International
7.4-magnitude earthquake has struck northern Chile
A major 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was located 164 miles (265 kilometers) east of the coastal city of Antofagasta, at a depth of 78.5 miles (126 kilometers). “So far, there are no reports of injuries or major damage, but teams are gathering information,”…
Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits media, financial, telecoms
By Reuters Major U.S. airlines ground stops on Friday citing communications issues, while other carriers, media companies, banks and telecoms firms around the world also reported system outages were disrupting their operations. American Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, and Allegiant Air grounded flights less than an hour after Microsoft said it resolved its cloud services…
EV sales growth stalls in Europe
By AFP Europe is supposed to fully switch to electric vehicles in little over a decade, but sales growth of the climate-friendly vehicles stalled in the first half of the year, data showed Thursday. Instead, data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) showed that the modest 4.4 percent overall growth in the sales of…
Fire at shopping centre in China’s southwest kills 16
By REUTERS Sixteen people were killed in a fire at a department store in Sichuan province in China’s southwest on Wednesday evening, state media said on Thursday. The fire broke out in a 14-storey building in a high-tech zone of the city of Zigong, shrouding the vicinity with thick smoke, according to the Xinhua news…
Bangladesh students reject PM olive branch after deadly protests
BY AFP Bangladesh students vowed Thursday to continue nationwide protests against civil service hiring rules, rebuffing an olive branch from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who pledged justice for seven killed in the demonstrations. Hasina’s government has ordered schools and universities to close indefinitely and stepped up efforts to contain weeks of rallies demanding equal access…