United Airlines sees return to profit on ‘strong’ international travel demand

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -United Airlines Holdings Inc on Tuesday forecast a profit for the second quarter and retained its earnings outlook for the full year on “strong” travel demand, particularly for international trips. In a statement, CEO Scott Kirby said bookings for international travel are growing at twice the domestic rate. The…

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Apple opens first India store as fans show off vintage devices, take selfies

By M. Sriram and Tanvi Mehta MUMBAI (Reuters) -About 300 people queued at Apple’s store in Mumbai on Tuesday, as fans took selfies with Chief Executive Tim Cook, who inaugurated the first retail store run by the tech giant in India, underscoring the importance of its market. “The energy, creativity, and passion in Mumbai is…

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US family immigration detention won’t restart ‘at this time,’ official says

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is not planning “at this time” to restart family immigration detention, a senior U.S. immigration official said on Tuesday, signaling the contentious practice to more quickly deport families is on hold. Tae Johnson, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said officials had discussed…

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Southwest flights resume after brief halt due to technical problem

By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Aishwarya Nair (Reuters) -Southwest Airlines Co’s said a technology failure caused a one-hour nationwide stoppage of its flights on Tuesday, another snafu for the carrier after a software problem over the Christmas holiday stranded thousands. The Dallas-based carrier’s flights resumed after a vendor-supplied computer network firewall went down Tuesday morning…

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WhatsApp and other messaging apps oppose UK’s move on encryption

LONDON (Reuters) – WhatsApp and other messaging services have united to oppose Britain’s plan to force tech companies to break end-to-end encryption in private messages in its proposed internet safety legislation. Meta-owned WhatsApp, Signal and five other apps signed an open letter saying the law could give an “unelected official the power to weaken the…

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