After a long trend toward greater safety in air travel, there has been an uptick in airline accidents and deaths in 2018 and 2019. Many aviation experts regard that recent increase as a statistical blip, however. They note that accidents and deaths remain a fraction of the numbers from as recently as the 1990s. Advances […]
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Share of the company that owns The New York Times rose Wednesday after the publisher reported that it grew digital subscribers again in its latest quarter. The New York Times Co. said it added 223,000 digital subscriptions, and it has 4.5 million total subscriptions now. It is aiming to have 10 million by 2025. The
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There are 27 head coaches starting new jobs in major college football this season. Which ones are most likely to have successful tenures? On the last AP Top 25 College Football Podcast , USA Today’s Paul Myerberg joins the show to pick apart Ralph Russo’s Most Likely to Succeed rankings of new FBS coaches. Houston’s
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Former Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson was in the chamber as a fellow backbencher asked about his successor Penny Mordaunt. Richard Drax said she must “gain the respect” of the armed forces and get to know them”. Theresa May “commended” Mr Williamson, whom she sacked last week over claims of a leak, before speaking about the
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“It’s unfair,” he said of the public offering. “The bosses are getting billions in their pockets while drivers are living on poverty wages.” The strikes were set to be replicated in other cities, including New York, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles, and in front of Uber headquarters in San Francisco by the end of Wednesday.
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Image copyright PA Food outlets should list all ingredients in order to protect customers with allergies, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has proposed. The FSA has recommended ministers adopt strict new rules, which include highlighting the 14 major allergens. The proposals follow the death in 2016 of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who had eaten a sandwich from
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Quirky metal sculptures have been appearing around the town of Stonehaven for years, but the identity of their creator has always remained a secret. Only those closest to the sculptor knew who he was, and would leave scrap metal at his door for his creations. Now Jim Malcolm, 68, has spoken to BBC Scotland’s arts
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ivana and Donald Trump in 1989 when his businesses were losing millions every year President Trump has said the losses his business made in the eighties and nineties were “for tax purposes”. He was tweeting in reply to a New York Times article that claimed that from 1985-95 he
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HONG KONG — Three stories of billboards alongside the Sunbeam Theater in Hong Kong were filled with images of performers in heavily painted faces and ornate headdresses. But one, with an overly long red tie and a cloud of shiny yellow hair, was not like the others. You may have seen him before — on
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Uber drivers in Australia briefly went on strike on Wednesday, the beginning of a planned series of protests in more than a dozen cities around the world ahead of the ride-hailing giant’s blockbuster initial public offering this week. More than 30 protesters gathered near an Uber facility in Melbourne, holding signs that said “on-demand workers
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