Kazakhstan, Afghanistan to build new railway link connecting Central Asia and South Asia
Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport and Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Works have reached an agreement on the construction of a new railway line to c...
Delta CEO Ed Bastian praised the flight crew’s quick response following the regional jet crash in Toronto, which injured 21 people. He confirmed the pilots were experienced and trained for challenging weather conditions.
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian confirmed on Wednesday that the pilots of the regional jet, which flipped upside down upon landing in Toronto, were experienced and trained for wintry conditions. The crash, which injured 21 of the 80 people on board, occurred on Monday amid high winds and cold temperatures at Toronto Pearson Airport, still recovering from a snowstorm.
Bastian praised the flight crew for swiftly evacuating the aircraft, calling it "what we train for." Only one passenger remains hospitalised, with all others expected to survive. Delta is offering $30,000 goodwill payments to passengers.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating, with the wreckage of the 16-year-old CRJ900 still on the runway, causing delays at Toronto Pearson. While it’s too early to determine the cause, experts noted the plane's flat descent and lack of a regular landing flare.
Bastian reaffirmed that air travel remains safe, despite recent crashes in North America, and expressed no concerns over FAA layoffs, as they were in "non-critical safety functions." He also highlighted the U.S. administration's commitment to improving air traffic control.
Australian researchers have pioneered a low-cost and scalable plasma-based method to produce ammonia gas directly from air, offering a green alternative to the traditional fossil fuel-dependent Haber-Bosch process.
A series of earthquakes have struck Guatemala on Tuesday afternoon, leading authorities to advise residents to evacuate from buildings as a precaution against possible aftershocks.
A deadly mass shooting early on Monday (7 July) in Philadelphia's Grays Ferry neighbourhood left three men dead and nine others wounded, including teenagers, as more than 100 shots were fired.
On July 4, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Khankendi, reaffirming the deep-rooted alliance between the two nations.
The 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was successfully held in Khankendi, Azerbaijan, highlighting the region’s revival and the deepening economic cooperation among member states.
Migration offset natural decline for the fourth consecutive year, pushing the European Union’s population to an historic high of 450.4 million in 2024, according to Eurostat figures released on Friday.
France recorded over 100 drowning deaths in just one month — a 58% rise from last year — as unusually high temperatures drove more people to water, public health officials say.
Germany’s public debt is projected to climb from 62.5% to 74% of GDP by 2030, driven by record defence and infrastructure spending, according to a report by the European rating agency Scope.
The global oil market may be tighter than headline supply-demand figures suggest, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday, citing rising refinery activity and seasonal summer demand as key drivers of short-term market pressure.
China’s exports are expected to have grown 5% in June as manufacturers hurried goods abroad ahead of a 12 August deadline that could see the U.S. restore punitive tariffs, a Reuters survey of economists indicates.
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