CHICAGO, Oct 29 (APP/AFP) – Eight people were injured when an American Airlines Boeing 767 bound for Miami caught fire Friday as it attempted to take off from Chicago’s O’Hare airport, the company said. The blaze broke out on American Airlines Flight 383 — with 161 passengers and nine crew on board — as the […]
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Eight injured in plane fire at Chicago airport
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Stronger UN-regional organizations cooperation vital for resolving disputes: Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 29 (APP): Pakistan has called for bolstered cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations for facilitating peaceful resolution of outstanding disputes and to respond to the emerging threats to international peace and security. “Closer political interaction among regional countries can also serve to address the security dimensions of these […]
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Hurricane Matthew damages in Haiti tally nearly $2 bn
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 29 (APP/AFP) – Hurricane Matthew’s devastating passage over southern Haiti on October 4 caused nearly $2 billion in damages, Haitian authorities announced Friday. Studies by the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) put the estimated cost of damage and economic losses at 124 billion Haitian gourdes ($1.89 billion), officials with the […]
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Uber loses UK legal battle over drivers’ rights
LONDON, Oct 29 (APP/AFP) – Ride-sharing cab service Uber on Friday lost a British tribunal case brought by drivers demanding basic workers’ rights, in a decision that could have repercussions across the “gig economy”. The Central London Employment Tribunal ruled in favour of two drivers who argued that they should receive holiday and sick pay […]
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Trudeau on EU-Canada trade deal summit: ‘Great news’
OTTAWA, Oct 29 (APP/AFP) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he was “looking forward” to being in Brussels at the weekend to sign a landmark trade deal with the European Union, after Belgian regions nearly scuppered the agreement. “The Canada-EU Summit will be Sunday. Great news and I’m looking forward to being there,” […]
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Spain’s conservatives to re-take power in end to crisis
MADRID, Oct 29 (APP/AFP) – Spain turns the page on a 10-month political crisis Saturday as lawmakers ready to vote the conservatives back in power, although at the head of a government with unprecedented opposition. Aided by divisions among his rivals, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is widely expected to win a crunch parliamentary confidence vote […]