The main pilots’ union of troubled airline SAS has decided to carry out its strike threat after wage negotiations failed, the head of the Scandinavian airline said today. According to company management, the mobilization will translate into the cancellation of 50% of its flights, affecting 30,000 passengers each day, SAS said in a statement. “The […]
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Georgia: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tbilisi yesterday in favor of the country’s European perspective
Hundreds of protesters calling for the resignation of Georgia’s government have camped outside parliament in Tbilisi ahead of a meeting today between their movement’s leaders and Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. Tens of thousands of pro-European protesters took to the streets of the Georgian capital again yesterday, Sunday, demanding the resignation of the government, which they […]
China: A lockdown was imposed on 1.7 million people in the eastern part of the country
Chinese authorities have placed 1.7 million residents under lockdown in the eastern province of Anhui, where about 300 new cases of covid-19 were reported today, as the epidemic appears to be resurgent in some parts of the country. The Asian giant has adopted a strict policy to stem the spread of covid-19, carrying out large […]
US: Misinformation about coronavirus has fueled the anti-vaccination movement
As misinformation about covid-19 continues to flourish, more and more parents in the US are questioning whether other vaccines are necessary for their children, and more and more adults are choosing to avoid them. Because the politicization of covid-19 vaccines has come to fuel the anti-vaccine movement, helping to reduce the number of vaccinations against […]
Kyiv is worried about possible involvement of Minsk in the war
The president of Belarus, who is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest ally, said yesterday that his country — a former Soviet republic — fully supports Russia and its military operation in Ukraine as part of its longstanding commitment to a ” unified state” with Moscow. Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and accused in the […]
Climate change: Guterres warns of how vulnerable the Caribbean is
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned yesterday, Sunday, from Suriname of how “vulnerable” the Caribbean is to climate change, while calling for the creation of financing mechanisms intended for developing countries facing debt problems. “Small island and low-lying island states in the Caribbean are particularly vulnerable to what arguably represents the most important challenge facing the […]
The British Army has regained control of its Twitter and YouTube accounts
The British Army yesterday, Sunday, regained control of its Twitter and YouTube accounts after a brief cyber attack by hackers that was used to make posts related to cryptocurrencies and Non-Fungible Cryptocurrencies (NFTs). “We apologize for the temporary interruption in our stream of posts. We will conduct a full investigation and learn from this incident,” […]
Sudan: Demonstrations against the military junta continue for the fourth day
Hundreds of Sudanese staged a sit-in protest on Sunday in various parts of Khartoum and its suburbs for the fourth consecutive day, demanding the departure of the military junta that seized power in October. Although Sudanese have been holding pro-democracy protests every week since the coup of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the movement took on […]
Australia: Flooding in Sydney continues for a third day
Thousands of Sydney residents were ordered to evacuate their homes today as heavy rain lashed the city for a third day, causing rivers to swallow swathes of land and overflowing a dam in Australia’s biggest city. About 32,000 people have been told to evacuate their homes or be prepared to do so in the state […]
The EU will allocate 100 billion dollars for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is proposing to use a financial structure that was already used to support economies and households when the new coronavirus pandemic was raging to finance the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine with up to 100 billion euros, a leaked document reveals. to the knowledge of the Reuters news agency. The EU-Ukraine […]
