In announcing its first-quarter financial results, United Parcel Service (UPS) said that it plans to cut 20,000 jobs as the U.S. economy deteriorates and demand for its deliveries weakens. Atlanta-based UPS said that it needs to cut costs in an increasingly uncertain economy that is being roiled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s import … Read more
Your pre-flight ride from Manhattan to LaGuardia, JFK, or Newark Airports could be a lot more scenic and immensely faster—with a price elevated to match that experience—in plans for an electric air-taxi network that Archer Aviation announced Thursday. The proposal from this eVTOL startup goes beyond earlier concepts for service around the Bay Area and … Read more
United Airlines (UAL) has reported mixed financial results for this year’s first quarter and is suspending some domestic flights as the U.S. economy and travel demand slow. The Chicago-based carrier reported Q1 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.91 U.S., which was ahead of Wall Street forecasts that called for $0.76 U.S. Revenue in … Read more
Vietnam and the United States agreed to start negotiations on a reciprocal trade agreement, Hanoi said on Thursday, hours after Washington delayed imposing an enormous tariff on the Southeast Asian manufacturing powerhouse. The United States was Vietnam’s biggest export market in the first three months of the year but President Donald Trump hit it with … Read more
Australia is one of America’s closest allies; the two countries have fought alongside each other in every major conflict since World War I. Jake Sullivan, former President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, said in January that the two had effectively entered a “strategic marriage.” Lately, though, Australians have been feeling rather like a spouse who … Read more
I recently read an article by investigative historian Eric Zuesse, author of America’s Empire of Evil, that began “One of the core features of nazism (not the German political Party but its core ideology) is racism, which allows some ethnicities (or “races”) to be advantaged by law, and other ethnicities to be discriminated against by … Read more
Another exception is that non-American citizens can bring their foreign vehicle to the country temporarily without getting an American license plate, says Cao Yang, owner of CDM Import, a Los Angeles–based company that’s exploring the nascent market for Chinese vehicle imports. Cao has helped facilitate some newer and larger Chinese cars to be shipped to … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of joyous Newcastle United fans gathered in the city to celebrate the team’s Carabao Cup victory over Liverpool.
Newcastle United have won their first domestic trophy in 70 years after beating Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup. Tens of thousands of Magpies fans flooded the capital to watch their team end their drought against last year’s winners at Wembley. TV presenters Declan Donnelly and Ant McPartlin were among fans rejoicing in the stands, … Read more
A dual Russian-Israeli national, suspected of being a key developer for the LockBit ransomware operation, has been extradited to the United States to face charges. Rostislav Panev, 51, was arrested in Israel last August, where police reportedly found incriminating evidence on his laptop. This included credentials for LockBit’s internal control panel and a repository containing … Read more