Cathay suspends second pilot, cites misuse of company information
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways said it had suspended with immediate effect on Tuesday a second officer operating flight CX216 for misuse of company information, and had also commenced internal disciplinary proceedings.
Yemen’s Houthis launch drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport: Masirah TV
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched drone attacks on the airport of Abha in southwest Saudi Arabia near the Yemeni border, the Houthis’ al-Masirah TV said on Twitter on Tuesday.
London climate change protesters daub Brazilian embassy blood red
Climate-change protesters threw red paint at the Brazilian embassy in London on Tuesday to demonstrate against damage to the Amazon rainforest and what they described as violence against indigenous tribes living there.
Russia says radiation levels rose by 4-16 times in city after accident: TASS
Radiation levels in the Russian city of Severodvinsk rose by up to 16 times on Aug. 8 after an accident that authorities said involved a rocket test on a sea platform, Russia’s state weather agency said on Tuesday, the TASS news agency reported.
Iran says Britain might release Grace 1 oil tanker soon: IRNA
Iran said on Tuesday that Britain might free its oil tanker Grace 1 soon, after some documents were exchanged that would help the seized ship’s release.
China approves $156 million airport project in Sichuan province
China’s state planner said on Tuesday it has approved an airport project costing around 1.1 billion yuan ($155.68 million) in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
Kyrgyz ex-president charged with murder, unrest -prosecutors cited by Interfax
Prosecutors on Tuesday charged Kyrgyzstan’s ex-president Almazbek Atambayev with murder and causing mass unrest, news agency Interfax reported, after a deadly clash last week with security forces who were seeking to arrest him.
Chinese intervention in Hong Kong would be a ‘catastrophe’, Patten says
Hong Kong’s last British governor Chris Patten on Tuesday cautioned that if China intervened in Hong Kong it would be a catastrophe and that Chinese President Xi Jinping should see the wisdom of trying to bring people together.
Hong Kong protests unleash ‘panic and chaos’, leader says as airport reopens
A state of “panic and chaos” exists in Hong Kong, the city’s embattled leader said on Tuesday, defying calls to quit as the stock market tumbled, airlines flagged further flight disruptions and anti-government protesters filled the airport.
Woman stabbed, knife-wielding man restrained by public in Sydney
A woman was taken to hospital after being stabbed in downtown Sydney on Tuesday in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack by a man who was restrained by members of the public and then taken into custody, police said.
