Tokyo / BLOOMBERG Tokyo stocks fell on Tuesday as a stronger yen hit exporters and auto parts giant Takata dived on news it could be hit with tens of millions more recalls linked to a deadly airbag scandal. The market got off to a strong start, tracking a rally on world bourses as oil prices picked up. But those gains ...

Riyadh / AFP A subsidiary of state-owned Irish airport operator daa has won the bid to operate Saudi Arabia’s first privately run terminal, official media in the kingdom and the company said. Colm Moran, CEO of daa International, signed the deal to manage and operate Riyadh’s Terminal 5 with Sulaiman al-Hamdan, president of regulator the General Authority of Civil Aviation ...

Washington / AP A UN panel approved a temporary ban on cargo shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries on passenger planes because they can create intense fires capable of destroying an aircraft. The decision by the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organisation’s top-level governing council isn’t binding, but most countries follow the agency’s standards. The ban is effective on April 1. “This ...