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North Korea fires banned missile in longest flight yet

The test shows that Pyongyang is building weapons that "fire farther and higher", Seoul says.

It Was Love After First Flight

Lindsay Bennie heeded Victoria Williams’s call for a Valentine’s date, but they were hundreds of miles apart. Once they finally met, “our connection was instantaneous,” Ms. Bennie said.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 18

North Korea conducts longest-ever ICBM test

Launch comes after US and South Korean defence chiefs condemn Pyongyang’s troop deployment to Russia

Business - Financial Times - 6 hours ago

The Premier League Players Who Took Longest to Win Their First Game

A current player has played 20 Premier League matches. He has won none of them. But he still doesn’t hold the record.

Sports - The New York Times - October 15

Parker Washington scores longest punt return in Jaguars history vs. Patriots

The 96-yard score, plus a two-point conversion, put the Jaguars up 22-10 entering halftime.

Sports - ESPN - October 20

Mount Fuji still without snow in late October - longest wait in 130 years

Japan's highest mountain typically gets snow by early October, but there has been unusually warm weather this year.

Mount Fuji snowless for longest time on record after sweltering Japan summer

As of 29 October, the iconic mountain was still without snow, marking the longest period since records began 130 years ago. Japan’s Mount Fuji remained snowless on Tuesday, marking the latest date ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Have Ipswich recorded the longest sequence of palindromic results? | The Knowledge

Plus: plenty more pitch trickery, team captains on loan and the Manchester United player with a one-second career. Mail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “Borrowed from the ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

SpaceX's Starship Cleared for New Test Flight

The FAA said requirements have been met for the next launch. The company has criticized the length of reviews.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 12

Salmond's body to be brought home on private flight

The former first minister died at a conference in North Macedonia on Saturday at the age of 69.

DHS deports Chinese migrants on charter flight

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported a group of Chinese migrants earlier this week on a charter flight to China, according to officials. Tuesday's flight marked the second removal of ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Alex Salmond's body arrives back in Scotland

The former first minister died of a heart attack in North Macedonia at the weekend.

Passengers stuck on planes and homes without power

Northern Ireland Electricity restored power to more than 10,000 customers over the course of Sunday.

Lufthansa extends suspension of flights to Beirut, Tehran into 2025

World - Yahoo News - October 23

Birmingham Airport back open after evacuation

Flights were grounded and passengers told to leave the building as police investigated a suspicious vehicle.

Delta ex-flight attendant files lawsuit alleging retaliation, sexual harassment

Attorneys for Aryasp Nejat, fired in August, argue he is ‘one of the latest casualties’ of airline’s anti-union campaign. A former flight attendant at Delta Airlines has filed a lawsuit against the ...

World - The Guardian - October 14

Turbulence on Air Canada flight sends food flying around the cabin

Air Canada says nobody was hurt, but "moderate turbulence" on one of its flights from Vancouver to Singapore did make a mess of a passenger mealtime.

World - CBS News - October 15

Lufthansa fined $4 million for blocking Jewish passengers from flight

Fine is largest ever issued by U.S. Department of Transportation against an airline for civil rights violations.

Turbulence on Air Canada flight sends food and drinks flying in the cabin

World - Yahoo News - October 15

Ryanair warns of fewer flights next summer due to Boeing aircraft delays

Airlines are increasingly frustrated by the global shortage of new planes

Business - Financial Times - October 16

Australian authorities respond to a reported bomb scare on a New Zealand flight

Australian authorities have responded to a reported bomb scare on flight from New Zealand to Sydney

World - ABC News - October 19

UK deports record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians in single flight

Flight comes as news emerges of plan to send asylum seekers who arrive on Chagos Islands to British territory of Saint Helena. A record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians were deported to their home ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

Iranian markets slide and flights cancelled as Israeli attack looms

Country braced for retaliation after Tehran’s ballistic missile strike earlier this month

World - Financial Times - October 21

Helicopter that crashed in Houston, killing 4, was on an air tour flight

A helicopter that crashed into a Houston radio tower, killing all four people aboard and starting a fire below, was on an air tour flight at the time, authorities said.

India plans to punish people making hoax bomb threats against flights

The Indian government is working on a new law to punish those spreading the menace of hoax bomb threat calls, which disrupt the flight schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to ...

World - ABC News - October 22

An Air New Zealand flight to Auckland diverts to Melbourne because of disruptive passenger

An Air New Zealand flight bound for Auckland, New Zealand, from Perth, Australia, has been forced to divert after a passenger became disruptive

World - ABC News - October 22

Dog dies on Alaska Air flight after downgrade to coach, lawsuit alleges

Pet owner claims his French bulldog died as a direct result of the airline moving him from first class to coach just before takeoff.

Delta sues CrowdStrike over outage leading to mass flight cancellations

Delta Air Lines filed a lawsuit Friday against cybersecurity software company CrowdStrike, pointing to the global tech outage in July that caused flight disruptions and significant profit loss for ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Argentina ready to boost flights to Falklands, says foreign minister

Diana Mondino says airlines will have to decide ‘frequency’ in sign of warmer relations with the UK over the islands

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Airlines now required to provide automatic refunds for canceled, significantly delayed flights

U.S. airlines are now required to give passengers an automatic refund for canceled or significantly delayed flights and for services that were paid for but not provided, like Wi-Fi or ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Airline Rule Requiring Automatic Refunds for Significant Flight Disruptions Goes Into Effect

The Transportation Department’s new rule also sets the definition for what constitutes a “significant” delay in air travel.

Business - The New York Times - Yesterday

Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs and mark the year's longest winning streak

Both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to new record highs Friday, sealing six straight weeks of gains.

'This is the beginning': 91-year-old sister of longest death row inmate sees hope in his acquittal

After helping lead the fight to free her younger brother from nearly a half-century on death row, Hideko Hakamada feels she and her brother are beginning a new chapter of their lives