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For four hours and 30 minutes, the redeye that took off from Thailand with 181 people aboard made its unremarkable way some 2,000 miles over land and sea.But in the last four and a half minutes, with the destination in sight, it all came apart.“Bird!” warned the first officer. “There are many below.”“Hey, hey!” the captain declared seconds later. “It’s not going to work.”It was the start of one of the deadliest air disasters in years. Within minutes, 179 people would lose their lives.Many things went wrong for the crew of Jeju Air Flight 2216, including regulatory failures and bad…

Washington — The true price tag of the Iran war is closer to $50 billion, U.S. officials familiar with internal assessments told CBS News, roughly double the public estimate the Pentagon cited in congressional testimony this week. In testimony Wednesday on Capitol Hill, a Pentagon official placed the cost of the Defense Department’s Operation Epic Fury at about $25 billion, a figure that did not fully account for damaged or destroyed equipment or U.S. military installations damaged. As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared before lawmakers this week to defend the…

Brownlow medallist Matt Rowell has been ruled out of Sunday’s AFL clash with GWS at People First Stadium due to an ankle injury.The underperforming Suns (4-3) made five changes for the match, with Rowell the most notable out.The 24-year-old missed the start of the season due to the broken finger he picked up while representing Victoria in State of Origin, but his latest injury isn’t considered serious.Ruckman Jarrod Witts and Zeke Uwland will also miss the match as the Suns manage their loads, while Jed Walter and Jake Rogers were omitted.Into the side come Ned Moyle, Alex Davies, Sam Clohesy,…

Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures as Apple holds an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, U.S. Sept. 9, 2025.Manuel Orbegozo | ReutersThe global memory crisis played an outsized role in tech earnings season, which hit an apex this week. Apple CEO Tim Cook warned it’s just the beginning.”We believe memory costs will drive an increasing impact on our business,” Cook said in the Q&A portion of his company’s earnings call on Thursday after repeatedly telling analysts that the company faced “supply constraints” in the latest quarter. “We’ll continue to evaluate this.”Apple’s earnings report, which…

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailBooking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the company’s quarterly earnings results, impact of the Middle East conflict on the business, state of travel demand, and more.05:47Wed, Apr 29 20268:13 AM EDT

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A suspect was arrested after allegedly running a secret meth lab at Michigan State University’s Wells Hall, the institution’s largest academic building.Xin Tong, 31, is facing felony charges in connection with the alleged operation, as well as misdemeanor trespassing, according to police.Officers responded earlier this week to Wells Hall over reports of a suspicious person, a strong odor and unknown substances on the floor, WILX reported. Officers found Tong and confirmed his identity by using his expired MSU student ID.FIVE MEXICAN NATIONALS INDICTED AFTER MASSIVE METH LAB BUST UNCOVERS ENORMOUS QUANTITIES OF…

Russia has continued heavy attacks on Ukraine for the past 24 hours, with several coming overnight on Thursday and in the early hours of Friday. At least one person has been killed and several have been injured.A Russian drone attack overnight damaged port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region and wounded two people in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, regional Governor Oleh Kiper said on Friday morning.Two high-rise residential buildings were damaged in the attack, which destroyed apartments and caused fires, Kiper wrote on the Telegram messaging app.“This night, Russia again massively attacked the civilian infrastructure of the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: South Carolina Republicans are pushing to strip funding from the state’s only public HBCU after the university rescinded Republican Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s commencement invitation following student protests and security concerns.What began as a student protest over a conservative commencement speaker, resulted in “credible safety threats,” according to Evette, who spoke to Fox News Digital after her commencement address at South Carolina State University was canceled. Following an uproar from students, who decried Evette’s views on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), abortion and her support for President Donald Trump,…

Canada’s new Financial Crimes Agency will have its work cut out for it amid growing cases of fraud and scams, experts say. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government proposed the creation of the FCA in their Spring Economic Update on Tuesday, making good on a 2021 Liberal campaign promise to create a dedicated policing agency to investigate issues such as money laundering, fraud, insider trading and organized crime.Financial crimes are a significant issue. The Expert Panel on Money Laundering in British Columbia (B.C.) Real Estate in 2019 estimated that money laundering alone consistently amounted to about two per cent of Canada’s…

The Prime Minister says Australia will have “private” discussions with the United States about whether to contribute military personnel to an international coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.A US State Department cable has detailed how the Trump administration is seeking participation from other countries to restore freedom of navigation in the critical waterway “post conflict”.The April 28 document reveals US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has approved the creation of the Maritime Freedom Construct (MFC), which is described as a joint initiative by his Department and the Pentagon.“The MFC constitutes a critical first step in the establishment of a…