America News
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SpiceJet takes fleet size to 100, inducts 22 grounded Jet planes
Indian budget carrier SpiceJet has inducted a new Boeing 737 taking its fleet size to 100 following aggressive capacity expansion....
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Top US diplomat makes secret Iraq trip amid Iran tensions
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a lightning visit Tuesday to Baghdad aimed at showing support for the Iraqi...
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3 black women win Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America
When Cheslie Kryst won the Miss USA crown, it marked more than a personal triumph: It meant that for the...
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Writers Guild of America sues four major Hollywood talent agencies
'The Wire' creator David Simon, seven other writers, and the Writers Guild of America sued the four major Hollywood talent...
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Priyanka collaborates with American writer Mindy
Actress Priyanka Chopra is collaborating with top American writer Mindy Kaling alias Vera Mindy Chokalingam for a Hollywood-Bollywood wedding film...
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3 American soldiers, 1 US contractor killed in Afghanistan
Three American service members and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on Monday near...
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South America resists electric vehicles
Meeting in Brazil this week, auto executives from Toyota to GM talked up traditional fuel sources like ethanol, natural gas...
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American Airlines pilots will test 737 MAX software fix in Boeing simulator
American Airlines pilots will test Boeing Co’s 737 MAX software fix on simulators this weekend, the pilots’ union told Reuters...
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Japanese power firm to expand in Bangladesh
Japan's Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) plans to expand its footprint in Bangladesh in a bid to grab more market...
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Extreme poverty rises again in Latin America: UN report
Extreme poverty in Latin America hit its highest level for nine years in 2017, according to a report by the...
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Trump's ‘America First’ could fully emerge
With the angry departure of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the United States and its shaken allies are about to discover...
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Trade top priority: US envoy
Increasing the US trade in Bangladesh will be the top priority of future bilateral relations, said newly appointed US Ambassador...
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Statins: Risk of side effects is low, say experts
For most people who take statins to lower cholesterol, the risk of side effects is low compared to the benefits,...
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Could managing cholesterol prevent Alzheimer's?
The largest genetic study of Alzheimer's disease to date finds that a "handful of gene variants" increases some people's risk...
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Americans crave unity amid violence, anger
She flipped through television channels and radio stations, scanning from conservative to liberal media, searching for any sign that the...
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Rocket failure astronauts will go back into space: Russian official
Two astronauts who survived the mid-air failure of a Russian rocket will fly again and are provisionally set to travel...