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Bangladeshi fishermen claim Myanmar navy attacked trawler

  Dhaka / AFP Four Bangladeshi fishermen were injured when Myanmar’s navy allegedly opened fire on them while they were fishing along the countries’ troubled border in the Bay of Bengal, an official said on Wednesday. A group of 14 fishermen, four of whom have been hospitalised with bullet wounds, told coastguard officials that a Myanmar navy ship had entered ...

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Young migrants living in limbo, awaiting Trump’s move

  New York / AFP The mother of Juana and Ines Alejandro took a deep breath, put on a brave face and handed her toddlers over to strangers at the Mexican border to be smuggled into the United States. That was 17 years ago. For the mother, going back to the poverty of her village in Oaxaca in Mexico was out ...

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Airbus delays deliveries of A380 planes to Emirates

  Bloomberg Airbus Group SE’s struggles with its A380 superjumbo jet are deepening as the planemaker delays deliveries of a dozen aircraft over the next two years to Emirates, the double-decker’s biggest customer. To make up for the financial drag from the tardier handovers, Airbus will accelerate cost cuts, according to an e-mailed company statement. The delay stems from an ...

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