An Airbus Beluga transport aircraft takes off from the Airbus plant in Hamburg-Finkenwerder. Marcus Brandt | picture alliance | Getty Images Airbus on Tuesday said it is renting out its giant Beluga aircraft to outside customers, a big bet on the air cargo market. The whale-shaped planes are usually used to transport large aircraft parts for its planes like wings …
Dylan Sadiq, known as “The College Cuber” charges $8,000 for his mosaics made of cubes. Pro teams including the NBA’s Detroit Pistons have purchased the artwork. Courtesy: Dylan Sadiq | The College Cuber It started with a portrait of his favorite basketball player, Luka Doncic. Then came fellow NBA star Damian Lillard. International soccer clubs like Manchester United and FC …
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday announced Australia will refund visa fees for vaccinated backpackers who arrive within the next three months. The country — whose tight, pandemic border policies locked out its citizens, and more recently, one of tennis’s biggest stars — is encouraging backpackers to visit. And it’s doing so because it wants to reduce labor shortages that …
An aircraft takes off from O’Hare International Airport on January 18, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images United Airlines said the surge in Covid-19 infections has hurt bookings in recent weeks and will further delay its recovery from the pandemic. However, a rise in travel demand helped boost revenue and mitigate losses in the last three months …
Authorities on Sunday identified a 44-year-old British national as the man who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue for 10 hours before an FBI SWAT team stormed the building, ending a tense standoff that President Joe Biden called “an act of terror.” Malik Faisal Akram was shot and killed after the last of the hostages got out at …
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel. Joshua Lott | Getty Images The University of Michigan removed Mark Schlissel as president after an alleged sexual affair and named former university president Mary Sue Coleman as interim president. The move comes after the school received an anonymous complaint about Schlissel’s “inappropriate relationship” with a university employee. Officials said Schlissel, 63, also used …
Google Earth view of Beth Israel temple, Colleyville, Texas Google Earth A man apparently took people hostage at a synagogue near Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, according to multiple reports. The Colleyville Police Department said on Twitter it was conducting SWAT operations at the location of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. The FBI and Texas Department of Public Safety …
A thick plume of smoke rises over a burning building which is seen through the windshield of a vehicle, in Passaic, New Jersey, U.S., January 14, 2022 in this screen grab obtained from a video on social media. Maria Alberto via Reuters A dramatic fire near a chemical plant burned through the night and into Saturday morning in northern New …
Jabari Young wearing the Oculus Quest 2 device. Source: Jabari Young Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka popped up from the team bench, and before I knew it, he was blocking my view. Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle was close enough for me to see his Cole Haan shoes, and I saw a Lance Stephenson 3-pointer from an angle I’d …
Images from video show emptied boxes along rail tracks in Los Angeles after thieves broke into Union Pacific cargo trains. Source: NBC4 | Los Angeles Instead of shoplifting from stores, some thieves are zeroing in on another target: Trains and delivery trucks full of packages on the way to customers’ doorsteps. UPS Chief Executive Carol Tome said Friday that one …
