WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Boeing on Wednesday (Nov 10) agreed to acknowledge liability for compensatory damages in lawsuits filed by families of the 157 people killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash, according to a filing in US District Court in Chicago. As a result of the agreement between Boeing and the families, lawyers […]
Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial: Teenager who shot three men on night of protests breaks down in court
A teenager who shot three people during a night of protests against racial injustice in Wisconsin broke down in tears as he told his murder trial that he “didn’t do anything wrong”. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, insisted in his testimony that he opened fire only in self-defence after he was ambushed and attacked on the streets […]
The US and China have reached an agreement to work together to slow climate change – a surprise as the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) draws to a close. China’s special climate envoy Xie Zhenhua announced the Declaration for Enhanced Climate Action in the 2020s on Wednesday, with just a few days left to […]
The chief executive of McDonald’s has apologised after activists said a text he sent about shootings in Chicago was “ignorant, racist and unacceptable”. After a black girl and a Hispanic boy were fatally shot earlier this year in Chicago, Chris Kempczinski had written in a text message that the deaths were “tragic”, adding that “with […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Moderna and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are in a bitter dispute over who deserves credit for inventing the central component of the company’s powerful coronavirus vaccine, a conflict that has broad implications for the vaccine’s long-term distribution and billions of dollars in future profits. The vaccine grew out of a […]
SAN JOSE (BLOOMBERG) – A former veteran engineer at Broadcom was charged by the US with stealing trade secrets for chips used in high-volume data centres and taking them to his new job with a China-based start-up. Peter Kisang Kim, 50, was a principal engineer at San Jose, California-based Broadcom and had worked there for […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – China is three to six months away from launching its third aircraft carrier, a report said, a move that would mark significant progress in President Xi Jinping’s drive to modernise his nation’s navy. The Jiangnan Shipyard near Shanghai has made “steady progress” this year on the vessel, known for now as Type […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Facebook said on Tuesday (Nov 10) it plans to remove detailed ad-targeting options that refer to “sensitive” topics, such as ads based on interactions with content around race, health, religious practices, political beliefs or sexual orientation. The company, which recently changed its name to Meta and which makes the vast majority […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States will send a crewed mission to the Moon “no earlier than 2025,” Nasa chief Bill Nelson told reporters on Tuesday (Nov 9), pushing back the launch by at least a year. A target of 2024 was set by the administration of former president Donald Trump when it launched the […]
A Republican congressman is facing calls for an investigation after sharing an edited anime video that showed him killing Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Paul Gosar, who represents Arizona and is a staunch ally of former president Donald Trump, posted the clip on his Twitter page over the weekend. Several of his Republican colleagues and senior Democrats, […]