report
An estimated 50 million people were "living in situations of modern slavery" in 2021, according to the Global Slavery Index released by the human rights organization Walk Free
24 May 2023, 05:29 AM
Journalist shot dead in central Mexico
A Mexican journalist who was also a former local official was shot dead Tuesday in the country's central Puebla region, authorities said
24 May 2023, 04:54 AM
Bangladesh, Myanmar need $375m in aid: UN
The United Nations yesterday said it needed $375 million in funding to get food, medicine and other relief supplies to millions of people affected by a cyclone that devastated parts of Myanmar and Bangladesh.
23 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Mamata extends support to Arvind Kejriwal
Extending support to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kerjiwal against the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday urged all opposition parties to oppose the ordinance in the Rajya Sabha.
23 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Sudan truce in danger
Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead yesterday, residents said, raising fears that intense fighting would erupt and shatter Sudanese hopes raised by an internationally-monitored ceasefire.
23 May 2023, 18:00 PM
ISS welcomes its first Saudi astronauts, in private mission
A SpaceX capsule carrying two Saudi astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Monday, as part of a private mission chartered by Axiom Space
23 May 2023, 03:59 AM
EU-US data flows: Meta hit with record 1.2b euro fine
Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland’s regulator announced yesterday.
22 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Ex-MLA, two others arrested with guns: CM
A former Manipur MLA and two others were arrested with guns yesterday after violence flared up in state capital Imphal’s Chekon neighbourhood.
22 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Greece eyes new vote as PM seeks majority
Greece’s conservatives were set to be offered an opportunity to form a coalition after winning the weekend’s election, but without enough seats to deliver on their pledge to rule on their own, a second vote in June looks all but certain.
22 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Air strikes hit capital as 7-day truce approaches
Sudan’s army conducted air strikes in the capital Khartoum yesterday, residents said, seeking to win ground against its paramilitary rivals hours before a week-long ceasefire aimed at allowing delivery of aid was due to take effect.
22 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians
Israeli forces killed three Palestinian fighters yesterday in a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, in what the army described as an operation targeting “terrorist” suspects.
22 May 2023, 18:00 PM
20 dead in Guyana school dormitory fire
At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a school dormitory fire in Guyana, the government said in a statement, with the nation's president calling it a "major disaster."
22 May 2023, 09:41 AM
Private mission carrying Saudi astronauts launches to ISS
The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), organized by Axiom Space, blasted off from the southern US state of Florida Sunday, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to travel to the orbiting laboratory
22 May 2023, 04:07 AM
It’s time to reform UNSC
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said yesterday that it was time to reform both the Security Council and Bretton Woods to align with the “realities of today’s world”.
21 May 2023, 18:00 PM
G7 offers Ukraine long-term support
Leaders of the world’s richest democracies said yesterday they would not back down from supporting Ukraine, in a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin as he claimed to have taken the eastern city of Bakhmut, something Kyiv denied.
21 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Greeks head to polls
Greece went to the polls yesterday in a general election unlikely to produce a clear winner, with a second vote expected by July if the country’s fractious political parties fail to agree to a coalition.
21 May 2023, 18:00 PM
3 die in Marseille shooting as gang murders surge
Three men died yesterday in an assault rifle attack in the French port city of Marseille, which has seen a surge of drug-related gang murders in recent months, police said.
21 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Gurkha amputee scales Everest
Gurkha veteran Hari Budha Magar, who was almost killed serving with the British army in Afghanistan, has become the first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest, a member of his team said yesterday.
21 May 2023, 18:00 PM
12 people killed in stampede
Twelve people were killed and hundreds injured Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador soccer stadium, police and emergency services said.
21 May 2023, 18:00 PM