Hong Kong government scraps quarantine rules for air crew

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will scrap its quarantine rules for locally based airline crew from Saturday (Sep 10), the government said on Friday, a key step in unwinding draconian COVID-19 rules which have isolated the Asian financial hub. Under the new arrangements, locally based aircrew can return home after obtainingContinue Reading

Shipping giant changes course to save Sri Lanka whales

COLOMBO: Animal rights activists on Friday (Sep 9) cheered a move by a shipping giant to alter course in Sri Lankan waters to avoid collisions with blue whales, the world’s largest mammals. The island’s southern coast has an unusually high density of blue whales, classed as endangered on the IUCNContinue Reading