Dozens of domestic flights out of Sydney Airport have been cancelled as heavy rain and flash-flooding continue to lash the city. On Friday morning, 46 domestic flights were cancelled, with that number expected to climb throughout the day. “Due to storm activity, there have been some flight delays and cancellations,” a Sydney Airport spokesperson said. … Read more
Valter Longo has been studying longevity in Italy for nearly 20 years, but having grown up in regions like Molochio, Calabria, he would say he’s been interested in how to live longer basically all of his life. In 1989, Longo officially started researching what it takes to make it to age 100 and beyond. Now, … Read more
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the northeastern United States on Friday morning. The earthquake was felt from Boston down to Baltimore at 10:23 a.m. ET, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Many incoming flights at the three major airports in and right outside York City were being diverted from landing because of the quake, according … Read more
More than a thousand Sydneysiders in the CBD were left without power on Friday due to an outage amid heavy rainfall and flash-flooding. A substation on Goulburn and Pitt Sts in the CBD flooded on Friday morning, causing extensive power outages in the area. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Extreme weather system lashes East Coast. Newsletters: … Read more
Pictured here is a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou city on Sept. 4, 2021. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Apple iPhone manufacturer Foxconn on Friday posted a dip of 9.6% in revenue for the first quarter of 2024, compared with the same period last year. The company, which trades as Hon Hai Precision … Read more
Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at State Farm Stadium. Kevin Mazur | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Revenge spending is not dead. Even as Americans owe $1.13 trillion on their credit cards, consumers are still willing to splurge on impulsive purchases. It’s a phenomenon also known as … Read more
A month’s worth of rain in 16 hours over Sydney has led to commuter chaos, flight cancellations and evacuation warnings. Flash and riverine flooding was also felt in regional areas as a slow-moving upper-level low drenched central NSW on Friday. Train services faced major delays due to damaged equipment at Redfern in inner Sydney and … Read more
Job creation in March easily topped expectations in a sign of continued acceleration for what has been a bustling and resilient labor market. Nonfarm payrolls increased 303,000 for the month, well above the Dow Jones estimate for an increase of 200,000 and higher than the downwardly revised 270,000 gain in February, the Labor Department’s Bureau … Read more
Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images McDonald’s signed a deal to purchase all 225 of the restaurants that comprise its Israel franchise, the American fast-food chain announced, following months of dramatically lower sales due to pro-Palestinian boycott action amid the Israel-Hamas war. The restaurant outlets have been owned by Israeli company Alonyal … Read more
A police officer accused of killing a 95-year-old woman when he tasered her at an aged-care home will face trial before the end of the year. Kristian White, 33, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter during his arraignment in the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Accused police officer pleads not … Read more
