JUNE 18, 2018
Light-fingered passengers flying first and business class are behind a mile-high pilfering epidemic, filching the high-value luxury treats available in their opulent cabins.
Some airlines are now reassessing their offerings available to their top-notch customers that include luxury blankets, pyjamas and designer perfume bottles that are exiting their planes, along with the passengers, on a grand scale.
Virgin Airlines is missing 1,700...
JUNE 18, 2018
FIE PHOTO: In this June 15, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House, in Washington.- AP Photos/Evan Vucci
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump accused immigrants in Europe of "violently" changing the culture on Monday and said people should be wary of the same thing happening in the United States, as...
JUNE 18, 2018
US president Donald Trump shakes hand with China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing in November 2017. Trump’s tariff threats have not been well received in China.- AFP/Getty Images
BEIJING - Chinese state media has attacked the White House for escalating the prospect of a trade war, calling the administration of president Donald Trump “selfish” and “rude” and “mundane”...
JUNE 18, 2018
The timing of the exercises is likely to raise eyebrows after US President Donald Trump announced he had cancelled long-running joint drills between Washington and Seoul - SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
SEOUL – South Korea on Monday began two days of war games to practice defending the disputed Dokdo islands off its east coast, a pair of rocky outcroppings that...
JUNE 16, 2018
The changes, which are likely to be rolled out on July 6, were made with an aim to simplify the visa application process for international students going to the UK to study.
The changes, which are likely to be rolled out on July 6, were made with an aim to simplify the visa application process for international...
JUNE 16, 2018
Elizabeth Holmes had become a darling of Silicon Valley, as she promoted what she claimed as a simple blood test that would revolutionize and personalize health care. - Photo Credit: Carlos Chavarria for The NY Times
Elizabeth Holmes, the college dropout who founded the blood-testing company Theranos, and the firm's ex-president Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani were indicted Friday on...
JUNE 16, 2018
President Trump’s praise Friday for Kim Jong Un’s authoritarian rule in North Korea — and his apparent envy that people there “sit up at attention” when the 35-year-old dictator speaks — marked an escalation of the American president’s open embrace of totalitarian leaders around the world.
Reflecting on his impressions of Kim following their Singapore summit, Trump told...
JUNE 16, 2018
Harvard University’s own internal research raised concerns about how Asian-American applicants are treated by the college’s admissions process, according to documents filed Friday in an affirmative action lawsuit against the school.
Harvard’s Office of Institutional Research completed three reports starting in 2013 that showed Asian-Americans faced a penalty in the admissions process, according to a filing by the...
JUNE 15, 2018
In a quick response to U.S. tariffs, Beijing announced on Friday its own duties on American products, including the politically sensitive areas of agriculture products and automobiles.
The Chinese State Council's commission on tariffs and customs said in an online statement that a 25 percent tariff will take effect July 6 on agriculture products, automobiles and "aquatic products."
The...
JUNE 15, 2018
Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo (7) celebrates after scoring a goal against Spain in Group B play during the FIFA World Cup 2018 at Fisht Stadium in Russia. - USA Today Sports
MOSCOW – Cristiano Ronaldo scored a sensational hat trick to snatch Portugal a dramatic point against Spain and proved he is the most balanced character of this...
