Boeing was plunged into a crisis earlier this year, putting the safety of its aircraft under scrutiny. Earlier this month, in a move that shocked the industry, the company pleaded guilty to a criminal fraud charge related to two crashes of its 737 Max jetliner. That should’ve been good news for Airbus, Europe’s answer to Boeing. However, the company has been dealing with a backlog of orders while juggling supply chain constraints and mounting costs. Enter COMAC. The timing of Boeing’s situation has paved the way for Chinese state-backed aircraft maker COMAC to rise as a possible competitor to break…
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Jul 15, 2024; Arlington, TX, USA; National League first baseman Pete Alonso of the New York Mets (20) competes during the 2024 Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Expressing his love for the city of New York, the Mets and their fans, slugger Pete Alonso — an impending free agent — wants to remain with the team as the July 30 trade deadline approaches. “I’m super happy to be a Met, super proud to be a Met,” the four-time All-Star said on Monday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, before he was…
An Indian tribunal court initiated insolvency proceedings for Byju’s, once India’s most valuable startup, on Tuesday in response to a petition from the country’s powerful cricket board. The Tuesday ruling installs an interim resolution professional to manage the company’s operations, pushing the once-billionaire founder out in a dramatic turn for a firm that was valued at $22 billion at its peak. The National Company Law Tribunal’s Tuesday ruling (PDF) came in response to a petition from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which is seeking to recover nearly $19 million from the Bengauluru-headquartered edtech startup. Byju’s had previously…
US President Joe Biden has said it was a mistake for him to say “time to put Trump in a bullseye”, days before Saturday’s assassination attempt on his election rival. Mr Biden’s remarks came in his first interview since the incident, in which he defended his rhetoric against Donald Trump and cited why it was important. The president told NBC’s Lester Holt his campaign had a duty to clearly communicate the threat of a second Trump term, adding that his words were not the ones that needed to be tempered. Mr Biden said he meant Democrats needed to focus more…
Allegiant will add eight new nonstop routes across 13 different airports, the company announced early Tuesday. Introductory fares on the new routes start at $39 one way.The new flights begin in November, all to warm-weather destinations in Florida. No new cities were included in the update, with Allegiant instead adding more flights between cities it already serves.”The addition of new routes is a testament to the success of our existing service in these communities,” Drew Wells, Allegiant’s chief revenue officer, said in a statement. “The new service kicks off just in time to plan warm winter getaways to sought-after coastal…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk donated $45 million to a super political action committee (PAC) dedicated to re-electing former President Donald Trump, a marked shift into the political landscape by the world’s richest person. That’s according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing people familiar with the matter. Only days before publicly endorsing the former president, Musk donated to the America PAC, a low-profile group formed in June to fund Trump’s bid for the presidency. He previously vowed not to donate to Biden or Trump in their rematch for the White House. “Just to be super clear, I am not donating…
Jul 13, 2024; Las Vegas, NV, USA; San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) walks up court during the third quarter against the Portland Trail Blazers at Thomas & Mack Center. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports The San Antonio Spurs’ top draft pick has been ruled out for the remainder of the Las Vegas Summer League due to a sprained wrist, the team announced Sunday. No. 4 overall pick Stephon Castle suffered the injury when going up to contest a shot with three minutes remaining in his first summer league game, an 83-77 win over the Portland Trail…
The US had announced a humanitarian truce between Kinshasa and the M23 rebel group on July 5.Two children and two teenagers have been killed in a bombardment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local sources have told AFP news agency. The United States announced a humanitarian truce on July 5 between Kinshasa and the M23 rebel group operating in eastern DRC. It was supposed to last until July 19, but fighting erupted on Friday. A spokesman for one of the armed groups backing the DRC forces said the fighting occurred 70km (43 miles) northwest of the North Kivu provincial…
Credit: The Wall Street Journal YouTube Former First Lady Melania Trump delivered a powerful message addressed to the American people Sunday, hours after her husband, the presumptive Republican nominee for President, was nearly assassinated. In a statement posted to X, Mrs. Trump pointed out that the animosity between both political sides had reached a tipping point, that “the fabric of our nation is tattered.” Still, she offered a positive outlook and suggested America would persevere. “Let us not forget that differing opinions, policy, and political games are inferior to love. Our personal, structural, and life commitment — until death —…
Apple’s next major iOS, iPadOS, and macOS updates will add a new “Recovered” album in the Photos app to help you find photos and videos on your device that may have been lost or damaged, according to 9to5Mac.When you update to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, your device will scan for potential photos or videos that could appear in the Recovered album, 9to5Mac reports. If there are, the Recovered album will show up in the Utilities section of the app.Note that the Recovered album is separate from the Recently Deleted album, where photos you delete are accessible for…
34 minutes agoBy Mike Wendling, BBC NewsReuters“I’m a ‘never Trump’ guy. I never liked him.”“My god what an idiot.”“I find him reprehensible.”That was from JD Vance in interviews and on Twitter in 2016, when the publication of his memoir Hillbilly Elegy catapulted him to fame.In the same year, he wrote privately to an associate on Facebook: “I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole … or that he’s America’s Hitler”.A few short years later, Mr Vance transformed himself into one of Trump’s steadfast allies.And a few years after that the first-term senator from Ohio is now by Trump’s…
If Donald Trump wins the presidential election in November, America will have its first crypto Vice President. Trump announced on Monday afternoon that Bitcoin-owning Ohio Senator JD Vance will be his running mate “after lengthy deliberation and thought,” according to a post on his Truth Social network. The senator, former venture capitalist and author of Hillbilly Elegy—a memoir of his white, working class upbringing in Ohio’s rust-belt—has personal stakes in the legitimizing of crypto. Vance owns between $100,000 and $250,000 in Bitcoin on the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, according to a financial disclosure by Vance last year. In addition, Vance owns…