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FAA mandates more rest time for flight attendants

  Bloomberg US aviation regulators are set to approve a long-delayed rule change giving flight attendants an extra hour of rest between shifts. The decision is expected to be the focus of a press briefing in Washington with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) acting Administrator Billy Nolen. Flight attendants currently must be given at least nine hours of rest between shifts. ...

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JBS closes US plant-based meat unit

  Bloomberg JBS SA, the world’s largest meat supplier, will discontinue operations at its US plant-based unit Planterra and focus on growing markets for alternative proteins in Brazil and Europe. The shutdown comes amid softening consumer demand for plant-based proteins. Maple Leaf Foods Inc. recently decided to reduce the size of its plant-based segment after a review found demand will ...

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Thailand daycare mass shooting leaves 38 dead, mostly children

  Bloomberg A mass shooting that began with a daycare center in northeastern Thailand left 38 people dead, the majority of them children, according to officials. A 34-year-old former cop used an automatic weapon to fire at the center located in Nong Bua Lamphu province near Thailand’s border with Laos on Thursday afternoon, killing 24 children, Jackrapat Wijitwaitaya, a local ...

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