Monday, June 27, 2016

Singapore Airlines flight returns to Changi, catches fire, no casualties

A Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) flight to Milan caught fire early on Monday after returning to Singapore's Changi airport following an engine oil warning message, but all passengers were safe, the airline and airport officials said. The aircraft's right engine caught fire after the aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER, touched down at Changi airport at around 6:50 am (2250 GMT). Emergency services put out the fire and there were no injuries to the 222 passengers and 19 crew on board, a SIA statement said.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

VW supervisory board backs endorsement of former top managers: source

A VW sign is seen outside a Volkswagen dealership in LondonVolkswagen's supervisory board on Tuesday stood by its recommendation that top management's actions be endorsed by shareholders, a person familiar with the matter said, even as German prosecutors launched a new probe against a current and a former top executive. Volkswagen's supervisory and management boards on May 11 recommended that shareholders ratify actions taken by the management board in 2015, since an investigation of the carmaker's emissions scandal had until then failed to uncover potential wrongdoing by senior managers. The two boards said at the time that the proposed resolution was based on the condition that management board members were not implicated in wrongdoing.


Sunday, June 19, 2016

Novartis aims to nearly triple biosimilar drugs on market by 2020

KUFSTEIN, Austria (Reuters) - Switzerland's Novartis pledged to nearly triple its number of biosimilar drugs on the market by 2020, raising its bet that cheaper versions of blockbuster cancer and immune system medicines will snatch billions in rivals' profits.


Monday, June 13, 2016

London mayor plans negative body image advert ban on Tube, buses and trains

Adverts promoting negative body images will be banned across the Transport for London (TfL) network from next month.

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Major weight-loss cancer trial starting

The first major trial to see whether losing weight reduces the risk of cancers coming back is about to start in the US and Canada.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Muhammad Ali remembered as boxer who transcended sports world

121048818SPThe death of Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion known as much for his political activism as his boxing brilliance, triggered a worldwide outpouring of affection and admiration for one of the best-known figures of the 20th century. Ali, who had long suffered from Parkinson's syndrome which impaired his speech and made the once-graceful athlete almost a prisoner in his own body, died on Friday at age 74. Ali was admitted to a Phoenix-area hospital, HonorHealth, with a respiratory ailment on Monday.