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Los Angeles Tourism opens first office in India to woo millennial travellers

2 min read . 18 Nov 2019

Mint Globetrotter Index: Take a trip to Los Angeles

Mint Globetrotter Index: Take a trip to Los Angeles

1 min read . 25 Jun 2019

The Massachusetts and New York investigations were launched following 2015 news reports. Photo: Reuters

US top court rejects Exxon in climate change document dispute

1 min read . 07 Jan 2019

A modified Tesla Model X drives in the tunnel entrance before an unveiling event for the Boring Co. Hawthorne test tunnel in Hawthorne, California, US. Photo: Reuters

Elon Musk unveils underground tunnel in Los Angeles: In pics

3 min read . 19 Dec 2018

The move came six months after Musk, made a rare personal appearance at a Los Angeles public event to promote his controversial tunnel project. Photo: AFP

Elon Musk ducks out of one Los Angeles tunnel but pursues another

2 min read . 29 Nov 2018

Flames from the Camp Fire burn near a home atop a ridge near Big Bend, California, on Saturday. Photo: AFP (AFP)

Severe ‘devil winds’ expected to whip up California wildfires

2 min read . 11 Nov 2018

Wind-driven flames move across Malibu Creek State Park during the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018 near Malibu, California. Photo: Getty Images

California wildfire: 23 dead, 50,000 homes without power

4 min read . 11 Nov 2018

Tesla CEO Elon Musk launched his foray into public transit after he complained on Twitter in December 2016 that clogged traffic was ‘driving me nuts’, vowing then to ‘build a boring machine and just start digging’. Photo: Reuters

Elon Musk promises free rides through tunnel, but to where?

3 min read . 14 May 2018

SpaceX founder Elon Musk had unveiled his vision for the BFR during a presentation in Australia in September. Photo: Reuters

SpaceX will make massive, Mars-bound ‘BFR’ rocket at LA port

1 min read . 17 Apr 2018

A new owner could appease the Times’ editorial workers, who voted last month to unionize and pressured Tronc into replacing editor-in-chief Lewis D’Vorkin. Photo: AP

Tronc to sell ‘Los Angeles Times’ to local billionaire investor for $500 million

3 min read . 07 Feb 2018

Less patient reservation holders can attend the Los Angeles show to examine the Model 3, plus a Model X sport utility vehicle and a Model S sedan, as well as Tesla’s home energy products. Photo: Bloomberg

This $15 ticket buys what Tesla fans have waited 20 months for

2 min read . 01 Dec 2017

Compromised data from the October 2016 attack included names, email addresses and phone numbers of 50 million Uber riders around the world. Photo: Reuters

Uber concealed hack that exposed 57 million people’s data

5 min read . 22 Nov 2017

Picture for representation. An Air France Airbus A380 is seen during an emergency landing in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Canada, 30 September 2017. Photo: Bloomberg

Air France A380 makes emergency landing in Canada with damaged engine

2 min read . 01 Oct 2017

People watch as flames from the La Tuna Fire blaze on a hill in the Shadow Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Photo: AFP

Largest-ever fire in Los Angeles forces hundreds to evacuate

4 min read . 03 Sep 2017

The Air India Delhi-Los Angeles flight, AI-105/AI-106, will be operated with a Boeing 777-300-ER aircraft, dates for which are expected to be announced soon. Photo: Mint

Air India’s Delhi - Los Angeles flight likely in next three months

1 min read . 10 Aug 2017

As part of the deal, the International Olympic Committee has waived various fees and payments for Los Angeles organisers, which would help them save millions. Photo: Reuters

Los Angeles agrees to host 2028 Olympic Games, Paris set for 2024

4 min read . 01 Aug 2017

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach speaks prior to the opening of the IOC executive board meeting, in Lausanne on Monday. Photo: AP

Olympics: IOC to discuss double host decision for 2024, 2028

2 min read . 10 Jul 2017

Accused has been an Uber driver for the past 6 months and the Los Angeles Police Department’s believes there may be other victims. Photo: AP

Uber driver charged with sexual assault in US: report

1 min read . 28 Jun 2017

Fighter jets escorted an American Airlines plane to Honolulu after a 25 years old passenger attempted to breach the hardened cockpit door. Photo: AFP

Fighters escort American Airlines Flight 31 after attempted cockpit breach

2 min read . 20 May 2017

A broad coalition of groups behind the events also took aim at various other Trump policies they saw as discriminatory or xenophobic, including his bid, so far blocked by the courts, to ban travellers from several Muslim countries and temporarily turn away all refugees. Photo: AFP

May Day rallies across US target Donald Trump immigration policy

3 min read . 02 May 2017