The Super Hornet, a newer plane with all the bells and whistles, is expected to be featured in next summer’s lakefront show.
Campbell Johnstone, a prop who played three tests including two against the British and Irish Lions, has become the first All Blacks rugby player to come out as gay. Johnstone made the announcement on a New Zealand current affairs television program Monday, saying he had been “living a lie” and leading “a double life” before acknowledging his sexuality. “If I open up that door and magically make that closet disappear, then we’re going to help a lot of people,” said Johnstone who also played 38 Super Rugby matches for the Christchurch-based Crusaders.
Japanese makers of semiconductor manufacturing machinery and materials used to make chips said on Monday they had yet to hear from Japan's government about export restrictions that could directly or indirectly affect their business in China. Reuters contacted 10 chip-related companies, of which five - Advantest Corp, Nikon Corp, Resonac Holdings Corp, Lasertec Corp and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd - said they were unaware of any contact from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry about any new restrictions reportedly agreed by Japan, the United States and the Netherlands last week to stymie rival China's technological advancement.
India’s Adani Group, run by Asia’s richest man, has hit back at a report from U.S.-based short-seller Hindenburg Research, calling it “malicious”, “baseless” and full of “selective misinformation.” On Monday, shares in some Adani companies recovered some lost ground. The flagship company, Adani Enterprises, gained 3.2% and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. added 3.3%.
It took years for Marie Louise Wambale to re-establish her life after fighting between M23 and the Congolese army forced her to flee with almost nothing more than a decade ago. Like most Catholics here in eastern Congo, she hoped that Pope Francis could bring a message of hope at a time when the M23 rebels are posing their greatest threat here since 2012. Now Wambale has been tasked with taking this message to Kinshasa, where she will be among the Congolese faithful chosen to personally meet Pope Francis.
The Dutch technology-health company said its performance was hit by cost inflation that was partly offset by pricing and productivity measures.
At the Milton Brewery in eastern England, Richard Naisby's warehouse is jammed full of pallets stacked high with sacks of malt, a key ingredient for his traditional cask beers. Whereas he mostly used to order the grain when he needed it, Naisby is now stockpiling, buying three to four months of supply in advance to try to stave off the impact of soaring prices. Gas and electricity prices were up 130% and 65% respectively in the year to December, the statistics office says.
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Renault SA said Monday that it and Nissan Motor Co. have reached a milestone in their talks over a reshaping of their 20-year-old alliance, which would involve the European car maker transferring 28.4% of shares in its Japanese partner into a French trust. Nissan (JP:7201) would invest in Renault’s (FR:RNO) electric-vehicle business Ampere, the French company said. Renault said it and Nissan would retain a 15% cross-shareholding and be able to freely exercise the voting rights attached to their direct shareholding, with a 15% cap.
KT&G(CEO Baek Bok-In) has entered into a new long-term agreement of 15 years with the global tobacco giant, Philip Morris International(PMI), for the expansion of KT&G's next generation product 'lil' into the overseas market.
EXOR N.V. (AMS: EXO) (“Exor” or the “Company”) announces that, under the second tranche of the share buyback program of up to €250 million announced on 29 July 2022 (the “second tranche”), the Company has completed the following transactions on Euronext Amsterdam: Trading DateNumber of ordinary shares purchasedAverage price per share excluding fees (€)Total consideration excluding fees (€)23 January 202323,66272.21931,708,853.0824 January 202331,46871.89052,262,250.2525 January 202333,00071.4866
Ryanair on Monday posted its largest after-tax profit for the October-December quarter and said bookings for Easter and summer flights in recent weeks were "very robust", boosted by demand from Asian travellers and a strong U.S. dollar. "Bookings are showing no signs of recession at this point in time," Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan told Reuters. "We had record bookings in week two and week three of January, very robust demand into Easter and the summer without fare stimulation," he said.
Vultures scavenge for dead animals along a river turned sewer conduit in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Its waters turn from clear to black as it traverses informal settlements and industrial hubs. Many have been accused by environmentalists of discharging raw sewage and other pollutants like oil, plastic and glass into the water.
Prime minister ‘dragged kicking and screaming into doing what he should have done long ago’, Angela Rayner says
The Eagles went 14-3 in regular season, dominated two playoff wins and now will face their stiffest test yet in Super Bowl 57, the Chiefs.
South Korea on Monday scrapped a face mask mandate for most indoor public places in a major step to loosen COVID-19 rules, but many residents opted to keep wearing coverings due to lingering concerns over infections. The lifting of the face-covering rules in the majority of indoor locations is South Korea's latest step in easing COVID rules as new cases show signs of a slowdown. Most restaurant owners and visitors in Seoul's bustling Gwanghwamun district, where government and corporate buildings are located, welcomed the new policy.
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's new film "Pathaan" has smashed Indian box office records following its release last week, bringing hope to Bollywood after a spate of weak showings.It comes after glitzy Hindi-language Bollywood films struggled at the box office following the reopening of Indian cinemas about a year ago after a pandemic hiatus.
Ryanair has predicted surging demand will send the cost of air travel higher days after rival low cost carrier Flybe collapsed.
P-81 was found dead on the Pacific Coast Highway just over a month after beloved P-22 was euthanized.
The Blues had a previous bid for the Benfica midfielder knocked back.
The UK video streaming market showed a tentative recovery in the final quarter of 2022, with subscriber numbers edging higher after a sharp decline earlier in the year when cash-strapped households sought savings, industry data showed on Monday. Market researcher Kantar said that between October and December the number of UK homes that had at least one paid-for video streaming service rose by 55,000 to 16.24 million, representing 56% of households. The gains were driven mainly by Prime Video, AppleTV+ and Paramount+, rather than Netflix.
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