Lion Air plane crash Indonesia has lifted a ban on the Boeing 737 Max, more than three years after the Lion Air disaster that saw the loss of all 189 people on board. The plane maker saw its best-selling aircraft grounded globally after a deadly crash in March 2019 involving an Ethiopian Airlines 737 […]
By Elna Schutz Johannesburg, South Africa “So now finally, we’re on the map,” says Philip Balhoa about Lüderitz, a town in southern Namibia, where harsh desert meets pale ocean. The port town has previously benefited from diamonds and fishing booms, but now struggles with high rates of unemployment and aging infrastructure. A proposed green hydrogen […]
Elon Musk is facing a social media backlash after China complained that its space station was forced to avoid collisions with satellites launched by his Starlink Internet Services project. The country’s space station had two “close encounters” with Starlink satellites this year, Beijing claimed. The incidents behind the complaints, lodged with the UN’s space agency, […]
The Federal Reserve will cut back its stimulus programme more quickly than planned, as it ratchets up its response to rising inflation. The US central bank had already announced it was tapering off the monthly support, introduced to bolster the economy during the pandemic. But on Wednesday officials said the process would be speeded up, […]
By Lucy Hooker Business reporter, New York Amazon is facing questions over health and safety policies at a warehouse in the US state of Illinois after six workers died when the building was destroyed by a tornado. “This never would have happened if they cared about lives over productivity,” the sister of one of […]
Prices for American consumers are rising at their fastest annual rate since June 1982. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 6.8% in the year to November according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Petrol prices jumped 6.1%, while the cost of second-hand cars, rent and food also rose. However the monthly pace […]
By Nikhil Inamdar BBC Business Correspondent Coronavirus pandemic Digambar Singh says he has been chasing Byju’s, an online tutoring firm and the world’s highest-valued edtech start-up, for a refund for months now. Mr Singh, an accountant, says he paid 5,000 rupees (£48; $66) up front and borrowed an additional 35,000 rupees – a loan […]
By Nikhil Inamdar and Aparna Alluri BBC News Parag Agrawal, who was appointed this week as Twitter’s CEO, has joined at least a dozen other Indian-born techies in the corner offices of the world’s most influential Silicon Valley companies. Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, and the top bosses of IBM, Adobe, Palo Alto Networks, […]
By Ivana Davidovic Business reporter, BBC News Maria says she grew up in a “loving” Catholic family on the east coast of America, with large Sunday dinners a weekly staple. Her parents had a good marriage and she wanted that respect and closeness in her own relationship. When she met her husband in her early […]
By Peter Hoskins Business reporter Technology giant Tencent has been told to halt the roll out of new apps in China. The country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has also ordered a temporary suspension of updates to the products. It comes as the technology industry regulator reviews compliance with privacy rules introduced this […]
