A flight attendant exits a Delta Airlines flight at the Ronald Reagan National Airport on July 22, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Michael A. McCoy | Getty Images News | Getty Images Delta Air Lines on Tuesday said it plans to hire another 1,500 flight attendants ahead of summer 2022, the latest carrier to add jobs
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Former defense official Mary Beth Long warned about the precarious state of the U.S. credibility after Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed there were less than 200 Americans still seeking evacuation from Afghanistan following the final U.S. military withdrawal from the Taliban-controlled country. “Our credibility is rock-bottom, and it’s one thing to leave, but we
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday he expects U.S. drug regulators to clear the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine for emergency use in children ages 5 to 11 in late fall or early winter this year. The Pfizer board member said data from the company’s vaccine trials for kids in that age group “should be available
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden disembark from Air Force One upon arrival at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on July 1, 2021, as they travel to Surfside, Florida. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden traveled Sunday to Dover Air
U.S. Marines provide assistance at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. US Marines | Reuters WASHINGTON – The United States carried out a military strike on Sunday against an ISIS-K target in Kabul, a development that comes in the final days of an immense humanitarian
[Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] Rocket builder Astra Space is going for its first launch since the company went public, and aiming to reach orbit for the first time. The new space company cut short its first launch attempt on Friday, with the rocket’s engines firing for a moment and
Craig Barritt | Getty Images The digital media industry has reached a strategic crossroads. Earlier this year, special purpose acquisition vehicles (SPACs) appeared to be the long-awaited savior of digital media companies. BuzzFeed, Vice, Bustle Digital Group and others with venture capital backing had a plan to pay back investors with publicly traded stock. A
Retired Colonel Jack Jacobs told CNBC that President Joe Biden will be unable to fulfill his promise of ending the war in Afghanistan and rescuing all Americans and U.S. allies from the country. “The war is not over, we’re not going to be able to rescue everybody, and I’m afraid that if we’re not careful,
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated Friday that the central bank is likely to begin withdrawing some of its easy-money policies before the end of the year, though he still sees interest rate hikes off in the distance. In a much-anticipated speech as part of the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole symposium, Powell said the economy
In this article AAPL Tim Cook at WWDC21 on June 7th, 2021. Source: Apple Apple will allow app developers to email their users about non-Apple purchase options, in a major change to App Store policies. Previously, Apple prohibited app makers to steer users through email to their websites to pay for digital products. App makers
James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank. Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said Thursday that the central bank should begin curbing its monthly stimulus efforts soon and have the process wrapped up by the end of March to prevent the U.S. economy from
Seth Jones, a former advisor to U.S. special operations in Afghanistan, told CNBC that he does not think the U.S. will be able to remove the nearly 1,500 Americans still left in Afghanistan before the Aug. 31 deadline set by President Joe Biden. “No, I don’t think it’s going to be possible to get them
In this article AAL An American Airlines passenger jet approaches to land at LAX during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, April 7, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters American Airlines on Wednesday said August revenue is coming in lower than expected as a rise in Covid cases drives down bookings,
A U.S. Marine provides assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. US Marines | Reuters WASHINGTON – The U.S. military has evacuated approximately 4,000 American passport holders along with their families from Afghanistan, a figure the Pentagon expects to increase as the U.S. wraps up its military operation in
Why are thousands of Afghans trying to flee Taliban rule? Because of the Taliban’s track record. One of the most chilling track records on the planet. Hafiz Sadiqulla Hassani, a former member of the Taliban’s secret police, reported that he received the following instructions from his boss, the secret police commandant: “You must become so
In this article AMZN AAPL MSFT Andy Jassy (L), CEO of Amazon, Tim Cook (C), CEO of Apple and Satya Nadell, CEO of Microsoft. Getty Images (L) | Reuters (C-R) Chief executives from several major companies including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are reportedly set to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House Wednesday
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk raises his arms in celebration beneath a Starship rocket prototype under construction in Boca Chica, Texas. Steve Jurvetson on flickr Elon Musk said in a series of tweets on Monday that his aerospace venture, SpaceX, has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals so far, and is now serving 14 countries with license applications
In this article LYFT UBER A driver uses the Uber app to drop off a passenger in London. Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg via Getty Images Shares of Uber and Lyft traded lower in the premarket Monday after a California court ruled that Prop 22, a ballot measure that exempted gig workers from state labor