As heat related power outages surge, things are expected to worsen, with AI-focused data centres sucking up power. The heatwave currently blanketing two-thirds of the United States with record-setting temperatures is straining the nation’s power system. On Monday, Con Edison, New York City’s power provider, urged residents to conserve electricity. It reduced power voltage to the borough of Brooklyn by 8 percent as it made repairs; it did...

The US agency harshly criticised Boeing’s safety culture as well as ineffective oversight by the FAA. Boeing failed to provide adequate training, guidance and oversight to prevent a midair cabin panel blowout of a new 737 MAX 9 flight in January 2024, which spun the planemaker into a major crisis, the United States National Transportation Safety Board has said. The board on Tuesday harshly criticised Boeing’s safety culture and...

The State Department has offered up to $3m for information leading to the arrest of Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano. The United States Treasury Department has sanctioned the alleged leader of Tren de Aragua (TDA), a Venezuelan gang that the administration of President Donald Trump has used as justification for its immigration crackdown. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Giovanni Vicente...