United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare) has urged the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to include Hong Kong International -based carriers in a tentative decision banning Chinese airlines from utilising Russian airspace in their scheduled passenger flights to the United States.

A huge and powerful typhoon is headed toward southern China after lashing the Philippines with destructive winds and torrential rain, putting the region’s megacities on high alert with cancelled flights and disruptions to schools and businesses.

At least two people were killed after a cargo aircraft skidded off the runway and crashed into the sea at Hong Kong airport in the early hours of Monday. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.