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Oracle’s European investment drive continues in Germany and the Netherlands – here’s why it’s a key market for the cloud giant

Oracle’s European investment drive continues in Germany and the Netherlands – here’s why it’s a key market for the cloud giant

Oracle has announced plans to invest $3 billion in Germany and the Netherlands as the cloud computing giant continues its European infrastructure push. Over the next five years, the firm will invest $2 billion to expand its Oracle Cloud...

Eerie connection between MH370, Air India and Germanwings disasters after pilot's warning

Eerie connection between MH370, Air India and Germanwings disasters after pilot's warning

The mental health of the pilot flying an Air India plane before it catastrophically crashed into a residential area is being called into question by investigators. The new direction of the probe has an eerie connection to two other major air...

Engine of resistance hums in U.S. and Germany

Engine of resistance hums in U.S. and Germany

German Army Chief Lt. Gen. Alfons Mas listens to a question during a media joint conference with Lithuanian Chief of Defence Gen. Valdemaras Rupsys and Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas as members of the Headquarters initial command...

US Sending Patriot Missiles to Ukraine via Germany: Trump

US Sending Patriot Missiles to Ukraine via Germany: Trump

US President Donald Trump confirmed the shipment of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, with Germany supplying and replenishing the systems. US President Donald Trump announced that Patriot missiles are already being shipped to Ukraine, with Germany...

China says Germany’s claim of laser directed at plane over Red Sea ‘inconsistent with facts’

China says Germany’s claim of laser directed at plane over Red Sea ‘inconsistent with facts’

BEIJING – Beijing dismissed on July 9 claims by Berlin that the Chinese military had directed a laser at a German aircraft over the Red Sea as “completely inconsistent with the facts”. The foreign ministry in Berlin said on July 8 that a German...

Largo soldier dies in railway incident in Germany

Largo soldier dies in railway incident in Germany

LARGO — Spc. Jaylin Perez, a 32-year-old U.S. Army soldier from Largo, died July 8 from severe electrical burns sustained while conducting cargo security inspections of U.S. military equipment moving by rail near Berlin, according to military...

Doctor, 46, killed in Southend Airport plane crash named in heartfelt tributes

Doctor, 46, killed in Southend Airport plane crash named in heartfelt tributes

Dr Matthias Eyl, 46, has been named by emergency rescue stations he worked for as one of the four people who died onboard the medical transport plane which crashed shortly after take-off on Sunday afternoon. According to German media outlets, Dr...

Owners of crashed Southend Airport plane offer condolences to victims' families

Owners of crashed Southend Airport plane offer condolences to victims' families

Four people died when a Beech B200 Super King Air plane crashed off the runway shortly after taking off from the airport. Zeusch Aviation, a Dutch firm offering medical evacuation services, transplant flights and private charters, has said it is...

Tributes pour in for nurse with 'warmest heart' killed in Southend Airport plane crash

Tributes pour in for nurse with 'warmest heart' killed in Southend Airport plane crash

Tributes have poured in for a much-loved nurse who died in a plane crash at London Southend Airport. Maria Feña Ortiz, 31, has been widely reported as being a nurse onboard the medical transport plane which crashed on Sunday (July 13), killing all...

KN Helicopters Wins EUR 30 Million Air Transport Tender for Vattenfall’s Danish, German Offshore Wind Farms

KN Helicopters Wins EUR 30 Million Air Transport Tender for Vattenfall’s Danish, German Offshore Wind Farms

Vattenfall has selected Danish helicopter operator KN Helicopters for air transport to and from four of its offshore wind farms, two in Denmark and two in Germany. The contracts, which already started this summer, are estimated to be worth EUR 30...

Calls grow in Iran for restricting Germany’s trade activity in Hormuz Strait

Calls grow in Iran for restricting Germany’s trade activity in Hormuz Strait

Calls have grown in Iran for the government to reduce its trade dealings with Germany and to restrict its cargo transport activity in the Persian Gulf after Berlin offered unconditional support for Israel’s recent aggression against Iranian...

Tragic connection between doomed jets: How Air India, MH370 and Germanwings disasters all sparked fears their captains suffered mental health issues - as experts warn not enough is done to help pilots

Tragic connection between doomed jets: How Air India, MH370 and Germanwings disasters all sparked fears their captains suffered mental health issues - as experts warn not enough is done to help pilots

Investigators probing the crash of Air India Flight 171 have turned their attention to the pilot's medical history amid fears he may have been suffering from mental health issues at the time of the disaster. Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, an...

Braskem launches new ethane carrier to enhance logistics operations

Braskem launches new ethane carrier to enhance logistics operations

Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem has unveiled its latest vessel, the Brave Future, valued at approximately 500m reais ($89.8m). This ethane carrier is expected to enhance Braskem’s logistics independence by operating routes between the US,...

U.S. Coast Guard tall ship once part of Hitler's navy sails into Victoria for visit

U.S. Coast Guard tall ship once part of Hitler's navy sails into Victoria for visit

VICTORIA — When Deleon Guerrero last visited Victoria in 2023, he arrived by car as part of a family road trip from Oregon. On Tuesday, he sailed into Victoria as a Cadet on board the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle as a Canadian navy vessel saluted...

Syroco opens new regional headquarters in Germany to meet growing demand for its AI-powered voyage optimisation software

Climate technology specialist Syroco has officially opened a new regional office in the Port of Hamburg, Germany, as part of efforts to meet rapidly growing demand across Europe for its AI-powered voyage optimisation software. The office is...

Barry Eichengreen: Germany’s budget expansion makes sense while America’s is reckless

Barry Eichengreen: Germany’s budget expansion makes sense while America’s is reckless

Recent weeks have been momentous for government budgets in the US and Germany. In the US, both Houses of Congress passed versions of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which Trump signed on the US Independence Day, 4 July. In...

Commuter rail growth plan calls Hancock station a distant possibility

Commuter rail growth plan calls Hancock station a distant possibility

by Kate Shunney A multi-year public planning effort for Maryland’s commuter train service has resulted in the creation of a “MARC Growth and Transformation Plan” which was published in late June by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) and...

Dassault warns over FCAS future unless ‘clear leader’ is appointed

Dassault warns over FCAS future unless ‘clear leader’ is appointed

Brewing tension between Future Combat Air System (FCAS) partners Dassault Aviation and Airbus Defence & Space looks ready to boil over amid a growing row about the lack of a clear leader on the project. Although stopping short of delivering an...

Global Solar Inverter Shipments Reach 589 GW in 2024

Global Solar Inverter Shipments Reach 589 GW in 2024

Global solar inverter shipments increased by 10% in 2024, reaching a total capacity of 589 GW, according to the 2025 edition of Wood Mackenzie’s Global Solar Inverter Market Share report. The Asia Pacific (APAC) region, including China, India, and...

Historic plane that flew in Berlin Airlift makes stop in Bryan

Historic plane that flew in Berlin Airlift makes stop in Bryan

Nearly a hundred people showed up to welcome one of the last Douglas C-54 planes that participated in the Berlin Airlift that’s still flying. The Spirit of Freedom made a stop at the Williams County Airport Friday on its way to Angola, Indiana....

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