Menos de 100 aviões Airbus da série A320 permanecem parados devido a um software de controle de navegação vulnerável às radiações solares, das quase 6.000 aeronaves potencialmente afetadas, anunciou nesta segunda-feira (1) a fabricante aeronáutica.”A grande maioria” dos aviões já passou pela modificação desde que o problema foi anunciado na sexta-feira, informou a Airbus em […]
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A conservative candidate backed by US President Donald Trump led Sunday’s presidential election in Honduras, according to partial results from the electoral commission. Nasry Asfura had 40.5 percent of the vote, a one-and-a-half-point lead over fellow right-wing candidate Salvador Nasralla, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE). Both candidates were well ahead of Rixi Moncada, […]
Read MoreFor villages on the northern edge of Sri Lanka’s capital, floods are a familiar ordeal — but even the hardiest residents were stunned when the Kelani river surged this week. Heavy showers upstream inundated the banks of the Kelani on Friday night, and the situation deteriorated rapidly the next day even though Cyclone Ditwah — […]
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Wegen seines Aufrufs zu einer unabhängigen Untersuchung der Brandkatastrophe in der chinesischen Sonderverwaltungszone Hongkong ist ein Student offenbar von den Sicherheitsbehörden befragt worden. Der 24-jährige Miles Kwan, der auf Flugblättern für eine Petition geworben hatte, wurde am Montag von einem Reporter der Nachrichtenagentur AFP beim Verlassen einer Polizeiwache gesehen. Örtliche Medien hatten am Samstag berichtet, […]
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The leader of one of South Korea’s largest cult-like churches stood trial on Monday accused of bribing the country’s former first lady with gifts including a designer handbag and a diamond necklace. The arrest of leader Han Hak-ja in September rocked the Unification Church, which claims to have 10 million followers worldwide and controls a […]
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Die vom Handelsverband (HDE) ermittelte Konsumlaune der Verbraucher in Deutschland hat sich weiter verschlechtert. Der Index sank auf 95,24 Punkte und damit auf den niedrigsten Stand seit Jahresbeginn, wie der Verband am Montag mitteilte. “Die Kaufzurückhaltung unter den Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern nimmt im Dezember etwas zu”, erklärte der HDE. “Zu beobachten ist eine Verschiebung vom […]
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A Hong Kong student, who was reportedly detained by police after handing out flyers calling for an independent probe into a fire that killed 146 people, left a police station on Monday. Miles Kwan left the Cheung Sha Wan Division police station in a taxi on Monday afternoon, according to an AFP reporter at the […]
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South Korean prosecutors indicted the mayor of Seoul on Monday for allegedly violating political funding laws. Oh Se-hoon of the conservative People Power Party is serving his fourth term as mayor of South Korea’s capital and has long been tipped as a future presidential candidate. Prosecutors accuse him of arranging for a supporter to cover […]
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