The United Nations’ civil aviation arm will convene a meeting in Montreal on Monday to discuss ways to track planes flying over the open sea. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/world/un-agency-to-consider-ways-to-track-planes-over-oceans.html?ref=world&_r=0 The United Nations agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization, has dozens of competing proposals to sort through, and it operates only through multinational consensus, which usually means slowly or […]

Hillary Clinton has said US gun culture has become “way out of balance” and attacked the notion that “anybody can have a gun, anywhere, anytime”. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27304586 “I don’t believe that is in the best interest of the vast majority,” said the former secretary of state. That belief does not conflict with the rights of people […]

A spy plane was responsible for a computer glitch that caused air-traffic chaos in western US states last week, the Federal Aviation Administration has revealed. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27292440 The meltdown occurred when software incorrectly thought the plane was on a collision course with other aeroplanes. The system was overloaded as it struggled to plot new courses for […]

A US death row inmate in Oklahoma died of a heart attack after his execution was halted because the lethal injection of three drugs failed to work properly. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27215508 The execution of Clayton Lockett, 38, was stopped after 20 minutes, when one of his veins ruptured, preventing the drugs from taking full effect. The execution […]