Section: Time (USA)
Think Your Flight Delays Are Bad? Try China, Where the Military Hogs Most of the Skies
Last week, I flew in and out of Shanghai over two days. Both flights idled on the tarmac for more than one hour. I felt rather lucky. MoreBubonic-Plague Death Triggers Quarantine of Chinese CityChina Food Scandal Hits StarbucksSecond American ‘Lone Soldier’ Gets Hero’s Burial NBC NewsMoving Moment as Wrecked Concordia Makes...
Whale Collisions Spark Calls for Ship Speed Limits in Australia
Right now, some 20,000 humpback whales are enjoying the warm waters of Australia’s East Coast, where they migrate every year during Antarctica’s winter to feed, breed and calve. They are the product of a wildly successful conservation program launched in 1979 that brought the humpback from the brink of extinction following decades of...
The Factory in the China Food Scandal Is Foreign-Owned. That Could Have Made It a Target
Another day in China, another food scandal. This time the accused is a meat supplier to KFC and McDonald’s in China. An undercover investigation by a Chinese TV station, which aired on Sunday, claimed that a factory in Shanghai owned by Illinois-based OSI Group was shipping the fast-food giants expired meat. Later, coffee-shop chain...
Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Flies to Israel, Dismissing Safety Fears
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has flown to the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, CBS reports, thumbing his nose at the safety concerns that grounded most Israel-bound flights from the U.S. earlier in the day. MoreBirthright Youth Trips Continue As Israel-Gaza Conflict Rages OnNetanyahu’s Wikipedia Page Replaced With Palestinian...
With the Election of Joko Widodo, Indonesia Writes a New Chapter
MoreThe World’s Most Populous Muslim Nation Is About to Decide Its Political FutureWhat Indonesia Can Teach Thailand and Egypt About Democracy (and Vice Versa)The ‘Jokowi Effect’ Could Be the Most Important Thing in Indonesia’s ElectionsIndonesians woke up Wednesday morning to something completely new: a President who did...
Putin’s Power: Why Russians Adore Their Bare-Chested Reagan
There he is, the President of Russia, riding bare-back and bare-chested astride a galloping steed; spending $50 billion on a resort town most Russians will never see; seizing Crimea, instigating unrest in Ukraine; maybe even making himself indirectly responsible for the murder of nearly 300 innocents aboard a downed passenger plane: Vladimir...
U.S. Officials Say They Tracked “Specific” Missile That Downed Malaysian Plane
U.S. intelligence resources tracked the “specific missile” that downed Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, a senior administration official said Tuesday, saying intelligence adds up to a picture that “implicates Russia” in helping to bring down the plane. “We did pick up a launch, and so we were able to have the ability to...
MH17 Ukrainian Crash: Dusting for Fingerprints
Missiles don’t shoot down airliners. People do. But determining whose finger pushed the button that sent a guided rocket into MH17 is a lot tougher than determining that it was a missile that brought the Boeing 777 down, killing all 298 aboard. MoreMH17 Ukraine Crash: Russian Roulette RevisitedMalaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: A Working...
Rebels’ Control of the MH17 Crash Site Could Foil an Investigation
When a terrorist’s bomb destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 killing all passengers on board, investigators posed the unavoidable question: had anyone survived the initial blast? Officials concluded yes, pointing to a fragile clue: the way one victim lay dead, her hand clutching a palmful of freshly torn grass. MoreWho Are the Rebels...
Who Are the Rebels Controlling Flight MH17’s Crash Site?
On Monday the two black boxes from flight MH17 were finally handed over to Malaysian experts who had been petitioning for their safe recovery. The black boxes, however, weren’t returned by the Ukrainian government, but by pro-Russian separatists from the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic”. MoreFive Best Ideas of the...
