Eric Mack SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS Last year, a survey of 1,000 20-somethings worldwide found young adults most admire Nelson Mandela and Pope Francis among public figures. But the name coming in third on that list wasn’t Barack Obama or a historical figure like Gandhi, both of whom appear further down in the poll results. The man who ranks ...

  South Korea is faced with periodic environmental disasters in the form of pollution blowing from China. In the winter, the source is typically excessive burning of coal used in China for heating. In the spring, yellow dust from the deserts of northern China and Mongolia are blown across Northeast Asia, picking up soot and carcinogens from China-based industrial processes ...

  San Jose / Tribune News Service Two weeks before Air China would start whisking Bay Area travellers from Mineta San Jose International Airport to Shanghai, the airline unexpectedly pulled its plans to launch new service here. “We know at this time that Air China will not meet their proposed launch date of mid-June 2016,” said airport spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes. ...