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Parliamentary panel raps carriers: Airlines will continue to fleece passengers unless flyers boycott them
Bikram Vohra • 7 years agoThe Indian MPs sound good to the public like they care but the airlines are not duty bound to listen and would only do so by way of insincere promise to stay in the good books of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Raul Castro confirms decision to step down next year; Cuba to get new president in April 2018
Ians • 7 years agoCuban president Raul Castro on Thursday affirmed that he will leave office in April 2018, when the country's new national legislature convenes to elect a leader for the next five years
Donald Trump defends throwing paper towels into a crowd of survivors at hurricane-hit Puerto Rico
Ians • 8 years agoTrump also said he had been treated unfairly by the media over relief efforts and said his response compared to that of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
FCC chairman urges Apple to "unlock" FM radio functionality on the iPhone, Apple says it's impossible
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoAmerica’s controversial FCC Chairman Ajit Pai recently issued a statement urging Apple to enable the locked FM radio feature on iPhones.
Hurricane Irma: Death toll rises to 72 in Florida, 112 in Caribbean
• 8 years agoHurricane Irma killed 72 people in Florida when it battered the southern state on 10 September, according to an updated death toll.
Hurricane Maria back to Category 5 as it plummets Dominica; now barrels towards Puerto Rico
• 8 years agoMaria had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 kph) late Monday when it slammed into Dominica.
Hurricane Maria downgraded to Category 4 after wrecking devastation in Dominica
• 8 years agoHurricane Maria smashed into the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica on Tuesday with winds and rain from the powerful storm also hitting territories still reeling from Irma.
Hurricane Maria expected to make landfall in Caribbean tonight, islands prepare for yet another disaster
• 8 years agoEastern Caribbean prepared Sunday to face another potential disaster, with forecasters saying Hurricane Maria was headed for a hit on the Leeward Islands.
Days after Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc in Florida, 1.5 million homes still left without power
• 8 years agoAbout 1.5 million homes and businesses in Florida and Georgia remained without power on Friday after Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma causes flooding, outages in Florida; death toll rises to 61
Fp Staff • 8 years agoHurricane Irma after thrashing several Caribbean islands for much of last week, battered Florida, causing flooding and outages that spanned the state.