American Airlines continues to show promising growth in passenger and cargo factors. In June, the airline flew 4.2 million passengers compared to less than one million passengers in April. Load factors were running at just 15% in April, but have since recovered to 63% in June. Photo: Tom Boon / …
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Within days of a draconian national security law taking effect in Hong Kong this week, Beijing appointed a hard-line and controversial Communist Party figure as head of the newly established office to ensure that radical new changes are implemented. Zheng Yanxiong’s appointment has many critics who fear it is a …
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Mary L. Trump, whose pending revealing memoirs about her uncle, President Trump, sparked a court fight on the eve of the publication, first spoke publicly about the battle, saying her book has “profound national relevance” and that The legal contract the family has tried to use this month to stop …
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Who knew that all it would take for the Washington soccer team to change its name would be the main sponsor of its playing field, which it did not suggest so graciously, threatening the loss of millions of dollars and an accelerated corporate race. running away from the franchise. ? …
Read More »Charlize Theron in an aspiring franchise franchise – Variety
There’s one thing you can always count on in blockbuster movie culture: if a popcorn genre stays around long enough, after a while it will merge with other genre of popcorn with which it apparently has nothing to do. That’s what happened when “Kingsman: Secret Service” (2014) fused the setting …
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