Bonza airline launches budget flights in Australia
A new Australian budget airline, Bonza, launched its first flight Tuesday, promising cheap tickets, onboard craft beer, snags (sausages) and a relaxed approach to crew uniforms.
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Youth symphony vies for a Grammy with debut album
When the New York Youth Symphony recorded its debut album during the pandemic's dark early days, violinist Jessica Jeon was just 12 years old.
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Peru tourism industry in 'free fall' as Machu Picchu closed by protests
Decked out in helmet, belt, gold-plated armor and sandals, Juan Pablo Huanacchini Mamani gazes out vacantly from the Ollantaytambo Inca ruins in Peru.
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Samsung quarterly profits plunge to 8 year low on demand slump
Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter operating profits plunged nearly 70 percent, the biggest drop in more than eight years, as the global economic slowdown dealt a blow to electronics and chips sales.
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Boeing to deliver last 747, the plane that democratized flying
Boeing is set to officially bid farewell to the original jumbo jet, the 747, as it makes its final commercial delivery of an aircraft that democratized flying and serves US presidents.
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Is there life on Mars? Maybe, and it could have dropped its teddy
Yogi, Paddington and Winnie the Pooh, move over. There's a new bear in town. Or on Mars, anyway.
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White House says US Covid emergency status to end May 11
The White House said Monday that the national and public health emergencies declared just as the Covid-19 pandemic took grip three years ago will officially end May 11.
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Biden rejects F-16s for Ukraine as Russia claims advances
President Joe Biden said Monday the United States would not provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, as Kyiv expands the list of weaponry it needs to be better able to drive Russia forces from occupied territories.
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Wife of jailed Bolivian opposition leader claims prison 'intimacy' filmed
The wife of a jailed Bolivian opposition leader accused the government Monday of having used a hidden camera to film "intimacy" between her and her husband on a prison visit.
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