Preview: Sri Lanka vs South Africa – ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Group D match
The tournament’s ‘group of death’ opens with a massive clash between former champions Sri Lanka and underachievers South Africa in New York.
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Airlines headed for record revenue in 2024 as travel soars, but profit margins remain thin
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The International Air Transport Association raised its profit forecast for the airline industry in 2024 and predicts revenue of $996 billion— a record high and a 9.7% jump on the previous year.
Toyota and Other Japanese Carmakers Say They Mishandled Safety Tests
Toyota Motor, Honda Motor and other top Japanese automakers said on Monday that internal investigations found they had mishandled vehicle testing on dozens of modelsover the past decade.
A Myanmar Rebel Group Is Accused of Persecuting Rohingya
International courts are still investigating the Myanmar military’s slaughter of the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that the United States has called a genocide. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh and those who stayed faced persecution from the junta. Now a new threat to the group is looming, this time at the hands of a powerful rebel force.
Japan’s car safety scandal deepens, as Toyota halts sale of 3 car models. Honda, Mazda, Yamaha and Suzuki also faked results
In total, the ministry identified 32 previously manufactured vehicles as being incorrectly certified. Officials will perform an on-site investigation of Toyota’s headquarters in Nagoya on Tuesday, the ministry said.
Oil alliance OPEC+ extends collective crude production cuts into 2025
The influential Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, on Sunday agreed to extend their official crude output cuts into 2025, also stretching two other sets of supply curbs over different periods.
Suave soldiers steal the show at Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore with creative spin on ‘man in finance’ TikTok trend
A TikTok clip of suave military men attending this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore has sparked a buzz online and revealed a lighter side to the key military summit, which has spawned a creative spin on the viral “looking for a man in finance” trend.
Japan Airlines lands codeshare deal with India's IndiGo
DUBAI -- Japan Airlines will begin codeshare flights with India's top carrier IndiGo in October, a move that will improve access for travelers to and from the world's fastest-growing major economy.