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People take part in a protest against fascism and the housing crisis in Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, Spain. REUTERS/Alejandro Martinez Velez
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Schneider Electric at the Global Industrie exhibition in France. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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- France's Schneider Electric struck its biggest deal ever, agreeing to buy PTC in an all-cash deal valuing the US software company's equity at around $22.6 billion.
- The US Supreme Court is set to hear a bid by oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to thwart a lawsuit by officials in Boulder, Colorado, seeking monetary damages for harms caused by climate change, as the justices open a new nine-month term.
- A former OpenAI safety employee who recently resigned criticized the company's approach to AI safety, arguing that a fast-paced culture focused on rapid development increases the risk of failures.
- Crude oil exports from the Middle East rose above pre-war levels in four of the seven days of the final week of September despite attacks on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Europe's uptake of electric vehicles is gaining momentum, with record sales so far this year driven by a slew of affordable models coming onto the market to bring carmakers in line with EU targets.
- Honda aims to cut costs by as much as a fifth and halve development times under its new partnership in India with Tata Technologies, as pressure from rivals forces the Japanese automaker to rethink its go-it-alone approach.
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Children play football outside a market in Asmara, the largest city in Eritrea. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
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Eritrea has long been isolated by the West, which views the East African country as among the most repressive in the world.
This small country of fewer than 4 million people has nonetheless acquired new geopolitical significance this year, during the Iran war, owing to its 1,000 km coastline along the Red Sea shipping route. The route has proved a critical alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.
Attacks on Red Sea trading vessels by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, which faces Eritrea across the route’s southern chokepoint, have made Eritrean waters potentially the most secure transit corridor.
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Simulating flight FZ1073's sudden plunge |
Sources: Flightradar24; The United States National Transportation Safety Board; Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee; French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety
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Flydubai's flight FZ1073, which plunged 16,000 feet in about 30 seconds before being levelled out and landing safely, would have felt like a "vertical roller coaster", according to an aviation instructor who recreated the descent in a flight simulator for Reuters.
"The difference is that on the roller coaster, you know what's happening," Alberto Paduanelli, owner of ALPA Simulation, said. For passengers who are not strapped in, "Your body will literally lift from the seat", he said.
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