Briton Charged With Aiding Hong Kong’s Intelligence Service Is Found Dead
A former British marine charged with spying for Hong Kong’s intelligence service has died, according to a police statement released on Tuesday evening.
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Zhang Zhan, imprisoned for ‘provoking trouble’ while reporting on COVID in China, is released
BANGKOK (AP) — Zhang Zhan was released from prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China, according to a video statement she released Tuesday, eight days after her sentence ended, though there are concerns about how much freedom of movement she has.
Most of passengers from battered Singapore Airlines jetliner arrive in Singapore from Bangkok
BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines said a relief plane flew into Singapore early Wednesday morning with most of the passengers who were on a flight that was battered by severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and had to make an emergency landing in Bangkok after one man died and dozens of people were injured.
Passengers of turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight arrive in city state as US to help with probe
The scheduled London-Singapore flight on a Boeing 777-300ER plane diverted to Bangkok after the plane was buffeted by turbulence that flung passengers and crew around the cabin, slamming some into the ceiling.
What is air turbulence and how can you protect yourself? Here’s what to know after fatal Singapore Airlines plane incident
At least one person died and another 30 were injured on Tuesday when a Singapore Airlines flight travelling from London to Singapore hit severe turbulence.
UK police say a man charged with helping Hong Kong intelligence service is found dead
LONDON (AP) — A man charged with assisting Hong Kong authorities with gathering intelligence in the United Kingdom has died in unexplained circumstances, British police said Tuesday.
Thailand welcomes the return of trafficked antiquities from New York’s Metropolitan Museum
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony Tuesday for two ancient statues that were illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.