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Brazil floods leave cutoff survivors scrambling for supplies
Read full article: Brazil floods leave cutoff survivors scrambling for suppliesHundreds of residents of a rain-battered region in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state are scrambling to find water and daily supplies after floods and mudslides cut off their communities and left at least 48 people dead.
LIVE STREAM: Ivanka Trump to tour GMs Technical Learning University with Mary Barra
Read full article: LIVE STREAM: Ivanka Trump to tour GMs Technical Learning University with Mary BarraIvanka Trump is scheduled to be in Michigan on Wednesday for a tour at a General Motors facility. According to the White House, Ivanka Trump will tour GMs Technical Learning University at the Global Tech Center in Warren with Marry Barra, GM chairman and CEO, on Wednesday, Sept. 2. (She will) learn more about GMs programs to improve the technical ability of their skilled trades workers and manufacturing engineers, reads a statement from the White House. Prioritizing the American worker and their family is the top priority, and Im proud to visit General Motors Technical Learning University, where workers are learning on-the-job while earning a paycheck. Detroit, GM, and the talented GM workforce are ensuring the great American comeback is underway and Im looking forward to seeing firsthand, reads a statement from Ivanka Trump.
Ivanka Trump tours GMs Technical Learning University with CEO Mary Barra
Read full article: Ivanka Trump tours GMs Technical Learning University with CEO Mary BarraMichigan is a battleground state state for the 2020 presidential election, which makes it a popular place for candidates and their representatives to visit. The presidents daughter and advisor, Ivanka Trump, toured a General Motors facility in Warren Wednesday. GM CEO Mary Barra joined Deputy Commerce Secretary Karen Dunn Kelly and Ivanka Trump at the new GM Technical Learning University, where GM employees keep their skills current. Weve invested in a training facility, Barra said. This is a nice continuation of what weve been doing in this space in the most important resource of this country, which is our people, whether they be students or workers, Trump said.
Ivanka Trump to tour GMs Technical Learning University this week with Mary Barra
Read full article: Ivanka Trump to tour GMs Technical Learning University this week with Mary BarraIvanka Trump is scheduled to be in Michigan this week for a tour at a General Motors facility. According to the White House, Ivanka Trump will tour GMs Technical Learning University at the Global Tech Center in Warren with Marry Barra, GM chairman and CEO, on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The group will meet apprentices and employees on campus and interact with a number of manufacturing and educational stations at the Technical Learning University.Ivanka Trump holds an advisor role in her fathers administration. Prioritizing the American worker and their family is the top priority, and Im proud to visit General Motors Technical Learning University, where workers are learning on-the-job while earning a paycheck. Detroit, GM, and the talented GM workforce are ensuring the great American comeback is underway and Im looking forward to seeing firsthand, reads a statement from Ivanka Trump.
Scotland beach airport's runway disappears at high tide
Read full article: Scotland beach airport's runway disappears at high tide(CNN) - Wild and windswept, the Scottish island of Barra lies in the Outer Hebrides, a far outpost of Britain in the North Atlantic. But it's this scenic 140-mile flight, and the airport it connects to, which draws tourists and aviation enthusiasts from all over. Barra Airport is the only airport in the world where scheduled flights land on a beach. At just a notch below seven on the Beaufort scale, which means high winds, it sounds breezy enough. The aircraft pulls up in front of a small building where the beach meets the shore and the engines stop.