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Raffles Hotels & Resorts, in collaboration with the renowned publisher Assouline, is delighted to announce the launch of Raffles: From Your Butler. This elegant new book, the newest tome in Assouline’s prestigious hospitality collection, invites readers to experience Raffles’ world of elegance and enchanted glamour through the lens of the brand’s legendary Butler Service. At […]

For decades, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has considered itself the safest aviation system in the world. When an American Airlines commercial flight carrying passengers from Wichita, Ks. crashed into a military helicopter on Jan. 29, likely killing everyone on board, it was the first collision in U.S. airspace in over a decade. Mid-air

What makes a Marianne Faithfull song great is something an artist can’t buy or learn: It’s the sound of experience. Faithfull’s most haunting (and haunted) quality as an artist was the raspy world weariness in her voice and phrasing, the sense that this elegant woman — who died today at the age of 78 —

David Jonsson will star in the lead role of Frank Ocean‘s forthcoming directorial debut film, and has begun shooting the project in Mexico City. The independent film is currently untitled, and plot details remain under wraps. The fast-rising British actor recently starred as the co-lead in Ridley Scott’s “Alien: Romulus” film alongside Cailee Spaeny, receiving

Green Day and Alanis Morissette set the tone at the FireAid benefit with songs of hope and resilience. Then came Anderson .Paak, who turned the stage at the Kia Forum into a California celebration, bringing out legendary musician Sheila E. and Dr. Dre to chip in on both his songs and a few of Dre’s.

A preliminary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report obtained by AP News noted that air traffic control staffing at Reagan National Airport was “not normal” during Wednesday night’s midair accident in Washington, D.C.   According to the report, the controller responsible for managing helicopters near the airport was also overseeing aircraft landing and departing on the

Commercial aircraft manufacturing remains, for the most part, a de facto duopoly with Boeing and Airbus vying for supremacy in the market for mid-sized airliners and larger. However, Brazil’s Embraer has emerged as a champion of the regional and small narrowbody jet market.  But what are the key elements that have made it possible for

ORLANDO, Fla. — Boeing and NASA are making “significant progress” on addressing issues seen on a test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft last year, an independent NASA safety panel says, although key problems with the spacecraft’s thrusters remain unresolved. Paul Hill, a member of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), said at a