Safety
Passengers often ignore in-flight safety videos. But this ‘honest’ one has 8.4 million views
“Greetings from the cockpit. This is your captain speaking.” It’s a phrase frequent flyers know well. Only this isn’t a pilot. And what follows isn’t the same ol’ in-flight safety talk. Rather, it’s the opening salvo of a now viral YouTube video from travel journalist Doug Lansky, who delivers a near 7-minute “honest pre-flight […]
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Reuters safety adviser killed, two journalists injured in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk
Ukrainian emergency services conduct a search and rescue operation among the rubble of a destroyed hotel following a Russian strike in the town of Kramatorsk early in the morning on August 25, 2024. Genya Savilov | Afp | Getty Images Ryan Evans, a member of the Reuters team covering the war in Ukraine, was killed and two Reuters […]
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Taiwan rattled by dozens of quakes, but no major injury
Taiwan’s quake-hit japanese county of Hualien was rattled by dozens of aftershocks late on Monday and early on Tuesday, but only insignificant problems was documented and no casualties and key chipmaker TSMC mentioned it saw no impression on operations. Sam Yeh | Afp | Getty Photos Taiwan’s quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by dozens of aftershocks late […]
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Organized frauds are a escalating concern for Southeast Asia, UN states
ShareShare Report by means of FbShare Article through TwitterShare Write-up by using LinkedInShare Report via Electronic mail Pia Oberoi, senior advisor on migration and human legal rights at the United Nations Human Legal rights Workplace, claims transnational criminal offense groups are tricking people into functioning in casinos that have been repurposed into scamming compounds in […]
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In Tesla demo about Autopilot fatality, law firm cites ‘experimental vehicles’
Autopilot characteristics are shown in a Tesla Model S during a Tesla party in Palo Alto, California Beck Diefenbach | Reuters The law firm symbolizing victims of a fatal crash of a Tesla Model 3 motor vehicle in his opening assertion in court on Thursday blamed the company’s Autopilot driver assistant process, saying that “a […]
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Japan to launch Fukushima h2o into ocean starting this week
Fisherman Haruo Ono stands on 1 of his fishing boats at Tsurushihama Fishing Port, Shinchi-machi of Fukushima Prefecture, some 60 kms north of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on August 21, 2023, in advance of a government’s strategy to start off releasing handled h2o from the plant into the Pacific Ocean. Philip Fong | […]
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California company approves San Francisco robotaxi expansion amid significant opposition
In an aerial see, Waymo autonomous cars sit parked in a staging area on June 08, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Alphabet Inc’s Waymo and Basic Motors’ Cruise can function compensated robotaxi expert services utilizing unmanned self-driving autos throughout San Francisco, California state regulators voted on Thursday, in the confront of […]
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China to ban foodstuff imports from Japan citing problems around nuclear contaminated h2o
Dock workers sort dwell scallops and arctic scallops imported from Hokkaido, Japan, at the unloading system of the Taicang Present day cargo Terminal in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, March 28, 2023. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Photos China will ban the import of food from about just one-fifth of Japanese prefectures for safety reasons, Chinese customs said on Friday, citing Japan’s transfer to discharge nuclear […]
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At amusement parks like Six Flags and Disney, safety is a multimillion-dollar business
At amusement parks like Six Flags, Disney World and Universal — safety is a multimillion-dollar business. Injuries and deaths are becoming increasingly rare, with fewer than 1 injury per million rides in 2019, according to the National Safety Council. Ride-related injuries dropped by more than 60% between 2004 and 2019, according to the International Association […]
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