Investigators were able on Friday to recover the helicopter’s black box, which captures flight data and voices in the cockpit, National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman said at an afternoon briefing. The information from the box, along with the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the CRJ700 airplane, could help authorities piece […]
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, based in Mexico and licensed to operate in the U.S., said its aircraft crashed with four crew members, one pediatric medical patient, and the patient’s mother on board. “At this time we cannot confirm any survivors,” the company said in a statement. State and local officials said late on Friday they […]
Since taking office 11 days ago, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO and X owner tasked by Trump to slash the size of the 2.2 million-strong civilian […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed an “immediate response” if Trump acted. Trump has reiterated his plans for 25 percent tariffs on imports from neighboring Canada and Mexico, saying they have failed to crack down on illegal migrants crossing the US border and on the flow of fentanyl. He also threatened a 10 percent duty […]
Since the truce took effect on January 19, Gaza militants have released 15 hostages after holding them in captivity since the attack on October 7, 2023. The Israeli hostages to be freed on Saturday are Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel, who also holds US citizenship, and Ofer Kalderon, who also has French nationality, according to the […]
Hundreds of athletes fled Afghanistan after the Taliban reclaimed power in 2021 and effected sweeping restrictions on women in the country. Of the 25 Afghan women contracted by the country’s cricket board in 2020, most have settled in Australia and played their first match on Thursday. The MCC’s global refugee cricket fund, which aims to […]
Retailers offered deep discounts on everything from apparel to toys and luxury products to lure cost-conscious consumers while online sales remained strong thanks to a boom in mobile shopping. Payments volume — a gauge of overall consumer and business spending on Visa’s network — jumped 9%, while revenue rose 10% to $9.5 billion in the […]
The four doctors had all volunteered in Gaza during the 15-month-long war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas that has devastated the enclave of more than 2 million people and its healthcare system. Just days before a ceasefire began on Jan. 19, the World Health Organization said more than 12,000 patients were waiting for medical […]
Like larger rival Burberry, Mulberry said it would focus on its ‘British heritage’ appeal to regain customers it had neglected in previous years when it focussed on expansion in Asia-Pacific. “We need to export the British culture, but in another way, it is also a way to showcase a British way of doing manufacturing,” Baldo, […]
It is the East African country’s ninth outbreak since it recorded its first infection of the viral disease in 2000. The patient, a male nurse at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, had initially sought treatment at various facilities, including Mulago, as well as with a traditional healer, after developing fever-like symptoms. “The patient […]
