ru24.pro
News in English
Июнь
2024

Новости за 18.06.2024

Abducted MD, others still in captivity as rescue efforts continue

The Punch 

Efforts to rescue the Managing Director of Foani Company, which represents LG and Hisense in Nigeria, Mohammed Foani, and three other Lebanese, have entered day four following their abduction on the waterways around the Falomo Bridge in Lagos State. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development to our correspondent

Читать дальше...

No respite from heatwave, max temp in Delhi can touch 45 degrees Celsius

Business Standard 

The national capital on Tuesday recorded a minimum temperature of 33.8 degrees Celsius, six notches above the season's average. The weather department has predicted mainly clear sky and heatwave to severe heatwave conditions and strong surface winds. The humidity was 61 per cent at 8.30 am. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 45 degree Celsius, it stated. The threshold for a heat wave is met when the maximum temperature of a weather station reaches at least 40 degrees Celsius in the plains... Читать дальше...

The NSW budget in five minutes

Sydney Morning Herald 

The government is spending billions in some areas, but is relatively restrained in others.

Boeing's CEO is scheduled to field questions about plane safety from U.S. senators

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Boeing's CEO is getting his day in front of Congress, and lawmakers are expected to have many questions about safety at the troubled aircraft company. CEO David Calhoun is scheduled to testify Tuesday in front of a Senate investigations subcommittee. It'll be his first appearance on Capitol Hill since a panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. Calhoun's testimony also comes as the Justice Department considers whether to prosecute Boeing for violating terms of... Читать дальше...