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U.S. President Donald Trump approved Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel on Friday, capping a tumultuous 18-month effort by the companies that survived union opposition and two national security reviews. Trump signed an executive order saying the tie-up could move forward if the companies sign an agreement with the Treasury Department resolving national…
BEIJING/HONG KONG: Boeing delivered a new 787-9 aircraft to China’s Juneyao Airlines on Saturday, Chinese media outlet Yicai reported, as trade tensions between Beijing and Washington ease. The delivery comes two days after a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board crashed in a fireball shortly after takeoff in western India. Boeing and Juneyao…
SEATTLE: Boeing leadership was back in crisis mode on Thursday following the deadly crash of an Air India 787-8 Dreamliner jet minutes after take-off earlier in the day. The planemaker’s new CEO Kelly Ortberg had been set to head to the Paris Air Show, the industry’s biggest event of the year, after several key accomplishments…
KYIV: Ukraine said on Saturday it hoped the military escalation between Israel and Iran would not lead to a drop in aid to Kyiv, at a time when European support is stalling without US engagement. Israel unleashed large-scale attacks on Iran on Friday, targeting nuclear and military facilities, high-ranking generals and atomic scientists. Iran in…
BAGHDAD: Baghdad has asked Tehran not to target US interests on Iraqi soil, a senior security official said Saturday, as Washington’s ally Israel and Iran traded blows, heightening tensions across the region. The government in Baghdad is a close ally of Tehran but also a strategic partner of Iran’s arch-foe the United States, which has…
AHMEDABAD: India’s aviation regulator has ordered all Boeing 787s being operated by local carriers to be inspected after an Air India crash killed 270 people this week, the aviation minister said on Saturday, adding the authorities were investigating all possible causes. The aviation regulator had on Friday ordered Air India to conduct additional maintenance checks…
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Saturday that its campaign in Iran had secured control of the airspace from the country’s west to Tehran, where 70 fighter jets carried out strikes overnight. “We have created aerial freedom of action from west Iran all the way to Tehran”, said military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin. The Iranian…
BANGKOK: The second black box from the Air India Boeing 787-8 plane has been found at the plane crash site, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti quoting the NDTV broadcaster on Saturday. The information stored on the device will reportedly help investigators determine the cause of the crash, which claimed 274 lives. The first black box was recovered…
DENPASAR: An Australian man was shot dead and another one was wounded in a shooting at their villa on the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali early Saturday, according to police who were hunting for two suspects. Local police chief Arif Batubara said in a statement that two men came to the victims’ villa in…
LONDON: Former England soccer captain David Beckham and actor Gary Oldman were knighted in King Charles’ annual birthday honours list on Saturday, while sculptor Antony Gormley was made a Companion of Honour. Beckham, 50, joined Manchester United as a trainee in 1993, going on to make almost 400 appearances for the club where he won…
