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18:16 24/06/2019
Air Canada investigating how a passenger woke up alone, inside a darkened plane

In a post on Air Canada’s Facebook page, Tiffani Adams said the incident occurred on June 9 following a flight home from Quebec City to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.

17:45 24/06/2019
India halts attempt to retrieve climbers' bodies on Himalayan mountain

All eight of the climbers are presumed dead after disappearing May 26 on Nanda Devi East, a notoriously dangerous Himalayan mountain.

17:24 24/06/2019
Hard Rock's Dominican Republic resort, where two US tourists died, pulls minibars from all rooms

The resort said in a statement that it is also contracting with a U.S. health care facility to ensure that the clinic at the resort “is complying with all international and U.S. standards of care.”

17:00 24/06/2019
Eldorado Resorts to buy Caesars Entertainment for about $8.5 billion

Icahn, who has been pressing for a sale of Caesars, held a 14.75% stake in the company as of March 31, according to data from Refinitiv Eikon.

16:16 24/06/2019
15:45 24/06/2019
Swedish court’s decision to free Chinese suspect ‘a major setback’ for global fugitive hunt

Qiao Jianjun – who was arrested a year ago and is wanted by Beijing on suspicion of having embezzled millions of dollars – was released after an extradition hearing on Tuesday.

15:27 24/06/2019
China will not allow G20 to discuss Hong Kong, says foreign minister

Foreign powers have no right to interfere in ‘internal affair’, says Zhang Jun, as Beijing also calls for trade compromise.

15:02 24/06/2019
Sweden detains Chinese man again, this time at U.S. request

Qiao Jianjun was released from Swedish custody on Wednesday, an indication Sweden’s supreme court will turn down an earlier Chinese request for his extradition, according to his Swedish lawyer, Henrik Olsson Lilja.

14:02 24/06/2019
SpaceX is about to launch 152 dead people's remains into orbit aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket

The mission, called Space Test Program-2 (STP-2), is slated to lift off between 11:30 p.m. ET on June 24 and 2:30 a.m. ET on June 25, weather permitting.

13:41 24/06/2019
Dave Bartholomew, credited by many with creating early rock ‘n roll in his work with Fats Domino,

has died at age 100 at East Jefferson General Hospital in New Orleans, his son said. He was 100 years old.

13:28 24/06/2019
Yemeni rebels strike Saudi airport ahead of US-Saudi talks

Regional tensions have flared in recent days. The U.S. abruptly called off military strikes against Iran in response to the shooting down of an unmanned American surveillance drone on Thursday.

13:00 24/06/2019
Plane spotting, photo shoots at Thailand's controversial airport beach

Tourists stand on the shoreline, scanning the cloud-free skies for approaching aircraft, some looking at their phones for flight data.

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