Pemex Reports Helicopter Crash Near Ciudad del Carmen
Mexico’s Navy Secretariat (SEMAR) continues with a search and...
Mexico’s Navy Secretariat (SEMAR) continues with a search and rescue operation initiated after a helicopter operated by Heliservicios went down offshore the Ciudad del Carmen near Campeche Sound, en route to Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) offshore platforms.
The incident happened approximately 11 nautical miles from Ciudad del Carmen when the helicopter went down, Mexico’s state-owned oil producer said in a press release. The only two occupants were the pilot and his co-pilot, the Mexico City-based oil giant said.
All 5 passengers aboard Titan submersible presumed dead
All five passengers on the missing submersible that has captured the world’s attention over the past...
All five passengers on the missing submersible that has captured the world’s attention over the past week are believed to “have sadly been lost,” the tour company revealed on Thursday.
OceanGate Expeditions released a statement Thursday afternoon that the Titan submersible’s pilot and the tour company’s chief executive, Stockton Rush, along with passengers including British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, British billionaire businessman Hamish Harding, and Titanic specialist Paul-Henri Nargeolet have been killed.
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Texas heat wave shatters 30 records as 1.9 million under Excessive Heat Warnings
More than 1.9 million people in ...
More than 1.9 million people in Texas are under Excessive Heat Warnings as a record-breaking heat wave continues for its second week in the Lone Star State. The historic heat wave has sent temperatures soaring into the 110s, with more than 14 all-time record highs set over the past two weeks and 30 new records for daily high temperatures.
According to the FOX Forecast Center, some areas across East Texas will get a brief break from the most extreme heat on Thursday, but Central and West Texas remain dangerously hot. More daily record highs are expected to be broken again Thursday afternoon.
The National Weather Service issued Excessive Heat Warnings for South Texas, where dangerously hot conditions are expected with heat index values between 116 and 121 degrees.
Heat Advisories have been issued for 18 million people, including across West and Central Texas and southern New Mexico.
S&P 500, Nasdaq snap 3-day losing streak as stocks shrug off early losses to finish mostly higher
U.S. stocks finished mostly higher on Thursday, with both the...
U.S. stocks finished mostly higher on Thursday, with both the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 bringing a three-day losing streak to an end. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.37% gained 16.16 points, or 0.4%, to finish at 4,381.85, according to preliminary closing data from FactSet. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, 0.95% rose by 128.41 points, or 1.3%, to 13,630.61, per early closing data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.01% was the only one of the main indexes to finish lower, falling 4.75 points, or less than 0.1%, to 33,947.04, its fourth straight day in the red. It’s the longest losing streak for the Dow since May 25.
Energy stocks are trading lower, tracking weaker broader index futures...
Energy stocks are trading lower, tracking weaker broader index futures and lower oil prices.
Oil futures fell on Thursday, with trader concern over the bearish impact of interest rate hikes countered by potentially bullish U.S. oil inventory data after preliminary figures showed a fall in stocks.The benchmarks erased gains from the previous session, during which U.S. corn and soybean prices raced to multi-month highs, raising expectations that crop shortfalls could lower biofuels blending and increase oil demand.
Natural gas futures are higher by a penny ahead of weekly inventory data.
