The Daily Populous

Monday March 25th, 2024 evening edition

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down at the end of the year, the company said in an announcement Monday.

In a statement on Monday, Calhoun acknowledged the challenges facing Boeing.

Board Chair Larry Kellner, a board member for nearly 15 years, plans to forgo nomination for an additional term at the company’s annual shareholder meeting this spring, Boeing said.

Steve Mollenkopf, former CEO of chipmaker Qualcomm, will immediately take over as Boeing board chair and lead the search for a new chief executive, Boeing added.

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill Jan. 24, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Calhoun, who served as CEO for four years, began his tenure in the aftermath of a previous safety scandal.

In 2019, Boeing 737 Max aircraft were grounded worldwide following a pair of crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed a combined 346 people. »

Three Moscow terror attack suspects plead guilty after 'being tortured'

Authored by dailyrecord.co.uk
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Three men charged with carrying out the concert hall attack in Moscow have pleaded guilty.

Moscow's Basmanny District Court ordered that the suspects - all of whom are citizens of Tajikistan - be held in pre-trial custody until May 22.

The attack, which has been claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group, is the deadliest on Russian soil in years. »

Report: Overwatch 2 PvE Content Canceled, Blizzard to “Double Down” on PvP

Authored by mp1st.com

It seems that PvE (player vs. environment) is dead in Overwatch 2, as a new report claims that past story PvE sold so low that Blizzard Entertainment has now decided to cancel all future PvE plans to focus more on PvP (player vs player).

According to a new newsletter by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, sources have contacted him to confirm that all future PvE content for Overwatch 2 has essentially been canceled, as Blizzard has no plans to finish them.

In January, as part of a company-wide reduction in its work force, the majority of the team behind Overwatch 2’s PvE was laid off. »

Hamas, Al Jazeera admit: Story of IDF rapes in Gaza hospital fabricated

Authored by jpost.com

Though the Qatari mouthpiece hasn’t officially referred to the retraction, all content related to the allegation has reportedly been deleted.

◾️◾️تبين من خلال تحقيقات حركة حماس إن قصة اغتصاب النساء في #مستشفى_الشفاء مختلقة، طبعا العدو لم يتورع عن جريمة إبادة .

AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar: The suit that Al Jazeera has filed at the ICC could shine an embarrassing spotlight on the network itself, says the writer. »