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11
Aug

Nova Scotia’s Blueberry Grunt

  This simple dessert is best made during the height of blueberry season as an easy and tasty way to use up the glut of berries. This dish has as many variations as it does names (blueberry bang belly, blueberries and dumplings), but any way you make it, it’s delicious. Recipe courtesy of Nimbus Publishing, […]

11
Aug

France: Marseille: fire under control: air, highway traffic returning to normal

Air and highway traffic was returning to normal in the Marseille region Thursday as a massive fire north of France’s third-largest urban area lost some intensity. “The fire is under control but lots of work is left to do,” said Frederic Lelievre, a colonel in the Ile-de-France fire brigade who was sent to the region. […]

10
Aug

Update: Brussels planes land safely

Bomb threats were made against two planes on Wednesday evening, with both planes landing safely at Brussels airport in Zaventem.   All passengers disembarked without incident, but Brussels authorities took the threat seriously. The planes are now being inspected.   One plane, SAS flight SK4745 from Oslo, landed safely at 19.19 local time.   The […]

10
Aug

Brussels: Bomb threats reported on two planes due shortly at Brussels airport

Bomb threats have been reported on two aeroplanes due to land shortly at Brussels airport in Zaventem, Belgian state broadcaster VRT reported on Wednesday. (No more information yet)   Federal prosecutors are taking the threats seriously, VRT said. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-airplane-bomballert-idUSKCN10L23F    

10
Aug

Australia: strike by Border Force staff this week

Strike action by Australian Border Force staff at international airports across the country is expected to affect international flights later this week.   Workers will take part in mass strikes at the country’s seven international airports from midnight on Friday, August 12, in a renewed bid to break the deadlocked battle over their pay and […]