News Headlines - 13 September 2019
▽Google Subpoenaed for Details on Its Ad Business - WSJ
A coalition of state attorneys general is zeroing in on Google Inc.’s dominant presence in the digital advertising market, according to a civil subpoena.
The subpoena, sent by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, includes more than 200 questions and demands for records. Many of the questions appear designed to solicit evidence that the Alphabet Inc. unit engaged in anticompetitive conduct in building up its powerful position.
▽Cockpit coffee spill caused transatlantic flight diversion, air investigators say | The Guardian
The incident happened on 6 February and resulted in the Condor flight from Frankfurt in Germany to Cancún, Mexico, being diverted to Shannon airport. The smoke and the fumes did not result in injuries to any of the 11 crew or 326 passengers onboard.
Diversions typically cost airlines between £10,000 and £80,000, depending on the size of the aircraft and where it is diverted to, according to the Civil Aviation Authority.
The AAIB report found the 49-year-old captain had put his coffee cup on a tray table – where objects were “vulnerable to being knocked over” – despite Airbus recommending pilots use the cup holders provided.
▽Chiba blackouts might last another two weeks, Tepco unit says | The Japan Times
Tepco Power Grid Inc. said Friday that the blackouts in Chiba Prefecture caused by Typhoon Faxai could last another two weeks, leaving residents and a local mayor debilitated and frustrated.
The new timetable delivers another blow to residents deprived of air conditioners near the end of another sweltering summer. A third fatal case of suspected heat stroke was reported in the area on Friday.
As of 7 p.m. Friday, some 185,000 households were still without electricity, down from the peak of 935,000 logged on Monday and 280,000 late Thursday, according to Tokyo Electric officials.
The official website of new Japanese information technology minister Naokazu Takemoto has been unviewable for the past few months, raising concerns among social media users over his ability to handle the portfolio, it was learned Friday... In a news conference a day earlier, Takemoto said online administrative procedures and the country’s practice of using hanko (personal seals) should coexist.
▽Tiananmen photographer Charlie Cole dead | 7NEWS.com.au
American photojournalist Charlie Cole, who won a World Press Photo Award for his iconic "Tank Man" of Tiananmen Square image in 1989, passed away last week on the Indonesian island of Bali at the age of 64, his family says.
Cole's sister Susan announced her brother's passing on Tuesday in an email sent to some of his friends that was made available to EFE on Friday.
According to her email, Cole died in bed at his home on September 5 from sepsis related to a recent injury to his leg.
