Boeing has reached a settlement with a man whose family died in a 737 MAX crash in 2019, a law firm told AFP on Friday, meaning the US aviation giant will avoid a federal trial slated for Monday. Until now, Boeing has succeeded in avoiding civil trials connected to the 737 MAX crashes of 2018 and 2019, reaching a series of settlements, sometimes only hours before trials were set to begin.
At a minimalist Los Angeles matcha bar, powdered Japanese tea is prepared with precision, despite a global shortage driven by the bright green drink's social media stardom. "In the past two or three years, the craze has intensified: customers now want to make matcha themselves, like they see on social media," he added.
The credibility of climate pledges by the world's tech giants to rapidly become carbon neutral is fading fast as they devour more and more energy in the race to develop AI and build data centres, researchers warned Thursday. The report identifies a number of ways in which the tech sector can curb its carbon footprint, even as it develops AI apace.
Most stocks fell Thursday and oil rose as traders kept a nervous eye on the Iran-Israel ceasefire, while the dollar dropped after Donald Trump said he had a handful of candidates to succeed Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell, fuelling rate cut bets. "We think it's fair to suggest that the pressure on Powell to cut rates will increase, and that's adding to selling pressure on the dollar."
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars allocated for the construction of electric vehicle charging stations in over a dozen US states. Seventeen attorneys general sued the Trump administration to unfreeze funds in May, led by California, the state with the largest number of electric vehicles.
Nigeria urges rapid implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) to enhance regional air connectivity and reduce travel costs across Africa.
The US Federal Reserve released plans Wednesday to relax a key capital rule for major banks, a move they say can help facilitate Treasury market trading. She argued that it reduces the chance of "market dysfunction and the need for the Federal Reserve to intervene in a future stress event."
A Czech court on Wednesday rejected a complaint filed by French energy group EDF over the bidding process that saw it lose out on a multibillion-dollar contract to build two additional reactors at a Czech nuclear plant. In the rejected complaint, EDF questioned the transparency of the bidding process.
The European Union on Thursday said it had launched an antitrust investigation into Mars' multibillion dollar acquisition of snack food business Kellanova over concerns it could lead to higher prices for consumers.
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will be working with corps members to facilitate the enrolment of every Nigerian before the end of 2025.
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