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...The attack came after the USS Mason had responded to a distress call from the M/V Central Park, which had been boarded by unknown assailants, Centcom said....
...was primarily due to a $9.3 million increase in other operating expenses resulting from the recognition of a $9.5 million contingent loss related to cash that was stolen from a third-party armoured car carrier...
...Earlier on Wednesday, the Houthis launched an attack drone and struck a bulk carrier ship in the Gulf of Aden....
...Unorthodox adds gold hardware to its structured burgundy carrier with adjustable straps, and sustainable label Mono+n.a.v.y’s two-toned canvas and vegetable leather bag can be embossed for a personal touch...
...The future of London is represented by Google’s about-to-be-finished monster building in King’s Cross, as big as an aircraft carrier with more than a million square feet, large enough to accommodate 7,000...
...At the entrance I find Greenough shuffling about in a V-neck cricket jumper and a marshal’s jacket....
...With the very concept of the department store in peril, Selfridges is clearly determined to return to its founder’s principles: that the customer should take home more than just a carrier bag....
...American Airlines, the US’s largest carrier, last week signalled an end to pandemic losses and a return to profitability in the second quarter as passenger demand surged....
...And Topo Designs, a Colorado brand known for its hardy backpacks, is about to launch its Mountain Series collection of colourful, retro-looking carriers made from 100 per cent recycled nylon....
...The carrier will buy or lease 250 of the futuristic aircraft, which look like mini helicopters, from Avolon, according to Dómhnal Slattery, chief executive of the Dublin-based aircraft leasing group....
...“I think they’re being intentionally confusing,” said Mr Romero. The spin does not stop with the numbers....
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...Charted waters looks into the rollout of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine....
...Russia’s healthcare watchdog has said that it has not detected any cases of blood clots arising from the use of the country’s Sputnik V vaccine....
...On the eve of his landmark Tate retrospective in 2019, Frank Bowling had in his London studio an unfinished canvas with an electric blue surface which displayed a carrier bag scrunched into a haphazard map...
...This is combined with microscopic oily droplets called lipid nanoparticles that act as a carrier. Helena Faccioli, chief executive of Farmacore, described it as “unique in the world”....
...But Russia has heavily promoted its flagship Sputnik V vaccine, which has shown 91.6 per cent efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19 in clinical trials, according to a Lancet peer review released on Tuesday...
...While legacy carriers sag from heavy debts or beg for bailouts, Mr Varadi sees opportunity on the radar. Full-year results attested to that on Wednesday....
...This spring, US carriers received fiscal support and pledged in exchange to not cut staff until October 1....
...executive pay, companies that took the money agreed not to lay off staff or axe routes until September 30 — even though air passenger volumes in the US have fallen by more than 90 per cent since March, and a V-shape...
...Cash has also flooded back into a V-shaped market recovery at a pace that is anything but glacial, or U-shaped in geographical terms....
...We are seeing nice signs of the V-shaped recovery we were hoping for but the economy is far too fragile — and everything far too uncertain — for a tax grab now....
...A V-shaped recovery in kneecaps isn’t in the price, they say....
...In the event of a V-shaped economic recovery, companies could then restock quickly, but in the meantime they would not have to pay full-price warehouse fees, which have climbed because of labour shortages...
...The €9bn bailout of national carrier Lufthansa is facing scrutiny from Brussels and a challenge from Ryanair, Lufthansa’s rival airline....
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