Dubai / WAM Dubai has taken a big step towards innovative and smart mobility solutions for reducing city traffic congestions, with the first trial run of manned AAV, an Autonomous Aerial Vehicle. In collaboration with Chinese EHANG Company, the first test run of an AAV capable of carrying a human, branded as EHANG184 was carried out in Dubai skies, the …

  North Korea / AP The United States, Japan and South Korea have requested urgent diplomatic talks at the United Nations on Monday over North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch, with Seoul condemning what it called “serious military and security threats” and predicting more such tests. A spokesman for the US Mission to the United Nations said that the meeting …

  TAIPEI / AP Taiwanese officials and media reports are blaming a cold spell for the deaths of more than 150 people, most of them elderly and sick, over the past several days. Temperatures fell as low as 6.7 degrees Celsius (44 degrees Fahrenheit) on Thursday evening along the coast north of the capital, Taipei. Taiwan’s Liberty Times newspaper and …