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Cathay Pacific scraps Hong Kong-Singapore flights amid A350 inspections
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/09/2024
» Cathay Pacific Airways cancelled almost all its scheduled flights from Hong Kong to Singapore on Tuesday, as well as a raft of other services across Asia, after discovering a faulty engine component on some of its Airbus A350s.
China's 'Wukong' hit sells 10 million copies in three days
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/08/2024
» BEIJING - Black Myth: Wukong, a Chinese-made video game backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd, took just 83 hours to sell 10 million copies, one of the fastest debuts in industry history.
Philippines brings home 7 nationals arrested in Golden Triangle
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/08/2024
» MANILA - The Philippines has repatriated seven of its nationals who had been arrested at a special economic zone in Laos near its borders with Myanmar and Thailand, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported Saturday, citing the Department of Foreign Affairs.
From ATMs to flights, epic IT crash leaves trail of chaos
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/07/2024
» LONDON - In what will go down as the most spectacular information technology (IT) failure the world has ever seen, a botched software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings Inc crashed countless Microsoft Windows computer systems around the world on Friday.
China warns passengers must shutter windows at military-civil airports
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/06/2024
» HONG KONG - China’s Ministry of State Security has warned passengers against opening window shades during take-off and landing at airports used by both civil and military aviation, a move that runs counter to prevailing practices regarding aviation safety.
Astronaut, 'Earthrise' photographer, dies in plane crash
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/06/2024
» WASHINGTON - William Anders, the US astronaut whose "Earthrise" photograph from lunar orbit captured humanity's humble place in the cosmos, punctuating the 1960s' race to the moon with one of the most recognised images of the 20th century, has died. He was 90.
Bitcoin’s longest losing streak of 2024 casts cloud over crypto
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/05/2024
» MUMBAI - Bitcoin is grinding lower as part of a US$500 billion slide in digital assets, stoking questions about whether the crypto rebound has peaked.
Major Chinese city scraps housing curbs as easing gains pace
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/05/2024
» HANGZHOU- Hangzhou, a major city in eastern China, removed all of its remaining homebuying curbs in the latest example of a local government pursuing aggressive easing to end the property crisis.
Biden, Xi discuss AI risks, Russia and fentanyl
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/04/2024
» WASHIGTONG - United States President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke by telephone on Tuesday, their first one-on-one communication since meeting in California last November.