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Why Are the Maui Wildfires So Devastating?
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Why Are the Maui Wildfires So Devastating?

Updated Aug. 10, 2023 7:41 pm ETListen to article(1 minute)Wildfires tore through the Hawaiian island of Maui, killing at least 53 people and charring parts of the island. The historic town of Lahaina, a popular tourist destination, has been devastated.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Maui Wildfires Leave at Least 36 Dead
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Maui Wildfires Leave at Least 36 Dead

Updated Aug. 10, 2023 5:35 am ETListen to article(1 minute)At least 36 people have been killed as a result of the wildfires that have torn through Maui, devastating the popular tourist town of Lahaina, authorities said. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Hopeful of finalising certain FTAs in next few months: Piyush Goyal
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Hopeful of finalising certain FTAs in next few months: Piyush Goyal

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said he is hopeful of India finalising certain free trade agreements (FTAs) in the next few months, which would help promote exports. India is in the final stages of concluding FTA negotiations with the UK. The country is also negotiating similar pacts with Canada and European Union (EU). "We can leverage the free trade agreements with the UAE and Australia and we are hopeful that in the next few months, we will finalise many more free trade agreements to help you grow your business with zero duty on finished leather products and footwear available for you to exploit bigger and better markets," Goyal said while addressing footwear industry representatives here. The minister also asked the industry to focus...
Virgin Australia unveils new cabins in fleet-wide upgrade – Business Traveller
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Virgin Australia unveils new cabins in fleet-wide upgrade – Business Traveller

More than 3,000 Virgin Australia team members and their families last weekend celebrated the arrival of the airline’s first fuel-efficient Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. Fresh from the Boeing factory in Seattle and featuring that new plane smell, the Max 8 aircraft marks an important milestone in the transformation of Virgin Australia with its fleet renewal programme well underway. The first Boeing 737 Max aircraft is one of 33 fuel-efficient Max 8 and larger Max 10 aircraft Virgin Australia has on order. With the arrival of the 737 Max, Virgin Australia has also revealed its new business class and economy cabin interior, as well as confirming plans to refresh the interior cabins on the airline’s remaining Boeing fleet, as part of an investment of approximately A$110 million to improve th...