The Comac C919 is not very different from what Airbus and Boeing already have in the market, and that it was “not going to rock the boat in particular,” Christian Scherer, chief executive officer of Airbus’s aircraft commercial business said. “It looks a bit like an Airbus narrow body,” Scherer said, tongue in cheek, noting … Read more
A pedestrian speaks on a mobile phone as he watches a digital screen relaying the budget speech by Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai on February 1, 2021. PUNIT PARANJPE | AFP via Getty Images In a report released Monday, the finance ministry said the … Read more
A chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean was struck by a drone launched directly from Iran early Saturday, the Pentagon said, signaling a widening risk to shipping after Yemeni rebels started attacking vessels in the Red Sea. “The motor vessel Chem Pluto, a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned, and Netherlands-operated chemical tanker was struck at approximately 10 a.m. … Read more
Now that San Antonio has its first European nonstop flight in hand thanks to Condor, it’s our turn to fill up seats to Frankfurt. Markus Mainka/Markus Mainka/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images John Dickson Courtesy The news of our first transatlantic flight to Germany via Condor Airlines continues to reverberate. It’s an understatement to say securing a nonstop flight … Read more
Pakistan’s key stock gauge rose to a six-year high on Friday amid optimism that the strengthening currency may help ease inflationary pressures. The KSE-100 Index rose 0.9% to 50,673.04, taking this month’s gain to almost 10% in the second-best performance among more than 90 global equity indexes tracked by Bloomberg. The gauge still trades at … Read more
Listen to article (2 minutes) Shortly before he was appointed in 2014, India’s national security adviser laid out his philosophy for the country’s counterterror strategy, saying that it needed to go from a defensive stance to what he described as a “defensive offense.” Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source … Read more
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Updated Sept. 23, 2023 12:03 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) When a young Sikh activist, Amritpal Singh, called followers to a protest outside an Indian police station in February, police expected a peaceful gathering. Instead, the young men who showed up came armed with swords and other weapons, and scuffled with police as … Read more
CNN — Authorities in India are determined to keep a lid on any monkey business ahead of world leaders jetting in next week, by placing life-size cutouts of angry langurs across the capital to dissuade smaller pesky primates from wreaking havoc or hogging the limelight while the nation takes center stage. India is gearing up … Read more
CNN — One year after catastrophic floods devastated swathes of Pakistan, some 4 million children in the South Asian nation remain without access to safe water, the United Nations children’s agency has warned. In a news release Friday, UNICEF said it estimates that there are 8 million people in the country, around half of whom … Read more