First-class is coming to JetBlue later this year. JetBlue will become the latest U.S. airline to lean more heavily into "basic" fares. Eventually, you'll see those new seats on all JetBlue aircraft that don't already have the airline's high-end Mint cabin.
The author, who is also a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, added that Nolan's "The Odyssey" has "nothing convincing to say" Wilson previously spoke about her criticisms of Nolan's movie in a Sunday Times interview, although she did admit the movie was having a positive effect on the culture's interest in Homer.
An illegal, high-quality copy of The Odyssey was leaked online over the weekend, reaching over two million views. Several other lower-quality bootleg copies have been circulating online, but many have also been taken down in “response to a report by the copyright owner” Last week, Nolan said it would be at least three years before he made another film.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was once one of Washington's busiest cultural landmarks. President Trump installed himself as its chair last February after branding the arts venue too "woke" Even longtime staff and volunteers describe how desperate things have become at the venue amid plummeting ticket sales and an artists' boycott.
Nigerian national, identified as Ibeh Simon, has died during a South African Police Service (SAPS) operation in Bellville, Cape Town. Simon's death brings the number of Nigerians killed in South Africa amid the latest xenophobic violence to five. Simon is the second Nigerian whose death is being investigated following a police operation in recent months.
McConnell says he is working hard to get back to his full schedule of work. The Fancy Farm picnic is an annual event where Kentucky politicians campaign to large crowds. McConnell said, “There’s no place I’d rather be than with the good people of western Kentucky.”
Tehran has since summoned Ukraine’s charge d’affaires over what it claimed was a “hostile and criminal act” The head of the Iranian parliament national security commission, warned the war-torn nation that the clerical regime “does not leave debts unpaid”
Lebanese President Aoun has called on the UAE to stop its attacks on Israel. Aoun said such attacks threaten the security and stability of the Gulf countries. He also said the UAE should stop attacking Israel, which he described as a "threat to the stability" of the region.
"They may be giving, but if they are, it hasn't worked out," Trump tells reporters. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has been offering satellite images of U.S. bases in the Gulf region to Iran. Trump also says he will ask Russian President Vladimir Putin about it.
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was hospitalized on June 14. The 84-year-old has not provided a timeline for his return to work. McConnell's office shared a new photo and statement detailing his ongoing physical therapy and rehabilitation efforts on Monday, June 27. "I'm still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky," he said.
Three of the new parliamentary private secretaries will be from the Labour party. The new chief whip, Anneliese Midgley, has promised to beef up the role. PPSs traditionally do more media appearances and contribute more directly to policy direction. In her letter to MPs announcing the new PPS appointments, Midgly said the prime minister intended to ‘bout less factionalism'
Oil prices fell sharply after the bombing stopped, with WTI crude oil price is trading around $82.52 to $83.01 per barrel, down roughly 7.6% from previous sessions. Brent crude dropped nearly 8% to about $89 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate fell roughly 7% to around $ 83.06 per barrel.
U.S. and Iranian representatives are meeting for renewed peace talks amid a lull in fighting. Iran continues to publicly insist it is not currently negotiating with the United States. Trump said if Iran does not make a deal, the U.S., will "go back to the same thing"
Fewer than 10 commodity ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend. Attacks by Iran-backed Houthis on Saudi oil facilities near the Red Sea kept traders alert to further disruptions. Seven vessels, including three Iranian-linked oil tankers, pass through the waterway on Sunday.
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CXMT's market cap briefly eclipsed internet giant Tencent and surged to $547 billion. The Hong Kong-listed Tencent reclaimed the top spot at the end of the trading day. CXMT remains the most valuable company listed in mainland China with a market cap just below $490 billion. Despite its blockbuster debut, CX MT's nearly $490billion market cap is still significantly smaller than rivals SK Hynix's $881 billion valuation and Micron's $1 trillion valuation.
U.S. crude oil prices fall to a one-week low of $83.01 per barrel. Oil prices have fallen 7% in the past week. The fall comes as the U.S.-Iranian rapprochement continues to falter. The U.N. has called for a halt to the Iran-U.K. nuclear talks.
NVIDIA still guides $91 billion in Q2 FY2027 revenue, AMD's data center segment grew 57% YoY last quarter. Dell booked $24.4 billion of AI orders in a single quarter. Oracle has fallen 20% over the past month on overlapping data-cpex concerns.
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France's Interior Ministry says 13,566 fires have swept across over 116,000 hectares (1,160 square kilometers or 448 square miles) since January. Spain's Minister for the Ecological Transition, Sara Aagesen, said the 153,000. hectares burned this year is six times the amount that burned through the first half of 2025.
Pentagon's Iran war death count moves 4 troops to new category. At least 18 U.S. service members have died in the Iran war, according to officials. Three of the four fallen soldiers most recently killed in a July 17 attack on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.
Officials have said Ballout was given a suspended sentence. Berlin courts said his sentence had not been suspended but they had been determining whether it should be. They vowed to investigate how Ballout ended up free and whether juvenile sentencing, sometimes seen as too lenient, needs to be reformed. In May, a juvenile court in Berlin convicted Ballout of preparing a serious act of violence.
The U.S. consulate in Toronto was shot at early this morning. Police briefly pursued the suspect vehicle before calling off the chase for safety reasons. This is the second time since March that the consulate was targeted by gunfire. Two suspects allegedly fired multiple shots at the building before driving away in a stolen vehicle.
The renewed optimism follows mounting fears of a return to all-out war across the Middle East. The battle for control of the crucial Strait of Hormuz expanded to the Red Sea, another key waterway for global trade. The war between the U.S. and Iran has sharply curtailed, and at a times halted, traffic through the vital Strait.
Fugitive in 1973 murder of iconic singer Victor Jara is captured. Former military officer Nelson Haase was convicted of the death of Jara. Jara was tortured and murdered with 44 bullets on September 16, 1973, five days after Augusto Pinochet's coup against then-President Salvador Allende.
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday. The attacks followed an incident on Friday when four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed. More than 130 individuals have been arrested over the weekend, a Palestinian official says. In separate incidents, Palestinian officials said settlers had also attacked two mosques.
French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires. Firefighters battling devastating fires in France have had to contend with a new threat: immense fire clouds that create their own wind and even lightning that can spark fresh blazes. “That is a pyroCb — a storm cloud born from the intense heat that a wildfire produces," a French official said.
"apocalyptic" fires have so far forced the evacuation of 360,000 people across France and Spain. 115,000 hectares (284,000 acres) have burned in wildfires in France since the start of the year, "far more than anything we have seen in the past", interior minister says.
Brent crude has fallen as much as 7.4pc to $89.58 a barrel, having touched $102 last week. Energy stocks losing 2pc with European gas prices down 8.1pc. U.S. benchmark crude has dropped 5.6pc to around $91 a barrel.
Fires have burned 1,530 square kilometers (590 square miles) in Spain this year. That is six times the area scorched by fires in the first half of 2014. The fires are fueled by heat waves that have hit Spain and France. The heat wave is expected to continue through the end of the year.
Saudi air defenses intercepted several drones launched from Iraq on Monday. The drones were targeting petroleum facilities in the kingdom’s Eastern Province and Riyadh region. In April, hundreds of drones were fired toward Saudi Arabia — many of them apparently from Iran-backed militias in Iraq. The drone threat on Saudi Arabia: Despite the pause, the Saudi Defense Ministry said it intercepted severalrones targeting oil facilities.
Netanyahu has not been to the White House since the war began. He has been angling for an invitation since at least April, two people familiar with the matter said. Netanyahu needs the meeting with Trump to shore up relations with Israel's most important ally. The meeting itself could come at a cost to the embattled prime minister.