Day: December 24, 2024

American Airlines Group Inc. said it’s experiencing technical issues affecting all of its flights, disrupting operations on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Honda and Nissan have officially confirmed the rumors that they’re pursuing a merger. Both would still operate under their brands but with a new joint holding company as parent. If Nissan-controlled Mitsubishi also came on board, the combined group would become the world’s third-largest automaker by sales volume, with a net worth of up to $50 billion. Nissan and Honda previously announced plans to work together on EV development, but the joint…

A Russian cargo ship has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea after an explosion onboard, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Dec. 24. The explosion occurred in Ursa Major’s engine rooms just after midday on Dec. 23, causing the ship to list between Spain and Algeria. The news website La Verdad reports the area — a busy shipping lane — was declared unsafe f…

Worthy of the synopsis of a post-apocalyptic film, and yet very real. In the south of Alaska, in the city of Whittier, a building that is, to say the least, unique has been erected. Its specificity? The Begich Towers houses all the inhabitants of the city. And that is not the only surprising feature of this building. The Begich Towers, also nicknamed “the city under a roof”, are only accessible by a tunnel. Of the 272 inhabitants of Whittier,…

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A Moscow court has on Tuesday sentenced a US citizen to 15 years in prison for espionage, according to state-run news agency RIA Novosti.