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• Saudi Arabia arrests activists supporting women's rights, including 2 US citizens
• Amazon's Bezos, wife reach biggest divorce deal in history
• Boeing defends 'fundamental safety' of 737 MAX after crash report

Saudi Arabia arrests activists supporting women's rights, including 2 US citizens Posted: 05 Apr 2019 07:54 AM PDT Those arrested are writers and advocates who quietly supported greater social reforms and most had ties to a group of women's rights activists currently on trial. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Amazon's Bezos, wife reach biggest divorce deal in history Posted: 05 Apr 2019 01:59 AM PDT Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, finalized the biggest divorce settlement in history on Thursday, leaving him with 75 percent of their stock in the tech giant and giving her nearly $36 billion in shares. MacKenzie Bezos said she would give all of her stake in The Washington Post and the space exploration firm Blue Origin to her husband -- the world's richest man -- as well as voting control of her remaining Amazon stock. Jeff Bezos, 55, and MacKenzie, 48, a novelist, married in 1993 and have four children. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Boeing defends 'fundamental safety' of 737 MAX after crash report Posted: 04 Apr 2019 08:00 PM PDT Embattled US aviation giant Boeing on Thursday insisted on the "fundamental safety" of its 737 MAX aircraft but pledged to take all necessary steps to ensure the jets' airworthiness. The preliminary findings released Thursday by transportation authorities in Addis Ababa put the American aircraft giant under even greater pressure to restore public trust, with nearly 350 people dead in crashes involving its formerly top-selling 737 MAX aircraft in less than five months amid mounting signs the company's onboard anti-stall systems were fault. Muilenburg also acknowledged, however, that an "erroneous activation" of Boeing's so-called Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System had occurred. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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