Both groups delivered a total of 66 jets in January and February. But whereas this makes up some 12% of market forecasts for Boeing’s 2023 deliveries, Airbus has secured just 9% of its 2023 target of 720 jets, below the trend for this time of year.After missed targets in 2022, Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury has told executives that 2023 will be “make or break” for the company’s industrial reputation, industry sources said.It is the second call to arms in a month after sources said he previously warned January had delivered a “wake-up call”.Airbus declined to comment on internal meetings.It…
Author: Mike Harrison
By AFP  March 15, 2023 | 09:17am GMT+7 Thai authorities are scrambling to find a cylinder containing dangerous radioactive material that went missing from a power station, officials said Tuesday, warning of serious health risks from direct exposure. Staff at the coal-fired plant in Prachinburi Province, east of Bangkok, noticed the steel tube, 30 centimeters (12 inches) long and 13 centimeters wide, was missing during routine checks on Friday.A weekend search failed to locate the 25-kilogram (55-pound) tube containing highly radioactive Caesium-137, said Kittiphan Chitpentham of the National Power Supply Public Company, which owns the plant.The company believes it may…
Given that consumer inflation, at 4.1%, outpace wage hikes, pay rises of 3% or more need to continue in the coming years to sustain price stability at 2%, said Hisashi Yamada, senior economist at Japan Research Institute. “Average wage hikes that are consistent with the central bank’s 2% price target are 3% which can be met this year albeit temporarily,” Yamada said. Takahide Kiuchi, a former Bank of Japan board member who is now executive economist at Nomura Research Institute, said base pay rises hold the key in determining how wages may affect prices. The JERC survey showed that excluding…
BTS, the best-selling K-pop band of all time, perform on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ show in Central Park in New York City, US, May 15, 2019. Photo by Reuters/Brendan McDermid Vietnam has the third-highest number of hallyu (K-pop and South Korean pop culture) fans in the world, behind only China and Thailand, a new study says According to the annual report “2022 Global Hallyu Status” by the non-profit organization Korea Foundation, of the estimated 178 million hallyu fans around the world, 13.3 million are in Vietnam, reported The Korea Times.China ranks first with 84 million and Thailand trails behind in…
By Reuters  March 14, 2023 | 10:17pm GMT+7 The logo of Meta Platforms’ business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. Photo by Reuters/Yves Herman Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs, the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of mass layoffs as the industry braces for a deep economic downturn. Meta shares jumped 6% on the news. The widely anticipated job cuts are part of a wider restructuring that will also see the company scrap hiring plans for 5,000 openings, cancel lower-priority projects and flatten layers of middle management.”I think…
By Reuters  March 14, 2023 | 10:17pm GMT+7 The logo of Meta Platforms’ business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. Photo by Reuters/Yves Herman Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs, the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of mass layoffs as the industry braces for a deep economic downturn. Meta shares jumped 6% on the news. The widely anticipated job cuts are part of a wider restructuring that will also see the company scrap hiring plans for 5,000 openings, cancel lower-priority projects and flatten layers of middle management.”I think…
By Huyen  March 14, 2023 | 04:29pm GMT+7 I’m getting married in a few months, but I don’t want to do it if my family insists on inviting my deadbeat dad. I’m a fully grown 24-year-old woman.The one thing that’s been bothering me right now is the fact that my in-laws and my mother want to invite my father to the wedding.I’m devastated and don’t know what to do. My father left us for another woman when I was in third grade and my sister was only 9 months old.My mother said that not only did my paternal grandparents refuse…
Actress Lee Da-hee. Photo courtesy of Lee Da-hee Lee Da-hee, who is known for her role in several South Korean hit TV series and films, has chosen Da Nang for her photoshoot. The actress boarded a flight from Incheon to Da Nang on Tuesday night, according to South Korean news site Mydaily. Her full schedule in Vietnam is yet to be announced.The 37-year-old film star, actress, TV host and model, started her acting career in 2002 at the age of 17 with small roles in TV series and films. Her breakout role was in 2013 when she starred in the…
The bodies of Noberto Maderal and fellow pedicab driver George Avancena, killed during a drug-related police operation, are taken away by funeral parlor workers in Manila, Philippines October 19, 2016. Photo by Reuters/Damir Sagolj During his six-year term, which ended in June 2022, Duterte openly ordered police to shoot dead drug suspects if officers’ lives were in danger.More than 6,200 people died in the anti-narcotics campaign, according to official figures, but rights groups estimate the actual figure was in the tens of thousands.Only three police officers had previously been convicted for killing a suspect during the crackdown, which sparked an…
His battered wooden boat is anchored just offshore, where trees and statues that were once on the beach now sit partially submerged about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the capital Jakarta.”I am very saddened and terrified knowing in the next 10 or 20 years Pari island might disappear,” the 52-year-old told AFP.Environmentalists have said most of the 42-hectare (103-acre) island could sink by 2050 because of rising sea levels.The island’s residents are seeking justice, and last month sued Swiss cement giant Holcim over its emissions.They alleviate the world’s largest cement firm is responsible for climate-related loss and damages in…