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The Hair-Raising Stakes of Flying Into Beirut's Airport
Beirut-Rafic Hariri Airport has operated almost without interruption since Israel began targeting Hezbollah personnel and weapons nearby with regular airstrikes south of Beirut.World - The Wall Street Journal - 8 hours ago -
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Birmingham Airport back open after evacuation
Flights were grounded and passengers told to leave the building as police investigated a suspicious vehicle.Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
Writing to Beirut, again
How do you write about home when words fail you?World - Financial Times - November 2 -
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Airstrikes Hit Central Beirut for First Time in Weeks
The attacks came as Israel’s military has been pounding an area just outside the Lebanese capital with some of the heaviest waves of bombardment in months.World - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Airport sparks debate with introduction of 'hug time' limit
An airport in New Zealand is asking travelers to limit their "hug times" in order to reduce congestion.Top stories - ABC News - October 22 -
New Zealand Airport Puts Hugs on a Timer
The new rule at a New Zealand airport limits curbside embraces to three minutes, drawing worldwide commentary, from the indignant to the amused.World - The New York Times - November 1 -
High-security prison 'like an airport' for drones
Inmates are burning holes in cell windows to allow in the drones in at the prison, inspectors say.Top stories - BBC News - November 5 -
Missile From Lebanon Hits Israel's Main Airport
The missile, which landed in a parking lot, causing minor damage, was part of a volley of 10 fired by Hezbollah at central Israel.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 6 -
Bank Holiday airport chaos made worse by password issue, report says
An air traffic control engineer was unable to fix a major fault from home, a report says.Top stories - BBC News - 6 days ago -
Passenger plane struck by bullet at Texas airport
No injuries were reported in the incident, but one bullet hit the cockpit, officials say.Top stories - BBC News - 4 days ago -
New Yorkers, How Will You Get to the Airport for Thanksgiving?
As the holiday approaches, we want to know how you plan on tackling one of the biggest travel days of the year.Top stories - The New York Times - 21 hours ago -
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Tensions rise in Beirut after influx of displaced people
An influx of refugees fleeing Israeli strikes risks exacerbating sectarian divisions in the Lebanese capital.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
Israel pounds Beirut suburb with airstrikes overnight
The death toll from Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip rose to 25, including five children, as more bodies have been recovered, while three people were killed in an early morning airstrike ...Top stories - NBC News - November 1 -
Israel hammers Beirut suburbs as US pushes for cease-fire
Israel hammered Beirut’s suburbs overnight with airstrikes as the U.S. pushes for a cease-fire between the Jewish state and Lebanon. Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, the head of the Israeli military's ...Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
Hezbollah media chief killed in Israeli strike in Beirut
The head of Hezbollah's media office, Mohamad Afif, was one of the group's few remaining public faces.Top stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
Hizbollah chief spokesperson killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
Latest attacks on Lebanese capital come as US pushes for diplomatic solution to conflictWorld - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
Watch: The TikTokers filming destroyed homes in Beirut
In Beirut, two TikTokers are filming the damage caused by Israeli air strikes for families who have fled.Top stories - BBC News - 20 hours ago -
US airline pilot caught with stun gun at Edinburgh Airport
Ryan Cecil was fined £8,500 after claiming he accidentally left the weapon in his luggage.Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
New Zealand airport shocked by interest in its 3-minute cap on hugs
Officials at New Zealand's Dunedin International Airport are "surprised how much global interest" a time-limit on curbside farewell embraces has garnered.Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
FAA begins audit of major airports to reduce close calls on runways
In a new audit, the FAA will look to identify any caps in procedures, equipment or process at the country's 45 busiest airports. Recommendations to further reduce the risk of runway close calls are ...Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
New Zealand airport puts three-minute cap on farewell hugs
A New Zealand airport is capping the time people can spend hugging goodbye in the car drop-off zone. CBS Mornings' Tony Dokoupil has more.Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
Adani Enterprises profit rockets on growing airports and green business
Quarterly results boost Gautam Adani’s conglomerate as it seeks to bounce back from damaging allegationsWorld - Financial Times - October 29 -
End of an era for iconic moving walkways at San Francisco airport
The moving walkways inside San Francisco International Airport's terminal 3 have become iconic thanks to their bounciness. But the rubber walkways are set to be removed during a renovation of the ...Top stories - CBS News - November 3 -
WATCH: Chaos ensues after racoon crashes through LaGuardia Airport ceiling
Chaos ensued at the Spirit Airlines counter inside LaGuardia Airport in New York after a raccoon came crashing through a ceiling panel.Top stories - ABC News - November 8 -
Runway fire breaks out at Sydney Airport after emergency landing
An engine failure on a passenger plane taking off from Sydney, Australia on Friday prompted the aircraft to circle before a safe emergency landing, the airline Qantas saidWorld - ABC News - November 8 -
Crypto businessman killed in apparent assassination at São Paulo airport
Three injured as victim named as Antônio Vinícius Lopes Gritzbach, who had been threatened by top crime syndicate. A Brazilian businessman has been killed and three people injured in an apparent ...World - The Guardian - November 8
