Posts by Riah Stelmack
Deadly Boeing 737-800 Crash Spurs South Korea’s Urgent Aviation Safety Overhaul
Following Sunday’s disaster claiming 179 lives, South Korea declared its intentions to examine every Boeing 737-800 aircraft flown by local airlines. It marked the greatest aviation disaster the nation has experienced in decades. Consequently, Monday’s premarket trade for Boeing (NYSE:BA) shares dropped 5%. Jeju Air operated a Boeing 737-800 that crashed. According to preliminary accounts,…
Read MoreFinnish investigators find anchor drag mark on the Baltic seabed following cable damage
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finnish investigators probing the damage to a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables said they found an anchor drag mark on the seabed, apparently from a Russia-linked vessel that has already been seized for investigation. The Estlink-2 power cable, which transmits energy from Finland to Estonia across the Baltic…
Read MoreASML CEO Claims China’s Semiconductor Industry is 10 to 15 Years Behind
Chinese tech firms entered a brave new world in 2020 as the US began restricting access to advanced semiconductor technologies. Those limitations have only been strengthened in recent years, forcing local manufactures like SMIC to get creative. Despite some concern that China would quickly work around the restrictions, the head of toolmaker ASML says China’s…
Read MoreRussia’s first ice-class LNG carrier begins sea trials
Russia’s first ice-class LNG carrier has begun sea trials, advancing its efforts to expand in the global LNG market despite US sanctions, reported Reuters. The Alexey Kosygin tanker, named after a Soviet statesman, was built at the Zvezda shipyard and will join Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 fleet, which has been delayed due to US sanctions…
Read MoreEni starts second phase of production at Ivory Coast Baleine field
Eni has commenced phase 2 production at the Baleine field, marking a milestone in the development of Côte d’Ivoire’s offshore oil and gas capabilities. The Baleine field’s phase 2 production is set to reach 60,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) along with 70 million cubic feet of associated gas, which is equivalent to two…
Read MoreGermany calls for new sanctions on Russia’s dark fleet that is ‘damaging major undersea cables’ nearly every month
Germany’s foreign minister urged new European Union sanctions on Russia’s dark fleet. As part of a probe into a cut cable, Finland said last week it detained a ship that may be from the dark fleet. The case is being investigated as “aggravated criminal mischief,” Finnish police said. Germany’s foreign minister has called for further…
Read MoreThis school is fining perennial latecomers 5€ – and says it’s working
We’ve all been late for class before. Whether it’s because you missed your bus or because you couldn’t pull yourself away from your friends – it happens and normally isn’t that big a deal. It’s when students start to be late all the time that it becomes an issue. In what might be conceived as…
Read MoreOfficials seek arrest warrant for South Korea’s impeached Yoon
South Korean officials have requested an arrest warrant for suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol, the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday. The Corruption Investigation Office is investigating Yoon for unexpectedly imposing martial law on December 3. The office said that Yoon had ignored three summonses to appear for questioning, Yonhap reported. Yoon’s botched attempt to…
Read MoreA butterfly collector in Africa with more than 4.2 million seeks to share them for the future
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — What began as a childhood hobby more than six decades ago has led to what might be Africa’s largest butterfly collection in a suburb of Kenya’s capital. Steve Collins, 74, was born and raised in western Kenya. By the age of 5, he was fascinated by butterflies and started building a…
Read MoreJeju Air stock hits a record low after plane crash
A Jeju Air plane traveling from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport crashed at South Korea’s Muan International Airport on Sunday.Benard /Andia/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Jeju Air shares hit record low after a deadly plane crash in South Korea. The crash occurred amid political turmoil with three presidents in a month in South Korea. Political uncertainty has…
Read MoreKenya’s celebrated coffee under threat as farmers hit by climate change
In the lush, volcanic highlands of Komothai in Kenya’s Rift Valley, farmers like Simon Macharia produce coffee on small plantations scattered across the hillsides. Along with other farmers, Mr Macharia brings sacks of his bright red coffee cherries to the local processing plant, where they are weighed and treated. A machine removes the red husks,…
Read MorePeru’s Navy rescues dozens of fishermen stranded at sea as giant waves pound shore
TUMBES, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Navy says it has rescued about 30 fishermen who had been stranded for two days at sea as giant waves pounded the country’s northern coast. Many of them had struggled to bring their boats back to Acapulco beach in the Tumbes region. Jaime Yacila, the mayor of the province of…
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