Author: Alex Maschino

It could take months to reach definitive conclusions explaining India’s deadliest plane crash in three decades.But a New York Times analysis of photos and videos from the June 12 incident — which were reviewed with aviation safety experts, including former pilots and crash investigators, as well as an audio forensics expert — reveals key details about the disaster.The analysis suggests that the plane likely extended its wing flaps and slats before takeoff, used adequate runway distance, and took off from a typical point with a relatively normal initial ascent.Within seconds of takeoff, however, the landing gear retraction process appears to…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.PwC is planning to cut about 175 junior auditors in the UK and has told other staff that pay rises will be lower this year, as the Big Four firm grapples with tougher market conditions. PwC told some 270 audit associates last week that they were part of a compulsory redundancy round, according to people familiar with the matter, with one saying headcount in the division was too high partly because of a lack of junior staff leaving voluntarily. The cuts, which are…

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Fellas, Charlize Theron needs you to level up your dating app profiles! The Old Guard actress, 49, confirmed on the Thursday, June 26, episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen that she is on the celebrity dating app Raya. However, she’s not too impressed with what she’s seen. “I don’t do anything with it,” Theron told host Andy Cohen, who said he’s also a subscriber. “Yes, I don’t do anything with it.” She continued, “A friend put me on it, I went on two dates, and then I just kind of [stopped].” Related: Celebrities Who Have Used the…

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Winnipeg Preparing For Life After Nikolaj Ehlers? Murat Ates of The Athletic: The Winnipeg Jets appear set to deal with the inevitable fact that Nikolaj Ehlers will test free agency. After a decade in the NHL, who could blame the skilled, playmaking forward? Ehlers, depending on who you believe, has not had it easy in his time in Winnipeg. He undoubtedly deserves the right to test the market. Now, Jonathan Toews was brought in as some kind of pacifier of sorts for Ehlers. However, it has become crystal clear that the forward does not want to sign with Winnipeg at…

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Lyse DoucetChief international correspondentReporting fromTehran, IranWatch: BBC inside Iran state building in Tehran hit by Israeli missile strikeIn the heart of the Iranian capital, the Boof cafe serves up refreshing cold drinks on a hot summer’s day.They must be the most distinctive iced Americano coffees in this city – the cafe sits in a leafy corner of the long-shuttered US embassy. Its high cement walls have been plastered with anti-American murals ever since Washington severed relations with Tehran in the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis – which still cast a long shadow over this tortuous…

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Khloé Kardashian got a sweet early birthday surprise from her children — plus some of her nieces and nephews — on her “Khloé in Wonder Land” podcast. Khloé was recording the Thursday, June 26, episode when her kids with ex Tristan Thompson, True, 7, and Tatum, 2, walked in singing “Happy Birthday” — with pink balloons in hand and cousins Chicago West, 7, Psalm West, 6, and Dream Kardashian, 8, along for the fun. “Guys, this is the best surprise I’ve ever had in my life,” Khloé told the Kardashian kids after they helped her blow out birthday candles on…

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