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Boeing fires CEO Muilenburg to restore confidence amid 737 crisis
Boeing Co has fired chief executive Dennis Muilenburg after repeatedly failing to contain the fallout from a pair of fatal crashes that halted output of its best-selling jetliner and tarnished its reputation with airlines and regulators. Boeing – beset by
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US soldier killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan
A United States soldier has been killed in action in an attack claimed by the Taliban group in northern Afghanistan. A US military statement today did not identify the soldier or say where in Afghanistan the service member was killed. It stressed that in accordance with the
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Ethiopia crash: Victims’ relatives were hounded by US law firms
Days after the March 10 crash of a Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing jet that killed all 157 people on board, strangers began calling or visiting bereaved families, saying they represented US law firms. They showed up uninvited at memorials and
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Missing boy for more than two years found in the closet of a child pornography suspect
PUCHONG: In a news report by CNN yesterday, a teenager who has been missing for two and half years has been found alive in a closet of a child pornography suspect in west Germany. According to the police, the 15-year old boy
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Australia burns as government resists calls for climate action
Australia’s government is resisting growing calls for a more ambitious response to climate change, even as the country battles devastating bushfires triggered by record temperatures that have sent air pollution to critical levels. Hundreds of homes were confirmed lost last week as enormous
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Tens of thousands flee as Syrian forces continue Idlib advance
Tens of thousands of civilians have fled parts of Syria’s northern Idlib province towards the border with Turkey as Russian-backed Syrian forces gain ground following days of renewed attacks against the last rebel-held enclave. Civilians have been fleeing bombardment en masse
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Tesco suspends Chinese supplier after suspected prisoner message
British supermarket giant Tesco suspended a Chinese supplier of Christmas cards yesterday after a press report said a customer found a message written inside a card saying it had been packed by foreign prisoners who were victims of forced labor.
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Turkey: Over 3,000 irregular migrants held last week
ANKARA: More than 3,000 irregular migrants were held across Turkey over the past week, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency from security sources. Turkish gendarmerie forces held some 1,600 of the migrants in the northwestern province of Edirne, which
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NZ volcano eruption death toll rises to 17 after another person dies
New Zealand police said today that one of those injured during the eruption of a volcano visited by tourists earlier this month died in an Auckland hospital, bringing the official death toll to 17 while two remain missing. “Police can
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Battle lines harden over Trump impeachment trial witnesses
The White House yesterday signaled comfort with plans by Senate Republicans to avoid new witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, while a top Democrat seized on a newly released email on the withholding of US aid to Ukraine to
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