With soaring inflation and a currency slump of more than 7 percent against the dollar this year, the central bank in Philippines has hiked interest rates by 100 basis points since May
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In pictures: Super typhoon Mangkhut rocked Hong Kong en route to mainland China after killing 64 in Philippines
Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into mainland China late on Sunday after leaving a trail of destruction in Hong Kong and Macau and killing at least 64 people in the northern Philippines. The world’s biggest storm this year felled trees and sent skyscrapers swaying in high-rise Hong Kong, injuring more than 200 people there before making landfall on the coast of Jiangmen city, in southern China’s Guangdong province.
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Emirates airline, Etihad Airways resume flights to Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific Airways scrapped more than 400 flights over the weekend, while Cathay Dragon and Hong Kong Airlines grounded their fleets
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Emirates airline, Etihad Airways cancel Hong Kong flights
Emirates flights to/from Guangzhou, Cebu and Clark may also be impacted and experience delays.
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Typhoon Mangkhut barrels towards China as Philippines toll rises
The world’s biggest storm this year left large expanses in the north of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon underwater
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Almost 900 Hong Kong flights cancelled ahead of dangerous typhoon
Hong Kong International Airport said ferry services between the airport and all of the Pearl River Delta ports had been suspended until further notice