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Australia sees spike in near-misses amid air traffic controller shortage

Australia’s shortage of air traffic controllers is showing signs of nearing a breaking point after the country’s busiest airport recorded at least four near misses in the past month. Since late July, incidents at Sydney Airport included a passenger jet aborting its take-off because there was a plane in its path. In a separate close call, an aircraft that was taxiing had to slam on the brakes to av...

Australia see spike in near-misses amid air traffic controller shortage

Australia’s shortage of air traffic controllers is showing signs of nearing a breaking point after the country’s busiest airport recorded at least four near misses in the past month. Since late July, incidents at Sydney Airport included a passenger jet aborting its take-off because there was a plane in its path. In a separate close call, an aircraft that was taxiing had to slam on the brakes to av...

UEFA chief Ceferin calls for Infantino to quit but rules out replacing him

Aleksander Ceferin, president of the European soccer confederation (UEFA) has announced that he will not run against Gianni Infantino but warned the under-fire FIFA president that he must either quit or face a leadership challenge in March. Infantino has been mired in a crisis since the failure of his controversial – and ultimately abandoned – plan to open FIFA to private investors.

UEFA chief Ceferin calls for Infantino to quit, but 'not interested' in replacing him

Aleksander Ceferin, president of the European soccer confederation (UEFA) has announced that he will not run against Gianni Infantino but warned the under-fire FIFA president that he must either quit or face a leadership challenge in March. Infantino has been mired in a crisis since the failure of his controversial – and ultimately abandoned – plan to open FIFA to private investors.

Landslide at landfill in Guinea kills 30 people, government says

Heavy train triggered the landslide at the waste mound. The government had issued eviction orders to local residents living near the landfill in the days leading up to the incident out of fear for a collapse.

Australia news live: AFL chief says ‘actions of a few’ don’t define the game; police raid CFMEU headquarters in alleged secret commissions investigation

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlan Jones trial enters its fourth weekThe Alan Jones trial enters its fourth week today, with a series of witnesses expected to give evidence at Sydney’s Downing Centre local court before Judge Glenn Walsh. Continue reading...

Investment market volatility ‘here to stay’ unless global recession strikes: analyst

Wealthy investors should be ready for higher volatility “for years” as uncertainties around artificial intelligence development and geopolitical risks are set to persist, according to a major private bank. In the past few years, asset prices underwent several roller coaster rides, from US Liberation Day last year to the sell-off of semiconductor shares and US Treasury in recent months. But volatil...

Investment market volatility is ‘here to stay’ unless global recession strikes: analyst

Wealthy investors should be ready for higher volatility “for years” as uncertainties around artificial intelligence (AI) development and geopolitical risks are set to persist, according to a major private bank. In the past few years, asset prices underwent several roller coaster rides, from US Liberation Day last year to the sell-off of semiconductor shares and US Treasury in recent months. But vo...

Human-caused Nevada wildfire forces 42,000 people to evacuate

A fast-moving wildfire near Reno, Nevada, has forced 42,000 people to evacuate and put another 45,000 on alert.

'Did not meet launch conditions': China's unmanned moon mission delayed last minute

‘Hang in there’: Chinese boys offer US$1.5 to struggling store owner, sparking wave of support

Three boys from southeastern China offered 10.5 yuan (US$1.5) to a convenience store owner on the brink of closing, igniting a wave of public support. Five years after borrowing money to establish his convenience store in Guangzhou, Chen decided to shut down the shop as business continued to decline. On August 12, three primary school boys visited the store, as they often did, to buy drinks. Durin...

A landslide at a landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say

Guinea's civil protection service says a mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed at Dar Es Salam, the largest landfill in the capital of Conakry, killing 30 people

Homes crack as London heatwaves trigger record subsidence claims

Londoners are facing historic levels of subsidence risk after five successive heatwaves dried out the clay soil on which much of the British capital is built. Insurance claims tied to subsidence – a phenomenon associated with bouts of hot, dry weather that shrink the soil and destabilise the foundations on which buildings stand – hit a record last quarter, according to data provided by the Associa...

Can Kenya’s AI ambitions coexist with Naivasha’s water needs?

As Kenya courts data-centre investment, communities fear growing pressure on an already stressed water system.

Nevada wildfire: 90,000 people face evacuation as state of emergency declared

Shein aims for almost $27bn valuation in stock market debut

The fast-fashion giant's shares are due to start trading in Hong Kong on 1 September.

Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives

Case fatality rate climbs to nearly 48 percent in DRC, meaning almost one in two people infected with Ebola are dying.

Half of Hong Kong’s public bodies omit emissions data, green group finds

Half of Hong Kong’s government departments and public bodies have not disclosed their greenhouse gas emissions data and some calculations have been based on outdated information, a green group has found. The findings from The Green Earth have prompted calls for stronger carbon reporting and the setting of reduction targets across the public sector to align with the city’s goal of achieving carbon ...

Alibaba’s top executives buy US$15m in shares in vote of confidence after AI fundraising

The top two executives at Alibaba Group Holding bought a combined HK$120 million (US$15.3 million) worth of the company’s ordinary shares on Monday in a vote of confidence after the tech giant unveiled one of China’s biggest fundraising rounds dedicated to AI. The share placement, the first since Alibaba’s listing in Hong Kong in 2019, was oversubscribed three times amid strong investor sentiment,...

Alibaba’s US$10 billion share sale three times oversubscribed in Hong Kong

Alibaba Group Holding has sold 710 million new shares at HK$112.70 each to raise HK$80 billion (US$10.2 billion) in one of the largest artificial intelligence-dedicated fundraising efforts by a Chinese technology firm. The offer price represented an 8.4 per cent discount to the stock’s closing price in Hong Kong on Friday and a 3.6 per cent discount to the Friday closing price of its New York-list...

Australia news live: KMPG axes hundreds of staff in wake of audit leaks scandal; jobseeker now barely two-thirds of pension

Audit and consulting giant reports revenue fall of 1% year-on-year. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlan Jones trial enters its fourth weekThe Alan Jones trial enters its fourth week today, with a series of witnesses expected to give evidence at Sydney’s Downing Centre local court before Judge Glenn Walsh. Continue reading...

India crushes cockroach dissent as ‘Fix Schools’ campaign riles Modi

The Cockroach Janta Party’s ‘Fix the Schools’ campaign in India is facing pushback from BJP leaders and supporters.

US territories hit out at Trump plan to explore deep sea mining in the Pacific

US agency releases plan to lease millions of hectares of seabed off the coast of the Northern Mariana Islands and GuamA US government plan to lease out millions of hectares of seabed near the Mariana Trench for deep sea exploration has drawn opposition from US territories in the Pacific, as the Trump administration remains locked in a race with China for control of critical ocean minerals.On Tuesd...

Remembering Zhu Rongji and understanding his legacy

“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes.” This famous quote, widely attributed to Mark Twain, keeps playing in my mind as China mourns the death of former premier Zhu Rongji and reflects on his legacy. It was early afternoon on August 12 when I received a message from a friend on the mainland that made my heart sink: “Our much-respected Premier Zhu left us this morning!” As we anxiously...

Malaysian villages shaken as blasts rock southern Thailand

Residents of Malaysian villages near the Thailand border were left shaken this weekend after hearing loud booms and seeing flashes of light across the frontier, as Thai authorities confirmed more than 50 coordinated attacks on Saturday night. The blasts, heard in Kampung Lubok Gong and Kampung Tersang in Malaysia’s Kelantan state, coincided with a wave of near-simultaneous attacks across 21 distri...