A two-day strike by ground crew and security staff began Thursday at Munich airport, Germany’s second largest, cancelling hundreds of flights. Only 100 of 830 scheduled takeoffs and landings would go ahead as planned Thursday, an airport spokesman told AFP. The workers represented by the Verdi union plan to continue the strike until midnight on […]
US President Donald Trump unveiled plans Tuesday to sell new “gold card” residency permits for a price of $5 million each — and said Russian oligarchs may be eligible. Trump said sales of the new visa, a high-price version of the traditional green card, would bring in job creators and could be used to reduce […]
Iran on Wednesday condemned a new round of US sanctions as a “clear sign of hostility” after Washington blacklisted more than 30 people and vessels linked to its oil trade. Washington announced the measures on Monday, targeting the head of the national oil company and others accused of brokering oil sales.It was the second wave […]
The number of births in South Korea rose last year for the first time in more than a decade on the back of a rise in marriages, officials said on Wednesday, bucking a trend for a country battling a demographic crisis. South Korea has one of the world’s longest life expectancies and lowest birth rates […]
The House of Representatives has adopted a resolution that will eventually become a massive multi-trillion-dollar bill full of President Donald Trump’s priorities on the border, defense, energy and taxes. In a major victory for House GOP leaders, the resolution passed in a 217 to 215 vote. All Democrats voted against the measure, along with lone Republican rebel […]
President Donald Trump turned his attention to the Keystone XL Pipeline on Monday evening, calling for the company building it to “come back to America, and get it built — NOW!” Trump said he was “just thinking” about how construction on the pipeline was “viciously jettisoned by the incompetent Biden Administration,” and promised things are different now […]
Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund 1MDB has withdrawn its $248 million lawsuit against one of the producers of “The Wolf of Wall Street”, who is also the stepson of disgraced former premier Najib Razak. The fund had accused Riza Aziz and his film companies of misappropriating $248 million for financing movies and other activities when the […]
An elderly British couple has been arrested by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan, their daughter said Monday, urging UK diplomats to do “everything in their power” to secure their release. Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who are in their seventies, have run school training programmes in the south Asian country for 18 years. Their daughter Sarah Entwistle […]
Pope Francis, in a critical condition with pneumonia since he was hospitalized on February 14, had a good night and was resting, the Vatican said Monday. “The night passed well, the pope slept and is resting”, it said in a brief statement as Francis, 88, entered his 11th day at the Gemelli hospital in Rome, […]
Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. The Palestinian militant group had set up a stage at the handover site, where numerous cheering onlookers gathered alongside dozens of hooded and masked militants in uniform. Four black coffins were displayed on the stage, with […]
