Month: September 2025
‘Seconds count’: Avoiding airplane collisions at airports could come down to cockpit alerts
ABOARD A HONEYWELL TEST PLANE — Aerospace giant Honeywell is building new cockpit alerts that developers say will give airline pilots more precious time to react to hazards at airports. Honeywell senior test pilot Capt. Kirk Vining late last month put the alerts — called Surface Alert, or SURF-A — to the test by recreating […]
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From PepsiCo to Taco Bell, dirty soda is taking over
Utah-based drink chain Swig coined “dirty soda” back in 2010. Fifteen years later, the trend is fueling innovation everywhere from PepsiCo to McDonald’s, infusing the sluggish beverage category with new life. “Dirty soda” drinks use pop as a base, followed by flavored syrups, cream or other ingredients. While Swig claims credit — and the trademark […]
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US to revoke Colombian president’s visa over comments at pro-Palestinian gathering
Colombian president Gustavo Petro speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2025. Leonardo Munoz | Afp | Getty Images The United States said it would revoke Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s visa after he took to New York’s streets on Friday […]
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Miracle under threat: South Korea’s birth rate collapse could undo decades of growth
In a photo taken on May 26, 2016 a mobility scooter sits parked before rice fields in Gunwi, some 200 kilometres south of Seoul. By 2030, a quarter of all South Koreans will be over 65 years old, and the overall population is expected to peak at around 52 million the same year before entering […]
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Startup founders share how they bounced back from failure: ‘I lost a lot of my identity’
Over two-thirds of startup founders have a fear of failure, per the Founder Resilience Research Report, 2024. Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images Startup founders face immense pressure to succeed, but it can be even more challenging to let go of a failed business and find success after. Building a startup has always been risky. […]
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Musk, Thiel, Bannon named in partially redacted Epstein documents released by Democrats
Charges against Jeffrey Epstein were announced on July 8, 2019 in New York City. Epstein will be charged with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images News | Getty Images Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and former Trump White […]
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Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid funding
A person walks past the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Supreme Court on Friday handed another win to the Trump administration by allowing it to withhold $4 billion in spending on foreign aid that was appropriated by Congress. A federal judge had previously ruled that the administration would have […]
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Trump calls for the firing of Lisa Monaco, Microsoft president of global affairs
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco speaks as Attorney General Merrick Garland looks on after announcing an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2024. Ken Cedeno | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday demanded that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco, an […]
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Markets won’t care if Trump fires Fed Governor Cook, DOJ tells Supreme Court
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, speaks at the Peterson Institute For International Economics in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for alleged misconduct would not cause “financial market disaster,” the Department of Justice […]
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Spirit Airlines is halting 40 routes, hires ex-Amazon network planning exec
A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Spirit Airlines told staff Friday that it’s suspending about 40 routes, finalizing a 25% cut to its November schedule as it scrambles to slash costs in bankruptcy and […]
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