ATHENS, Greece — A panel of senior Greek government and military officials has approved a 1.2-billion-euro ($1.45 billion) deal to upgrade more than half of the country’s American-made F-16 fighter planes. Officials say the deal approved by the Greek cabinet on Saturday will give 85 of Greece’s fleet of F-16s capabilities similar to the much […]
ATHENS, Greece — A panel of senior Greek government and military officials has approved a 1.2-billion-euro ($1.45 billion) deal to upgrade more than half of the country’s American-made F-16 fighter planes. Officials say the deal approved by the Greek cabinet on Saturday will give 85 of Greece’s fleet of F-16s capabilities similar to the much […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Two fires broke out Saturday at a vacant high-rise building in Azerbaijan’s capital that was intended to be a Trump-branded hotel in the former Soviet republic before Donald Trump was elected as U.S. president. The first blaze burned the 33-story building in Baku for three hours before firefighters shooting jets of water […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan — A high-rise building in Azerbaijan’s capital that once was intended to be a Trump-branded hotel caught fire Saturday, but the flames were put out and no injuries were reported. The 33-story building had few visible signs of damage to its exterior once firefighters who sprayed water into the structure from trucks extinguished […]
RENO, Nev. — The owner of an abandoned Nevada mine has suspended the normal bottled water deliveries it’s been providing neighbours since tests in 2004 confirmed a plume of groundwater contaminated area wells. The move outlined in emails obtained by The Associated Press comes two months after federal regulators backed off plans to add the […]
RENO, Nev. — The owner of an abandoned Nevada mine has suspended the normal bottled water deliveries it’s been providing neighbours since tests in 2004 confirmed a plume of groundwater contaminated area wells. The move outlined in emails obtained by The Associated Press comes two months after federal regulators backed off plans to add the […]
LONDON — U.K. grocery chain Sainsbury’s has confirmed it is in advanced discussions about a merger with Walmart Inc.’s British unit, Asda. The combination would create Britain’s largest supermarket chain, moving the merged company ahead of market leader Tesco. J Sainsbury plc, the chain’s corporate name, released no other information on Saturday and said it […]
State lawmakers across the country have been considering taxing prescription opioids. A look at what they would do: —— WHAT WOULD BE TAXED The bills propose taxing sales of prescription opioid painkillers, generally at the wholesale level. Some spell out that the wholesaler would be the entity required to pay the state. Other versions do […]
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Insurers are falling short in verifying the data feeding into their artificial intelligence (AI) systems: Accenture Technology Vision for Insurance 2018 report London, UK (Apr. 25, 2018) – A new report from Accenture has...