The storm, moving in a northwesterly direction in the East China Sea, is expected to make landfall later on Wednesday near Zhoushan port, forecasters said.

The move followed concern that Imperial's research facilities were aiding China's latest army jets and high performance batteries, The Guardian said.

The US military has stopped taking new F-35 jets from Lockheed Martin after it found a magnet in the fighter jet's engine was made with unauthorized material from China

Demand for new planes is set to bounce back in the world's fastest growing major economy, Boeing's managing director for regional marketing Dave Schulte said.

The US Department of Transportation move follows the recent cancellation of 26 American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines flights over Covid-19 cases.

The Philippine ambassador in Washington said his country is talking to the US about buying heavy-lift Chinooks, after Duterte scrapped a $227m Russian deal to avoid Ukraine sanctions

Qantas is seeking 100 managers from its head office to work at Sydney and Melbourne airports. They must be able haul suitcases that weigh as much as 32kg, its COO said

The airline's stock fell as much as 9.3% early on Thursday before paring some losses to be 6% down

The AC352 is the locally made variant of the Airbus H175, approved under a joint production agreement, but the H175 has yet to win approval from China's civil aviation body

The two nations disagree about how much they should collaborate with Western firms and how to share the profits

The test flight of the Avic AR-500BJ near Qingdao suggests small autonomous helicopters could operate over the ocean

Designed to compete directly with the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus 320neo families, the C919 aircraft programme has faced a range of technical issues