Day: February 14, 2019

Prince Philip won’t be charged in UK car crash

LONDON — Prince Philip won’t face charges in connection with a car collision that left two women injured, British prosecutors said Thursday. The decision came just days after Buckingham Palace said the 97-year-old royal would stop driving. The husband of Queen Elizabeth II was driving a Land Rover near […]

Airbus abandons iconic A380 superjumbo, lacking clients

TOULOUSE, France — European plane maker Airbus said Thursday it will stop making its superjumbo A380 in 2021 for lack of customers, abandoning the world’s biggest passenger jet and one of the aviation industry’s most ambitious and most troubled endeavors. Barely a decade after the double-deck, 500-plus-seat plane […]

10 Indian soldiers killed, 35 wounded by car bomb in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India — At least 10 soldiers were killed and 35 others wounded Thursday in a car bomb attack on a paramilitary convoy on a key highway in Indian-controlled Kashmir, security officials said. Senior police officer Muneer Ahmed Khan said the attack occurred as the convoy reached Pampore […]

Highlights of the $330 billion-plus bill to avoid shutdown

 WASHINGTON  — It’s not just about President Donald Trump’s border wall. The border security issues that sparked a 35-day government shutdown are but one element of a massive $330 billion-plus spending measure that wraps seven bills into one, funding nine Cabinet agencies, including the departments of Justice, State, […]

Germany barely avoided recession in Q4 with zero growth

FRANKFURT, Germany  — Germany narrowly avoided a recession in the fourth quarter, reporting only zero growth as foreign trade made little contribution to Europe’s largest economy. The lackluster figure released Thursday by the state statistics agency followed a 0.2 percent fall in output during the preceding third quarter. […]

Source of fall romaine outbreak a mystery, US regulators say

NEW YORK — U.S. food regulators say they weren’t able to identify a contamination source for a food poisoning outbreak that prompted them to warn people to avoid romaine lettuce this fall . The Food and Drug Administration says it wasn’t able to determine how a water reservoiron a Santa Barbara County, California, […]

Now’s your chance to change your Medicare Advantage plan

Medicare Advantage enrollees get a new, second chance to find the right health coverage this year. The government added another enrollment window that started Jan. 1 and lasts until March 31. It gives people with privately run versions of the federal Medicare program a chance to change plans […]

Swedish foreign ministry investigates ambassador to China

BEIJING — Sweden’s ambassador to China is under internal investigation, the embassy said Thursday, following a claim that she set up a meeting between the daughter of a detained Swedish publisher and two businessmen that appeared to have gone awry. Ambassador Anna Lindstedt returned to Stockholm on Wednesday […]

Pompeo says ‘confronting Iran’ key to Mideast peace

WARSAW : — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday at a security conference in Warsaw that Iran is the top threat in the Middle East and confronting the country is key to reaching peace in the entire region. Pompeo met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

Airbus abandons iconic A380 superjumbo, lacking clients

TOULOUSE, France— European plane manufacturer Airbus said Thursday it will stop making its superjumbo A380 in 2021 for lack of customers, abandoning the world’s biggest passenger jet and one of the aviation industry’s most ambitious and most troubled endeavors. Barely a decade after the 500-plus-seat plane started carrying […]

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