Author: admin

A Rolls-Royce aircraft engine on view during the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair on March 31, 2025.Ronny Hartmann | Afp | Getty ImagesBritish aerospace and defense company Rolls-Royce announced it is investing $75 million to expand its engine manufacturing facility in Aiken, South Carolina.The investment will boost output of mtu Series 4000 diesel engines, which are used in backup power systems for data centers and other critical infrastructures.”The increased investment strengthens our ability to serve our U.S. customers — especially in the fast-growing American data center industry,” Adam Wood, managing director for Rolls-Royce’s power systems division in America, said in…

London Reuters  —  Britain set up a secret scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to the UK after a soldier accidentally disclosed the personal details of more than 33,000 people, putting them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban, court documents showed on Tuesday. A judge at London’s High Court said in a May 2024 judgment first made public on Tuesday that about 20,000 people may have to be offered relocation to Britain, a move that would likely cost “several billion pounds.” Britain’s current defense minister John Healey said that around 4,500 affected people “are in Britain or in transit…

Europe and the sun-drenched Mediterranean are home to many of the world’s most family-friendly airports in 2025.Menorca Airport in Spain’s Balearic Islands ranks number one, according to the latest data from the United Kingdom-based stroller company iCandy. “Despite its modest size, this Spanish airport stands out as the ultimate family-friendly airport, scoring an impressive 95 out of 100. This Mediterranean gem offers four dedicated children’s play areas and three nursing rooms for parents to keep little ones entertained and well-fed before boarding their flights,” says iCandy.”The airport also has eight dining options for parents to choose from, and thanks to…

Cognition, the startup behind the viral AI coding agent Devin, announced in a blog post on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf. The announcement comes just days after Google hired away Windsurf’s CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and research leaders in a $2.4 billion reverse-acquihire that left much of the startup’s 250-person team behind. Google’s deal occurred just hours after OpenAI’s $3 billion offer to acquire Windsurf expired, clearing the way for the AI coding startup to explore other options. The frenzy around Windsurf represents a new peak in the wild…

Athens CNN  —  Police in Greece are searching for the killer of a University of California Berkeley professor who was shot dead on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a family custody hearing. Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, an economist and professor of marketing at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, was shot multiple times at close range in a residential suburb of Athens and died at the scene, according to police. A masked gunman “approached the victim on foot and opened fire from close range” at about 4:15 p.m., hitting the victim in the neck and…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Severance” led Emmy nominations with 27 nods Tuesday, and “The Studio” led comedy nominations with 23.Here’s a partial list of Emmy nominees in top categories:Drama series“Andor”; “Paradise”; “Severance”; “Slow Horses”; “The Diplomat”; “The Pitt”; “The Last of Us”; “The White Lotus”Comedy Series “Hacks”; “The Bear”; “The Studio”; “Only Murders in the Building”; “Abbott Elementary”; “Nobody Wants This”; “Shrinking”; “What We Do in the Shadows”Limited Series“Adolescence”; “The Penguin”; “Dying for Sex”; “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”; “Black Mirror”Drama ActorSterling K. Brown, “Paradise” ; Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses” ; Pedro Pascal, “The Last of Us”; Adam Scott, “Severance” ;…

Construction renovation of new office in business building window at nightFangxianuo | E+ | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.After a slow improvement in demand for office space in the first part of this year, April brought a significant contraction. Tariffs may be behind it.In April, 17 of the 19 major office markets…

Medical billing giant Episource is notifying millions of people across the United States that their personal and health information was stolen in a cyberattack earlier this year. The breach affects more than 5.4 million people, according to a listing with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, making it one of the largest healthcare breaches of the year so far.  Episource, owned by health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary Optum, provides billing adjustment to the doctors, hospitals, and other organizations that work in the healthcare industry. As such, the company handles large amounts of patients’ personal and medical data…

CNN  —  Syria’s military entered a stronghold for the Druze minority in the country’s south on Tuesday to “pursue outlaw groups,” the government said, prompting Israel to launch strikes against the forces dispatched by Damascus. Clashes broke out over the weekend between Druze forces and Bedouin tribes in the southern city of Suwayda, leaving 30 people dead and injuring dozens more. The violence prompted an intervention by the Syrian government, which lost eighteen of its soldiers in the clashes. Israel, which has vowed to protect the Druze in Syria, launched strikes against Syrian forces advancing towards Suwayda. The Druze are…

A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.As private companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin develop reusable rockets and push aspirations for lunar and Martian colonization, real estate investors are dialing in. Some liken it to the early days of the railroads, when entire towns grew up around new lines. One of the biggest plays is…