New York (AFP) - The potential electrical problem that prompted airlines to remove some 737 MAX planes from service has been found in more areas of the plane than initially known, a report said Friday.
Boeing said on April 9 that the issue, discovered during the manufacturing process, requires "verification that a sufficient ground path exists for a component of the electrical power system."
(Reuters) -Iran on Saturday named a man it wants arrested in connection with a recent explosion and power outage at its main Natanz nuclear plant, as talks got underway in Vienna to try to save Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
"Reza Karimi, the perpetrator of this sabotage... has been identified" by Iran's intelligence ministry, state TV said. It said the suspect had fled Iran before last Sunday’s blast that the Islamic Republic has blamed on arch-foe Israel.
After another rocket attack from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military again attacked several targets in the Palestinian territory.
The targets of the retaliatory attack were a training centre of the Islamist Hamas movement as well as an air defence post, a concrete production facility and tunnel infrastructure, the army announced in the early hours of Saturday.
German courts have confirmed bans on rallies by the Querdenken (Lateral Thinking) movement planned for Saturday in Dresden and Stuttgart.
The movement, which is largely made up of Covid-19 deniers, right-wing activists and anti-vaccination campaigners, has held mass protests in the past that frequently defied the regulations implemented to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
Final preparations were under way for the funeral of Prince Philip, who is due to be laid to rest at Windsor Castle on Saturday afternoon in a small family affair due to Covid-19 restrictions.
The funeral is set to begin at 1340 GMT with the coffin leaving the castle, followed by a funeral march and a minute of silence nationwide, according to Buckingham Palace.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would decide what counter sanctions to impose on Washington, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden hit Moscow with an array of punitive measures, but gave no indication of timing.
The U.S. government on Thursday blacklisted Russian companies, expelled Russian diplomats and barred U.S. banks from buying sovereign bonds from Russia's central bank, national wealth fund and Finance Ministry.
Mumbai (AFP) - The head of the world's largest vaccine maker directly tweeted US President Joe Biden on Friday urging him to lift an export ban on raw materials desperately needed to make more coronavirus shots.
The unusual step by Serum Institute (SII) chief Adar Poonawalla underlined the crisis in providing vaccines to developing nations, many of which rely heavily on the firm for supplies.
By Rocky Swift
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's inability to contain the COVID-19 pandemic means that plans to hold the Olympics in Tokyo should be reconsidered, health experts wrote in a commentary.
