U.S. senator asks American, Southwest, United to ground Boeing MAX jets
Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday asked American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines to voluntarily ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 planes after two deadly crashes in recent months.
OECD seeing less corporate opposition to digital era tax revamp
A global effort to revamp international tax rules for the digital era is receiving less corporate push-back than past attempts, the OECD’s head of tax policy said on Tuesday.
India to ground Boeing 737 MAX planes after Ethiopia crash
India is grounding U.S. planemaker Boeing Co’s 737 MAX aircraft immediately, the ministry of civil aviation said late on Tuesday, following the fatal crash of a plane of the same type in Ethiopia on Sunday.
U.S. senators Romney, Warren urge FAA to temporarily ground Boeing 737 MAX 8
U.S. senators Mitt Romney and Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday called on the Federal Aviation Administration to follow several other countries and temporarily ground Boeing Co’s 737 MAX 8, days after a crash in Ethiopia killed everyone onboard one of the pl…
Germany grounds Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 9 for three months
Germany’s air safety authority DFS said on Tuesday that both Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 models will be barred from the country’s air space until June 12.
EU’s Barnier says Britain won’t get transition without Brexit deal
Britain will not get a post-Brexit transition period unless the House of Commons ratifies the divorce package, the bloc’s chief negotiator said on Tuesday as parliament in London seemed to be moving toward voting the deal down again.
Security Council members urge Yemen parties to implement peace deal
The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council urged Yemen’s warring parties on Tuesday to implement a peace deal in the port city of Hodeidah, a move they hope will lead to an end of the four-year-old conflict.
South Sudan dismisses gang rape accusations, asks for peace funding
South Sudan’s justice minister on Tuesday dismissed U.N. investigators’ accusations that fighting and gang rape persisted in his country and called for $285 million in donations to fund peacemaking bodies.
Britain’s May heads for defeat in Brexit vote
British Prime Minister Theresa May was heading for defeat on Tuesday on her plans to leave the European Union as skeptical members of her own party appeared ready to defy her warning that Britain might not leave the EU at all if they voted against her….
Macron’s party rules out joining EU centrist group after Le Pen accusations
French President Emmanuel Macron’s party will not join the pan-European ALDE group, his EU election campaign chief said, after it emerged the centrist alliance had received funding from the Bayer-Monsanto agriculture and chemicals conglomerate.
