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London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest in the world, was closed early Friday after it lost power because of a fire at a nearby electricity substation, the airport’s operator said. Heathrow said it would be closed until 11:59 p.m. local time. It was not immediately clear how many flights would be affected. Dozens of … Read more
The Pentagon is scheduled on Friday to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s plan for any war that might break out with China, two U.S. officials said on Thursday. Another official said the briefing will be China focused, without providing additional details. A fourth official confirmed Mr. Musk was to be at the Pentagon … Read more
Hamas targeted Tel Aviv with rockets Hamas fired its first barrage of rockets in months into Israeli territory yesterday as Israeli troops expanded ground operations across Gaza. After the collapse of a two-month cease-fire, the fighting now looks as if it is escalating back to full-scale war. Despite street protests in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin … Read more
Elon Musk has said that “Canada is not a real country,” just one of his social media jabs at the U.S. neighbor. But people in Canada have done real damage to the vehicles and dealerships belonging to his electric car company, Tesla, according to the police. More than 80 Teslas had their tires punctured and … Read more
A Delta Air Lines passenger jet that flipped over, burned and lost a wing after landing in Toronto last month was descending at what experts called an excessive speed when it touched down, according to a preliminary report from the Canadian authorities. The report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, an independent agency, found … Read more
Americans are making too many solo dinner reservations. That was one takeaway from the annual World Happiness Report, which was released on Thursday and showed that the United States had dipped to its lowest slot in the country rankings — 24th — after being ranked as high as 11th in 2012, the first year of … Read more
A former Republican candidate for a state legislative seat in New Mexico was found guilty on federal charges on Wednesday in connection with drive-by shootings targeting the homes of four Democratic officials. The former candidate, Solomon Peña, was accused of orchestrating the shootings at the homes of the Democratic officials that took place in early … Read more
The man last seen with Sudiksha Konanki, a college student who went missing this month while on spring break in the Dominican Republic, has left that country after he was repeatedly questioned about her disappearance, his lawyer said. Joshua Steven Riibe, 22, left for the United States on Wednesday night with his father, according to … Read more
new video loaded: New I.O.C. President Is the First Woman and First African to Hold Role transcript Back transcript New I.O.C. President Is the First Woman and First African to Hold Role Kirsty Coventry was elected after the first round of secret voting by the International Olympic Committee’s membership. As a 9-year-old girl, I never … Read more
