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...The chief executive of United Airlines warned on Tuesday that he was rethinking a multibillion-dollar order for new planes after being forced to ground 79 of its 737 Max 9 aircraft following a damaging mid-flight...
...We don’t want to see this escalate,” said John Kirby, spokesperson for the US National Security Council, on NBC’s Meet the Press. “We’re not looking for a wider war with Iran.”...
...In recent days, Biden’s efforts to cajole Congress into passing a sweeping foreign aid package, including billions of dollars in support for Ukraine and Israel, have been held up by Republican objections...
...US Senate negotiators have given up on passing a deal this year to provide billions of dollars in war funding for Ukraine, starting their holiday recess and pushing talks into January....
...And you shouldn’t take at face value anything he has to say,” US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said earlier on Thursday....
...United Airlines’ boss Scott Kirby said yesterday he was rethinking a multibillion-dollar order for new Boeing planes....
...Iran in turn is seeking billions of dollars’ worth of military equipment from Russia, including fighter jets and attack helicopters, Kirby said....
...Chief executive Scott Kirby said that while United was “watching themacroeconomic risks carefully” since airlines are vulnerable toeconomic downturns, “demand remains strong”....
...These tech companies have dumped billions of dollars into the start-ups. And the FTC wants to investigate potentially anti-competitive behaviour....
...John Kirby, the US National Security Council spokesperson, said that after visiting Israel Biden would travel to Amman to meet the leaders of Jordan and Egypt, and would also meet Mahmoud Abbas, the president...
...He said Brazil wanted to work with China to “balance world geopolitics” and said there was a need for an alternative currency to the dollar for use in trade....
...The warning from John Kirby, National Security Council spokesperson, comes after two “unsafe” intercepts in recent days....
...“Nothing has changed about our policy,” Kirby added. “Iran will not be allowed to achieve a nuclear weapons capability.”...
...“As legislators responsible for the expenditure of tens of billions of US taxpayer dollars in military assistance . . . we believe such involvement in this war also creates a responsibility for the United...
...And they’re protesting that and we believe they should be able to do that peacefully,” Kirby said....
...The dollar slipped ahead of the release as bullish traders bet that slowing price growth would ease the pressure on central bank officials to keep tightening monetary policy....
...Confirming the letter had been received, John Kirby, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, said the White House appreciates “their thoughtful concerns about what’s going on in the war in Ukraine...
...The drones are similar to switchblade drones and were rapidly developed by the Air Force in response to Ukrainian requirements, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said....
...On Friday, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby acknowledged that Ukraine had asked for an MLRS system but said a decision on whether to provide one had not yet been taken....
...A bad bet has left a Chinese metals tycoon facing billions of dollars in potential losses....
...Slovakia cannot afford to buy its own Patriot system and it would cost several billion dollars to have enough batteries for reasonable defence cover, the official said....
...Every day, eight to 10 cargo flights, most of them operated by the US, land near the country’s western borders, carrying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of increasingly heavy weaponry, US officials...
...United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby has become the first boss of a big US carrier to warn that the Omicron coronavirus variant is a threat to transatlantic travel....
...“We don’t just see the light at the end of the tunnel, we’re exiting the tunnel,” Scott Kirby, its chief executive, said this week....
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