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Analysis-Astronauts’ plight piles pressure on Boeing’s struggling space unit
Date: August 27, 2024
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA’s decision to send Boeing’s Starliner capsule home without astronauts follows years of missteps by the planemaker in its space business and raises doubts over the future of the unit, analysts and industry sources said. Taking NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station...
Aviation regulators press for global efforts to tackle turbulence
Date: August 26, 2024
By Allison Lampert and Maki Shiraki MONTREAL/TOKYO (Reuters) – Aviation officials from Asia are making a case for global action to reduce injuries from turbulence, with recent high-profile incidents driving calls to improve forecasting across borders at a Montreal gathering of regulators starting Monday. While turbulence does not frequently cause fatalities, it is the leading...
Meyer Burger halts solar plant in Colorado, plans restructuring
Date: August 26, 2024
ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss solar panel maker Meyer Burger said on Monday it was suspending plans for a plant in Colorado as it announced restructuring measures and suggested profitability would be lower than previously expected. “Meyer Burger Technology AG announced today that the planned construction of a solar cell production facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado,...
Cricket-England’s Wood ruled out of Sri Lanka series
Date: August 26, 2024
(Reuters) – England fast bowler Mark Wood has been ruled out of the test series against Sri Lanka due to a thigh injury and will be replaced by left-arm seamer Josh Hull, the England Cricket Board said on Sunday. Wood injured his right thigh during the first test at Old Trafford and the 34-year-old...
Floods kill 13 in Indonesia’s North Maluku, two injured
Date: August 26, 2024
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Thirteen people were killed and two injured in Indonesia’s North Maluku province on Sunday after floods in the east of the sprawling archipelago, authorities said. The country’s disaster management agency BNPB said the floods, caused by heavy rain since Saturday, also badly damaged 10 houses in Ternate city. Citing forecasts that heavy...
Iceland sees string of volcanic eruptions
Date: August 23, 2024
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula has seen a string of volcanic eruptions since 2021 when geological systems dormant for around 800 years became active again. Experts say the region, just south of the capital Reykjavik and home to 30,000 people, could experience so-called fissure eruptions repeatedly for several centuries. Following is a timeline of...