GE shares fall on report that its finances are worse than disclosed
General Electric shares fell 7.5% on Thursday after Harry Markopolos, the whistleblower in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme case, said GE’s financial filings were masking...
Ryanair expects minimal disruption from planned strikes
Ryanair expects minimal cancellations with affected passengers flying out at different times if pilots in Britain and Ireland go ahead with a two-day strike next...
Russian pilots land plane in cornfield, earn Kremlin praise
Two Russian pilots safely landed an airliner carrying 233 people in a cornfield outside Moscow after striking a flock of birds, prompting the Kremlin to...
‘Recreating Woodstock’: how festival came together, and almost fell apart
Mick Richards was among the 450,000 people at Woodstock in 1969, but he did not think much about his “uneventful” 24 hours there until years...
U.S. FDA proposes new health warnings on cigarette packs, advertisements
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed new health warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements, as small size and lack of an image...
Astronaut plays first ever DJ set from International Space Station
DJ Luca Parmitano became the first astronaut to play a live DJ set while in orbit....
China’s Minmetals says to close rare earth unit after pollution violations
The rare earths arm of state-owned China Minmetals Corporation said one of its units would halt production with immediate effect from Thursday after failing to...
FDA proposes new health warnings on cigarette packets
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed new health warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements that it said could be the most significant...
U.S. consumer spending strong; manufacturing struggling
U.S. retail sales surged in July as consumers bought a range of goods even as they cut back on motor vehicle purchases, which could help...
Israel will not let U.S. Congresswomen visit: deputy foreign minister
Israel has decided to block a visit by U.S. Democratic members of Congress Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said...