Iran says ship sank in Hormuz
"A container ship attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz using an unauthorised and dangerous shipping lane struck a mine that exploded," said the navy of the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of Iran's military.
Netflix shares dive on profit miss despite user growth
Netflix shares dived on Thursday after the leading streaming entertainment service reported relatively flat quarterly profits despite rising subscriber numbers. Netflix reported a profit of $720 million on revenue of $6.1 billion in the recently ended quarter, compared with $709 million profit on $5.8 billion in revenue during the first three months of the year. […]
California man accused of gambling away COVID relief funds in Vegas
A California man was arrested and ordered held without bond on Thursday for fraudulently obtaining some $9 million in coronavirus relief funds and using some of the money to gamble in Las Vegas. Andrew Marnell, 40, a resident of the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles, California allegedly submitted a number of fraudulent loan applications […]
British Airways to retire entire 747 fleet after pandemic travel slump
UK flag carrier British Airways is retiring its entire Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet” fleet, it said Friday, following the huge hit to international air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is with great sadness that we can confirm we are proposing to retire our entire 747 fleet with immediate effect,” the airline said in […]
Trump niece’s memoir sells nearly 1 mn copies on first day
A new book on US President, Donald Trump, written by his niece sold nearly a million copies on the first day it went on sale in the United States, its publisher said Thursday. Mary Trump’s “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” is billed as the first unflattering […]
Mandela’s daughter Zindzi tested positive for virus
Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela and anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, tested positive for Covid-19 the day she died. She died in a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Monday morning at the age of 59. Her son Zondwa Mandela told public broadcaster SABC that it is […]
