United States News
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UNITED STATES, 2017/09/16
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said that the reform of the UN Security Council is one of the top priorities of the Trump government as several nations, inclunding India have been demanding it.
Haley's remarks came as US President Donald Trump was set to deliver his initial speech to the United Nations General Assembly next week.
She said that the Security Council reform was still being talked about.
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FRANCE, 2017/09/16
At the same time as it comes to the aviation industry, new technologies and manufacturing techniques have been mounting a silent revolution in the new generation of commercial twin-aisle aircraft: the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350. Both these aircraft contain around 50% of CFRP composites, as opposed to their previous iterations where aluminium alloys had dominated.
This explains why, at the same time as Boeing and Airbus introduced these two crafts several years ago, most experts thought that the next generation of planes would be made out of composites, a trend that would again expand to include smaller jets – but as turns out, they were wrong.
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UNITED STATES, 2017/09/12
Today marks 16 years since the September 11 terror attacks, in which almost 3,000 people were murdered by al-Qaeda. US President Donald Trump: “America cannot be intimidated.”
Today (Monday), the US commemorates 16 years since the September 11 terror attacks, in which 2,996 people were murdered by al-Qaeda in 4 coordinated attacks. The memorial events began at 8:46 AM (New York time), the exact time that the initial plane crashed into the northern Twin Tower of the World Trade Center.
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UNITED STATES, 2017/09/11
The United States government has granted Kenya Airways a permit to operate direct flights to America.
According to an order issued by the Department of Transportation, the permit became effective on September 5.
The Department of Transportation had in June recommended that KQ, as the airline is commonly known, be granted the permit if there were no public objections.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2017/09/09
Destinations worldwide welcomed 598 million international tourists in the initial six months of 2017, some 36 million additional than in the same period of 2016. At 6%, increase was well above the trend of recent years, making the current January-June period the strongest half-year since 2010.
Visitor numbers reported by destinations around the world reflect strong request for international travel in the initial half of 2017, according to the new UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) increased by 6% compared to the same six-month period last year, well above the sustained and consistent trend of 4% or higher increase since 2010. This represents the strongest half-year in seven years.
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UNITED STATES, 2017/09/09
St. Petersburg, Florida, has been voted to have the nicest white sandy beaches in the United States, and along with the rest of Florida, this thriving tourism destination on Tampa Bay is in for a nightmare at the same time as Hurricane Irma hits at category 3 or 4 strength.
The massive hurricane that has been barreling through the Caribbean, is expected to run up the east coast of Florida, which would mean tropical storm conditions along the west coast on Sunday. However, the bay area remains just inside the cone of uncertainty.
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UNITED STATES, 2017/09/08
King Salman of Saudi Arabia will make an official visit to Washington early next year for talks with President Donald Trump, the White Home said Wednesday. King Salman and President Trump discussed how to advance shared goals such as strengthening security and prosperity in the Middle East
The two leaders held a telephone conversation in which they discussed how to advance shared goals such as strengthening security and prosperity in the Middle East, the White Home said in a statement.
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UNITED STATES, 2017/09/08
U.S. college students can buy Spotify Premium music streaming and Hulu TV streaming for a combined, deeply discounted $4.99 per month, in a new student subscription bundle the companies announced on Thursday to lure younger consumers.
The entertainment bundle, $13 cheaper than the regular combined price, is the new effort in the industry to gain young millennial customers, who favor inexpensive online streaming and listening.
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CANADA, 2017/09/08
Equifax Inc (EFX.N), a provider of consumer credit scores, said personal details of as a lot of as 143 million U.S. consumers were accessed by hackers between mid-May and July, in what could be one of the major data breaches in the United States.
The company’s shares were down 8.7 % at $134.16 in next-market trading on Thursday.
The details accessed included names, social security numbers, and, in some cases, driver’s license numbers, Equifax said.
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UNITED STATES, 2017/09/08
Search engine Google said on Thursday it had seen no evidence on its advertising platforms of the kind of suspected Russian propaganda campaign that Facebook Inc (FB.O) says appeared on its network before and next last year’s U.S. presidential election.
