Are passenger jet engines hitting their technical limits?
The high-pressure turbine blades in a Trent 1000 passenger jet engine have to withstand temperatures far above the melting point of the nickel alloy from which they’re made. It’s a fiendish technical challenge for the engine’s British manufacturer, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc — comparable to trying to stop an ice cube melting inside a kitchen oven…
Quincy Jones-hosted Jazz Foundation benefit raises more than $150,000
Inside the cozy nightclub thick with jazz musicians, music industry professionals and a sprinkling of other VIPs, legendary music producer Quincy Jones on Sunday night hosted “Q & You,” a benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America. “There are some amazing people here tonight,” Jones said from his perch on a banquette, seated beside music…
Free flights to Cuba included with these multiday tours
InsightCuba is offering U.S. travelers free round-trip airfare between Miami and Havana on multiday tours to the island nation. The deal: The free airfare applies to most tours, from four-day weekend excursions to Havana ($2,595 and up), to 10-day tours ($4,895 and up) that take you to less-traveled parts of the island. The company has…
Israel vows to keep hitting militants as 18 killed in Gaza
GAZA CITY — Israeli airstrikes killed more Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza on Wednesday as rocket fire toward Israel resumed after a brief overnight lull, raising the death toll in the strip to 18 Palestinians in the heaviest round of fighting in months. The military said more than 250 rockets have been fired at Israeli…
Australian wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations
CANBERRA, Australia — Scores of wildfires continued to rage across vast tracts of Australia’s drought-stricken east coast on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes, some for the second time in a week. The most intense fires were concentrated in the northeastern states of New South Wales and Queensland, although a fire emergency warning…
Newsletter: Will these hearings be unimpeachable?
Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter TOP STORIES Will These Hearings Be Unimpeachable? Public hearings in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump are scheduled to begin this morning with testimony from State Department official George Kent and William B. Taylor Jr., the by-the-book senior U.S. diplomat in…
Paris Against Trump: Demonstrations Greet US President in France
Click:推薦適合合作的KOL平台 After a rally at the Place de Etats-Unis, the former home of the U.S. embassy, hundreds of protesters gathered at Place de la Republique to begin the “No Trump Zone” demonstrations planned to coincide with Trump’s visit. As the two leaders held a press conference to discuss foreign policy and trade, and Trump defended…
Trump: The Anti-Gorbachev
Back in the late 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev had a magic touch internationally. Traveling outside the Soviet Union, he often received the adulation that was so frequently lacking at home. When Gorbachev visited other Communist countries, crowds would turn out to welcome him as a savior. Click Here: Newcastle United Shop He had that effect in…
Fighting for Okinawa — My Home, Not a Military Base
My family moved to the United States from Okinawa when I was 7. But Okinawa is still home — and I’m hurt and angered at how the United States and Japan continue to treat Okinawa as little more than a colonial outpost. As a teacher, I’m even more dismayed at how the conventional school curriculum…
Former Nuclear Launch Officers Warn Congress: Trump Should Not Have 'Absolute Power to Destroy Nations'
In an open letter to Congress on Thursday, 17 “former stewards of the launch keys” blasted President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to use nuclear weapons and urged lawmakers to take action to curtail his authority. “The president has had ample opportunity to educate and humble himself to the grave responsibilities of his office. Instead, he…