Flights cancelled as regulator grounds Boeing 737 Max 9s over blowout

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the grounding of 171 Boeing airplanes for inspection on Saturday, after part of a jet’s wall blew out in midair on a flight Friday and caused a dramatic emergency landing. All Boeing 737-9 Max planes with the same part —…

Barclays slashed its workforce by around 5,000 jobs in 2023 as part of a major cost-cutting drive announced last year, the bank said Monday. The majority of the cuts fell in Barclays Execution Services, the bank’s support unit, the lender said, confirming for the first time Reuters reporting from last November that the lender was eyeing thousands of…

A new rule allows airlines in the US to ban emotional support animals from riding in the cabin, ending a system that led to everything from turtles to pigs, snakes, and even turkeys riding alongside their owners. Last year, the Department of Transportation issued guidance stating that dogs, cats, and miniature horses could be accepted…

Taiwan is preparing to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on 13 January.

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to allow Wall Street firms to offer easier ways to buy and sell bitcoin on financial markets, a major decision that could lead to the cryptocurrency becoming more mainstream just over a year after the crypto markets crashed….

Southern California’s luxury real estate market never sleeps. But this past year, it collectively caught its breath. Luxury sales slowed down in 2023 — a combination of soaring interest rates, a newly introduced “mansion tax” and an inevitable drop-off from a pandemic market when megamansions flipped like hotcakes. In 2022, there were 17 home sales…