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Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO
New York Times, Published on 21/04/2026
» SAN FRANCISCO — Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive officer (CEO), said Monday that he would step down after nearly 15 years running an operation that rode the wild popularity of the iPhone to become one of the most influential and valuable companies in the world.
Delta plane crashes and overturns while landing at Toronto Airport
New York Times, Published on 18/02/2025
» TORONTO — A Delta Air Lines jet attempting to land at Toronto Pearson Airport amid strong winds and drifting snow crashed and flipped over on the tarmac Monday afternoon, finally coming to a rest with its belly up and with at least one wing shorn off.
Typhoon Yinxing hits Philippines as a powerful storm
New York Times, Published on 08/11/2024
» MANILA — Typhoon Yinxing made landfall in the Philippines on Thursday, bringing dangerous winds and intense rainfall to Luzon, the nation's most populous island.
3 killed, 4 injured in US bridge collapse
New York Times, Published on 17/10/2024
» MISSISSIPPI - Three people were killed and four were critically injured after a bridge in Mississippi that was being demolished collapsed Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
Dikembe Mutombo, a towering NBA presence, dies at 58
New York Times, Published on 01/10/2024
» ATLANTA - Dikembe Mutombo, who arrived at Georgetown University as an international student with aspirations of being a doctor but who instead became a towering presence in professional basketball and a dedicated humanitarian in his native Congo, died Monday in Atlanta. He was 58.
Sweden will offer migrants $34,000 to go home
New York Times, Published on 14/09/2024
» STOCKHOLM - Sweden, a nation long known for its open-arms policy toward migrants, plans to drastically increase its cash offer — by 35 times, to more than US$34,000 — to those who agree to go home.
Half a million in Gaza face starvation
New York Times, Published on 26/06/2024
» NEW YORK - The Gaza Strip is at high risk of famine and almost half a million people there face starvation because of a catastrophic lack of food, a group of global experts said Tuesday, though it stopped short of saying that a famine had begun in the enclave as a result of the Israel-Hamas war.
Nvidia becomes most valuable public company, topping Microsoft
New York Times, Published on 19/06/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO — Move over, Microsoft and Apple. The stock market has a new king.
They're ignoring MrBeast's rules of YouTube, and thriving
New York Times, Published on 24/05/2024
» NEW YORK - Late last year, Zackary Smigel, a YouTube creator, made a video titled "Why Is YouTube Like This?" By "this" he meant that the platform was filled with videos that have sensationalised titles, heavily edited content and grabby thumbnails, often featuring a person’s emotive face.
8 officers shot, 4 fatally, while serving warrant in US
New York Times, Published on 30/04/2024
» CHARLOTTE - Eight law officers were shot Monday, four fatally, as a United States Marshals fugitive task force tried to serve a warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina, police said, in one of the deadliest days for law enforcement in recent years.