Terror Suspected In EgyptAir Crash

Military teams from four countries joined in the frantic search for EgyptAir Flight 804 in the ocean around the Greek island of Karpathos on Friday. The search continued as Egypt’s transport minister said the chances of a terrorist attack being responsible for downing the aircraft were higher than the chances of a technical failure. The disappearance of the aircraft, which was carrying 66 people, sent shares in international air carries and other tourism-related stocks downward during trading Thursday. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW. #IBTPulse --------------------------------------------------------------- Search Intensifies For Missing EgyptAir Jet Military teams from four countries joined in the frantic search for EgyptAir Flight 804 in the ocean around the Greek island of Karpathos on Friday. The search continued as Egypt’s transport minister said the chances of a terrorist attack being responsible for downing the aircraft were higher than the chances of a technical failure. The disappearance of the aircraft, which was carrying 66 people, sent shares in international air carries and other tourism-related stocks downward during trading Thursday. Obama Eyes Lifting Vietnam Arms Embargo As President Obama prepares for his first official visit to Vietnam on Monday, the U.S. is considering lifting its longstanding arms embargo on its former wartime foe, in a bid to check China’s increasing ambitions in the region. Advocacy groups, however, have expressed deep concern at the possible lifting of the ban on arms sales, due to Hanoi’s poor record on human rights. Paris Attacks Suspect Faces Questioning Salah Abdeslam, the man suspected of playing a major role in the November 2015 Paris attacks, faces questioning in the French capital Friday, for the first time since his extradition from Belgium last month. Authorities believe that Abdeslam’s testimony could shed light on the Islamic State group’s strategies in Europe and identify others who might have been involved in the attacks, which killed 130 people. The Coming War On Coal The Obama administration is reviewing a decades-old federal coal-leasing program. The outcome could help taxpayers, but cost coal miners, whose industry is grappling with its worst downturn in decades. HERE'S WHAT YOU MISSED LAST NIGHT. SF Police Chief Quits After Officers Fatally Shoot Black Woman San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said Thursday that the city’s police chief, Greg Suhr, tendered his resignation hours after city police officers fatally shot a black woman who had fled from officers checking to see if she was driving a stolen vehicle. The city’s police force has been under intense scrutiny over the past year, after a series of fatal shootings by officers and a scandal involving racist text messages. Second Missing Chibok Schoolgirl Found A second schoolgirl who was among more than 200 others kidnapped by Boko Haram during an attack on their school in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok more than two years ago has been found, the army said Thursday. The news comes just days after the first of the missing schoolgirls was found by vigilantes late Tuesday, near Nigeria’s border with Cameroon. Party Should Back Trump, Most GOP Voters Say A new poll suggests that a majority of self-identified Republican voters want the party leadership to close ranks behind presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump in the presidential election. Several leading Republicans, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, have yet to endorse the outspoken businessman’s candidacy. Theater Chain Not Liable For Aurora Shooting Cinemark, the company that owns the Colorado movie theater where a gunman killed 12 people during a screening of a Batman movie in 2012, was not liable for the killings, a jury ruled Thursday, in the first civil suit stemming from the incident. Victims’ relatives had argued that the company should be held responsible for security lapses they said contributed to the shooting, but Cinemark’s lawyers argued they could not have foreseen or prevented such an attack. AND THEN THERE'S THIS... Uber Self-Driving Car Tests Begin In Pittsburgh The ride-hailing company is the latest tech titan to get involved in the burgeoning self-driving car business. The company announced Thursday that it was in the early stages of testing self-driving car technology with the ultimate goal of removing the need for drivers from its business. It’s Endangered Species Day From white Bengal tigers to black rhinoceroses, animals on the endangered species list include some of the most beautiful and ancient creatures in the world. With thousands of species qualifying as threatened, Endangered Species Day, which is Friday, aims to celebrate and advocate for the protection of some of the plants and animals at the highest risk of extinction. Find out more here. 7 Hanover Square, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10004 © 2016 IBT Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Please add pulse@ibt-mail.com to your contacts [Unsubscribe] | Privacy Policy