Airbus and Rolls-Royce have secured contracts to support a record order for new planes by Air India. The order, for 220 Boeing and 250 Airbus aircraft over several years, will benefit both Airbus and engine supplier Rolls-Royce in the UK, the government said. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) said the wings, designed by
Nikki Haley, a former United Nations ambassador, has announced she will run for the Republican’s 2024 presidential nomination – becoming the first major challenger to Donald Trump. Haley, who served in the UN role under Trump’s previous administration, is the second Republican candidate to announce her candidacy after her former boss launched his own campaign
Indian tax officials have raided the BBC’s offices in New Delhi. Teams from the tax department surveyed the BBC’s Delhi and Mumbai offices, the Press Trust of India news agency reported, quoting officials who were not identified. A BBC spokesperson said: “The income tax authorities are currently at the BBC offices in New Delhi and
Every year, ahead of the biggest night in Hollywood, Academy Award nominees get invited to a special luncheon party. It’s become an annual tradition, the unofficial start of the countdown to the ceremony, with the stars mingling, eating a fancy meal, having their photos taken, and generally getting to know each other before the big
Ford has announced that 1,300 jobs, a fifth of the workforce, is being cut from its UK business as part of a Europe-wide overhaul. The majority of the UK losses will be at the Ford site in Dunton, Essex – its UK headquarters and technical centre. Up to 1,000 jobs are to be axed at
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In this article ADANIENT-IN DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An employee looks out over the petroleum-cracking complex at the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to
At least one person is believed to have been killed after a shooting at Michigan State University – with a search under way for a lone gunman in a mask. Campus police said multiple injuries had been reported and described the suspect as “a short male with a mask, possibly Black”. He is believed to
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT John Hennessy Adam Jeffery | CNBC Google‘s Bard announcement last week was meant to show that the company has similar technology as the popular ChatGPT chatbot, even though it still has a ways to go before becoming product-ready, Alphabet Chairman John Hennessy said Monday. “I
A national state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand for only the third time ever after the country was battered by Cyclone Gabrielle. There was flooding, power cuts, landslides and forced evacuations after intense rain overnight into Tuesday. The country’s emergency minister called it a “significant disaster with a real threat to the
11:04 AM GMT After two rounds of fixtures there are just two unbeaten teams left in this year’s Six Nations. Ireland’s remarkable 32-19 win over France keeps their Grand Slam hopes alive, while Scotland then hammered Wales 35-7 in Murrayfield. On Sunday, Steve Borthwick got his first win as England coach as they dispatched Italy
Lilt is being axed after nearly 50 years and will be rebranded as Fanta Pineapple and Grapefruit. The drink is famous for offering a “totally tropical taste”, with one well-known 1988 advert showing the “Lilt man” delivering cans on a sun-kissed beach. “The Lilt ladies”, played by two Jamaican women, became the face of the
Director Spike Lee has been given the British Film Institute’s highest honour – a fellowship. Throughout his career, the filmmaker has provoked debate and inspired progress with films including Malcolm X, Do The Right Thing and the Oscar-winning BlacKkKlansman. Now this accolade pays tribute to his four decades in the business – which has seen
Tesla has secured a massive new 1 GWh Megapack order for a large-scale energy storage project in Canada. Back in 2019, Tesla launched the Megapack; it was Tesla’s third stationary energy storage product after the Powerwall and Powerpack. A single Megapack unit is a container-sized “3 MWh battery system” with integrated modules, inverters, and thermal systems.
Sheets of copper cathode are pictured at BHP Billiton’s Escondida, the world’s biggest copper mine, in Antofagasta, northern Chile March 31, 2008. Ivan Alvarado | Reuters Along with experiencing a short-term supply shortage, copper is set to undergo a “generational shift” in demand as decarbonization ramps up, according to BNY Mellon Lead Portfolio Manager Al
A UEFA-commissioned review into the poor treatment of Liverpool fans outside the 2022 Champions League final has found the failings “almost led to a disaster” after faults by European football’s governing body and the lack of a venue risk assessment by French authorities. French police face criticism in the independent report for firing tear gas
In this article TWLO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT BARCELONA, SPAIN – MARCH 01: Jeff Lawson, founder, CEO and chairman of Twilio, speaks at a press conference during the Mobile World Congress on March 1, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. Joan Cros Garcia | Corbis News | Getty Images Twilio on Monday announced plans to
“Beautiful, striking and petite,” Noor Inayat Khan was “the unlikeliest of spies”. An accomplished musician and children’s writer, described as “a daydreamer” by her friends, few would have foreseen that she would go on to earn the George Cross for her service to her country. Now, 80 years after her first mission, the little-known Second
9:24 AM ET Following one of the more dramatic fights the sport of MMA has seen, there are still plenty of unanswered questions after an instant classic over the weekend at UFC 284 between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski for the UFC lightweight title and the pound-for-pound crown. Who or what stole that show in
The number of working days lost to strike action totalled 843,000 in December, bringing the total number of strike days from June to December 2022 to 2,471,000, the highest since 1989, official figures show. There were 4,129,000 days lost to strike action in 1989 due to industrial action by rail workers and coal miners, the