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Boeing Says ‘Sorry’ for Max Crashes, Seeking Renewed Trust

Boeing Says ‘Sorry’ for Max Crashes, Seeking Renewed Trust

Boeing executives apologized Monday to airlines and families of victims of 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, as the...

Environmental Activists Put Off Drone Protests at London Airport

Environmental Activists Put Off Drone Protests at London Airport

A group of British environmental activists have postponed their plan to ground flights at London’s Heathrow Airport. Extinction Rebellion had...

Boeing CEO Admits Mistake in Handling Warning-System Problem

Boeing CEO Admits Mistake in Handling Warning-System Problem

The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a “mistake” in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its...

Factbox – Who Stands to Lose If Swiss-EU Treaty Talks Fail

Factbox – Who Stands to Lose If Swiss-EU Treaty Talks Fail

More than four years of negotiations have failed to yield a breakthrough on a new treaty between Switzerland and the...

Facebox – Who Stands to Lose If Swiss-EU Treaty Talks Fail

Facebox – Who Stands to Lose If Swiss-EU Treaty Talks Fail

More than four years of negotiations have failed to yield a breakthrough on a new treaty between Switzerland and the...

UK Tories Warned Not to Crown Boris Johnson Without a Fight

UK Tories Warned Not to Crown Boris Johnson Without a Fight

Candidates seeking to become Britain’s next prime minister are warning that the Conservative Party needs a real contest, rather than...

Erdogan: Russian S-400s to Arrive in Turkey in July, NTV Says

Erdogan: Russian S-400s to Arrive in Turkey in July, NTV Says

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he expected Russian S-400 missile defense systems to start arriving in Turkey in the first...

Aviation Technology Takes Off with Flapless Plane

Aviation Technology Takes Off with Flapless Plane

The price of jet fuel is one reason aviation technology research is so often focused on making planes lighter and...

Experts: LinkedIn Spy Used AI-Generated Face to Connect With Targets

Experts: LinkedIn Spy Used AI-Generated Face to Connect With Targets

Katie Jones sure seemed plugged into Washington’s political scene. The 30-something redhead boasted a job at a top think tank...

India Plans to Set Up Space Station

India Plans to Set Up Space Station

India has announced plans to launch its own space station. The chairman of the Indian space agency, K. Sivan, told...

Diplomats: Europeans Weigh Sanctions on Venezuela’s Maduro

Diplomats: Europeans Weigh Sanctions on Venezuela’s Maduro

Major European nations are considering imposing sanctions on Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and several top officials for their recent crackdown on...

Daybreak Africa

Daybreak Africa

Each morning, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent, starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews,...

US Official Urges Ending Kosovo Trade Taxes Against Serbia

US Official Urges Ending Kosovo Trade Taxes Against Serbia

A U.S. State Department official has called for an end to Kosovo’s taxes on Serbian goods so that European Union-mediated...

Virginia City to Divest Budget Funds From Fossil Fuels

Virginia City to Divest Budget Funds From Fossil Fuels

Officials in Charlottesville, Virginia, have voted to divest the city’s operating budget investments from any entity involved in the production...

Boris Johnson to EU: I Won’t Pay Unless Deal Improved

Boris Johnson to EU: I Won’t Pay Unless Deal Improved

Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is stepping up his campaign to be Britain’s next prime minister by challenging the European...

Amazon Set to Begin Drone Package Delivery

Amazon Set to Begin Drone Package Delivery

The giant e-commerce technology company, Amazon, has announced that it expects to start delivering orders to shoppers’ homes by drones...

US Recruits Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

US Recruits Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

Online data is at risk. Hackers are getting smarter and companies across the globe are facing a shortage of trained...

Trade Experts Unruffled About Rare Earth Minerals Supply

Trade Experts Unruffled About Rare Earth Minerals Supply

Rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China have sparked worries about the 17 exotic-sounding rare earth minerals needed for...

G-20 Finance Leaders’ Goal: Adapt to Turmoil in Trade, Tech

G-20 Finance Leaders’ Goal: Adapt to Turmoil in Trade, Tech

Financial leaders of the Group of 20 gathered Saturday to brainstorm ways to adapt global finance to an age of...

With Mexico Deal Done, US Urges China to Resume Trade Talks

With Mexico Deal Done, US Urges China to Resume Trade Talks

One down, still others to go. President Donald Trump claimed a victory after Washington and Mexico agreed on measures to...

Federally Insured Banks Largely Off-Limits to Cannabis Business

Federally Insured Banks Largely Off-Limits to Cannabis Business

In May, Arkansas became the latest state to cash in on the sale of medical marijuana. Lines of people wrapped...

US, China Talk Trade at G-20 Finance Meeting

US, China Talk Trade at G-20 Finance Meeting

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that he plans to speak privately with China’s central bank governor about trade...