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CNN — Turkish police detained at least four cartoonists on Monday accused of drawing and distributing a cartoon that authorities and protesters say is a depiction of the Prophet Mohammed and Moses. The cartoon, published in a political satire magazine, shows what appears to be a Muslim and a Jewish man, both with wings and halos, shaking hands and greeting each other as bombs fall below. The cartoon went viral on social media four days after it was published. Hundreds of people took to Istanbul’s main tourist street, chanting “Allah is Great” and calling for sharia law in protest. Turkish…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 10:10 AM ET, Mon June 30, 2025 While total air traffic demand globally rose 5 percent this May with increases in every major market, the United States domestic market saw a 1.7 percent decline over May, 2024, according to new data from the International Air Transportation Association (IATA).Total air travel demand is measured in RPKs, or revenue passenger kilometers. It increased globally 5 percent from last year, spurred by the 9.4 percent growth in the Asia Pacific region. International travel demand increased 6.7 percent over May 2024, with capacity up 6.4 percent too. Load factors…
Klarna and Bolt announced a partnership Monday, which will see Klarna’s payment options integrated into Bolt’s checkout operating system. This deal means Klarna will show up as a buy now, pay later choice on Bolt devices. Merchants using Bolt can offer Klarna’s Pay in 4 or monthly financing options to shoppers in physical stores, and shoppers can choose that option with a single click. The integration is set to go live later this year, first in the U.S. and then in other markets around the world. In a statement given to TechCrunch, Ryan Breslow, co-founder and CEO of Bolt, told…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 10:30 AM ET, Mon June 30, 2025 For the first time in five years, Carnival Cruise Line is changing its soda beverage partner from PepsiCo to The Coca-Cola Company, offering Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Powerade, Topo Chico, fairlife and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar to guests. Carnival expects the transition to be completed across its North American fleet by the end of this September. Carnival ships in Australia already serve Coca-Cola products. Once the transition is complete, Carnival Cruise Line guests will no longer be able to order Pepsi, Sierra Mist, bubly, Pure Leaf, Gatorade, MTN Dew or other…
Levelpath, a procurement software startup founded by the duo behind Scout RFP, has raised $55 million in Series B funding led by Battery Ventures as the company looks to quadruple its revenue this year. The funding round also saw participation from existing investors, including Benchmark, which led Levelpath’s $14.5 million seed round, and Redpoint, the lead investor in the $30 million Series A round announced in 2023. The startup was founded by Stan Garber and Alex Yakubovich (pictured right), whose previous startup, Scout RFP, was acquired by Workday for $540 million in 2019. During the three years Yakubovich and Garber…
CNN — New satellite images show continuing work at Iran’s Fordow nuclear enrichment plant, which was struck by US B-2 bombers just over a week ago. The imagery was collected by Maxar Technologies on Sunday. Maxar said it “reveals ongoing activity at and near the ventilation shafts and holes caused by last week’s airstrikes on the Fordow fuel enrichment complex.” The pictures show “an excavator and several personnel are positioned immediately next to the northern shaft on the ridge above the underground complex. The crane appears to be operating at the entrance to the shaft/hole.” According to Maxar, several additional…
This Fourth of July travel period is poised to be record-breaking, but Americans won’t have to leave the house to save big on their next trip.That’s because a plethora of suppliers are offering savings and special perks for those who make timely bookings this Independence Day. Here are some of the can’t-miss travel deals available in the coming days in celebration of July 4th.Royal Caribbean International, Carnival Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise LineCruise giants including Royal Caribbean International, Carnival Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line are offering mammoth savings and special perks. But travelers must act fast and book before the…
Just a few days after launching a limited robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, Tesla pulled off an additional stunt meant to show off the progress of its self-driving car software. The company let a Model Y SUV drive roughly 15 miles from Tesla’s factory to the apartment complex where the car’s new owner lives, completing what CEO Elon Musk called the first “autonomous delivery” of a customer car. The vehicle was supposedly equipped with the same software Tesla’s robotaxi Model Ys are using in Austin, but upon delivery was downgraded to the commercially available Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software that requires…
London CNN — The British Royal Household released its financial statement on Monday, revealing that the annual lump sum from the government remained at £86.3 million ($118.50 million). The sum, called the Sovereign Grant, pays for the upkeep of royal palaces and the royals’ official duties and is funded by British taxpayer money. In return, the monarch hands over all profits from the Crown Estate — which includes vast swathes of central London property, the Ascot Racecourse and the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland — to the government, in an arrangement dating back to 1760. The Sovereign Grant…
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is pondering the nature of rap battles and the cutting wordplay in Kendrick Lamar ’s “Not Like Us,” the megahit diss track that spurred a defamation lawsuit from his fellow superstar Drake. Drake sued Universal Music Group — both his and Lamar’s record label — over “Not Like Us,” saying the company published and promoted a song he deems slanderous. Universal says the lyrics are just hyperbole in the tradition of rap beefing, and the label is trying to get the case dismissed.Judge Jeannette Vargas didn’t immediately decide after a lively hearing Monday,…