Новости за 02.01.2024

Officials with New Mexico’s largest electric utility say a proposed multibillion-dollar merger with a U.S. subsidiary of global energy giant Iberdrola has been scuttled. Under the proposal, Avangrid would have acquired PNM Resources and its two utilities — Public Service Co. of New Mexico and Texas New Mexico Power. The all-cash transaction was valued at more than $4.3 billion and would have opened the door for Iberdrola and Avangrid in a state where more wind and solar power could be generated and exported to larger markets. Читать дальше...

Police say a woman who was trapped in a car that crashed early on New Years Day was rescued after a passerby directed officers to the crash scene along a little-used northwest Indiana road. Police and emergency responders spent two hours searching unsuccessfully for the car after a woman called 911 early Monday and said she and another woman were trapped in a crashed car in Gary. Greg Zellers tells WLS-TV he was on his way to work when one of the women got out of the wreck and flagged him down. Zellers says the car... Читать дальше...

A man has been found dead at Salt Lake City International Airport after police say he breached an emergency exit door and climbed inside a jet engine. Officers found a 30-year-old man unconscious inside an engine mounted to the wing of a commercial aircraft loaded with passengers on Monday night. The engine was not running at the time. First responders pulled the man out of the engine and attempted life-saving measures. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not released his name or cause of death. Читать дальше...

A large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft have collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and burst into flames. Officials say five people aboard the coast guard plane were killed. All 379 people on the Japan Airlines flight got out safely. The head of the Transport Ministry Civil Aviation Bureau says the collision occurred when the Japan Airlines' Airbus A350 landed on a runway where the coast guard aircraft was preparing to take off. The coast guard plane had been preparing... Читать дальше...

Steep price cuts helped electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. increase its fourth-quarter vehicle sales by almost 20% as EV sales growth slowed across the industry. The Austin, Texas, company said Tuesday that it sold 484,507 vehicles worldwide from October through December. That handily beat Wall Street estimates of 473,000 for the quarter. For the full year, Tesla said it sold just over 1.8 million vehicles, up 37.7% from 2022 numbers. Full-year sales numbers fell far short of CEO Elon Musk’s prediction of 50% sales growth in most years. Читать дальше...

I tried going vegetarian once when I was in high school. My best friend was a vegetarian, and I was curious. I lasted only about four days. My downfall: a buffalo chicken sandwich. Since that ill-fated attempt, I’ve never tried to curb my meat consumption. It’s just too dang tasty.

Investigators specializing in cold cases and missing people have discovered the identity of an Illinois woman who went missing in the 1970s. The Cook County sheriff’s office says it’s one of the most unusual cases they’ve encountered because the person, who died in 2015, died with the name Seven. They had memory problems and couldn’t even remember their own name. Using postmortem fingerprints, investigators have determined that Seven was Reba Bailey of Danville, a military veteran last in touch with family in the 1970s. Читать дальше...

Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin says his country and China will soon implement visa-free entry for each other’s citizens. Srettha said Tuesday that Chinese nationals will be granted visa-free entry on a permanent basis beginning March 1. Chinese visitors have been allowed visa-free entry since September last year, but the privilege was due to expire on Feb. 29. Thailand’s visa-exemption policy aims to give a boost to the country’s tourism industry, which was badly damaged by the coronavirus pandemic. Читать дальше...

European benchmarks have opened higher after Asian markets mostly fell on the first trading day of 2024. U.S. futures were higher and oil prices gained more than $1. Hong Kong’s benchmark fell more than 1% on Tuesday and Shanghai also declined after data showed more signs of weakness in the Chinese manufacturing and property sectors. Tokyo's markets were closed for the New Year holidays. On Friday, the S&P 500 slipped 0.3%, but still posted a rare ninth consecutive week of gains. It is just 0.6%... Читать дальше...

A lottery player in Michigan has won the $842.4 million Powerball jackpot on the first day of 2024, the first time it has been won on New Year’s Day since the game’s start in 1992. The winning numbers drawn were: 12, 21, 42, 44, 49 and red Powerball: 1. No one has won the Powerball jackpot since mid-October, enabling the prize to grow to the 10th-largest in U.S. history. The chance of winning is 1 in 292.2 million. The $842.4 million payout is for a sole winner who opts for an annuity doled out over... Читать дальше...

Tonto is a legendary traditional drink in Uganda. But the fermented banana juice is under threat as authorities move to regulate the production of what are considered illicit home brews. The drink is popular among many Ugandans ranging from officials in suits to laborers in sandals. Politicians take a sip when hunting for votes, and traditional ceremonies terminate at dusk with tonto parties. The AP spoke to a family that's been brewing tonto for decades about the pressures that also include inflation and changing cultivation choices.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva likes to boast he had a good first year after returning to the job. The economy is improving, Congress passed a long overdue tax reform bill, rioters who wanted to oust him are now in jail and his predecessor and foe Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030. Still, the 78-year-old leader has struggled to boost his support on Main Street and among lawmakers, with some major setbacks included, in a sign his future could be less productive... Читать дальше...

The hacking of a municipal water authority in a small Pennsylvania town is prompting new warnings from U.S. security officials as states and the federal government are wrestling with how to harden water utilities against hackers. Officials say the danger is hackers gaining control of automated equipment to shut down pumps that supply drinking water or contaminate drinking water by reprogramming automated chemical treatments. The efforts took on new urgency in 2021 when the federal government’s leading... Читать дальше...

Officials say several people suffered minor injuries and service was disrupted when a train derailed and caught fire on New Year’s Day in the San Francisco Bay Area. A spokesperson for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, known as BART, says the commuter train had just left Orinda around 9 a.m. Monday when the front two cars derailed just northeast of Oakland. All passengers were evacuated and fire crews quickly extinguished flames in two cars. Officials didn’t immediately say how many people were on the train when it derailed. Читать дальше...

A series of powerful earthquakes has hit western Japan, leaving at least eight people dead and damaging buildings, vehicles and boats. Officials are warning people in some areas on Tuesday to stay away from their homes because of a risk of more strong quakes. Aftershocks continued to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas a day after a magnitude 7.6 temblor slammed the area on Monday afternoon. Officials say at least eight people are confirmed dead in Wajima city, while news reports put the toll at 13. Читать дальше...

Klee Benally, a Navajo man who advocated on behalf of Indigenous people and environmental causes, has died. His sister, Jeneda Benally, said her brother died Saturday at a Phoenix hospital at age 48. His cause of death was not disclosed. Klee Benally was among the most vocal opponents of a Flagstaff ski resort that more than a dozen tribes consider to be on sacred land. He protested police violence and racial profiling, and advocated for the cleanup of abandoned mines where uranium ore was extracted from the Navajo Nation. Читать дальше...

Floral floats, marching bands and equestrian units took to the streets under a sunny California sky as the 135th Rose Parade drew hundreds of thousands of spectators on New Year’s Day. The Pasadena, California, tradition on Monday featured Broadway legend Audra McDonald as grand marshal and the theme “Celebrating a World of Music: The Universal Language.” The top prize, the 2024 Sweepstakes Trophy, went to the San Diego Zoo for the float “It All Started With a Roar,” depicting its mascot Rex the Lion and celebrating wildlife conservation. Читать дальше...