Boeing's first Starliner crewed mission tentatively slated for 2021 - Reuters
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Tuesday it aims to redo its unmanned Starliner crew capsule flight test to the International Space Station (ISS) in December or January, depending on when it completes software and test hardware production development.
If the test mission is successful, Boeing and
Honda to pay $85 million to settle U.S. states' probe over Takata air bags - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Units of Honda Motor Co ( 7267.T ) have agreed to pay $85 million to settle an investigation by most U.S. states into its use of defective Takata airbag inflators in its vehicles, according to a consent order made public on Tuesday.
The
American Airlines to cut 19,000 jobs in October without aid, workforce shrinking 30% - Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Airlines said on Tuesday its workforce will shrink by 40,000, including 19,000 involuntary cuts, in October as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weigh on air travel, unless the government extends aid for airline employee payrolls.
India charges 19, including 7 Pakistanis, over Kashmir bombing - Reuters India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) charged 19 people, including 7 Pakistani nationals, on Tuesday over a deadly bomb attack on a security convoy in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir last year.
The bombing on Feb. 14, 2019 killed 40 paramilitary policemen, leading to
Facebook plans news service launch in UK, India, Brazil - Reuters
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it plans to launch its news service in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, India and Brazil in the coming months, after having introduced the feature in the United States last year.
The social media giant’s news service currently pays U.S. publishers for content and has original reporting from more than 2
China protests at U.S. spy plane watching drills - Reuters India
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China has lodged “stern representations” with the United States, accusing it of sending a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane into a no-fly zone over Chinese live-fire military drills on Tuesday, further ratcheting up tensions between Beijing and Washington.
China has long denounced U.S. surveillance activities, while the United States has complained of “unsafe” intercepts by Chinese aircraft. While such missions happen regularly, for China to talk about them publicly is unusual.
China
Hurricane Laura poses biggest threat to U.S. oil in 15 years - Reuters
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. energy industry on Tuesday was preparing for a major hurricane strike, cutting crude production at a rate approaching the level of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina and halting oil refining at plants along the Texas/Louisiana coast.
Officials in the two states called for hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate as Hurricane Laura intensified and forecasters
Hormel Foods warns of supply shortages on COVID-19 hit - Reuters India
Aug 25 (Reuters) - Spam-maker Hormel Foods Corp on Tuesday warned that it would have a hard time meeting high demand for certain products because of supply chain, staffing and production problems brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hormel also said it had to find alternate ways to increase production, including relying on co-manufacturing partners.
The surge in demand came just as coronavirus outbreaks forced the closure of some of the biggest U.S. meatpacking plants, threatening to cause massive shortages in the
India plans deep cut in thermal coal imports in coming years - Reuters India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India plans to significantly reduce its thermal coal imports in “the next few years” to save foreign exchange and create jobs through the development of existing and new coal blocks, a senior official in the federal coal ministry said on Tuesday.
Coal is among the top five commodities imported by India, the world’s