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19
Feb

Fiji: Cyclone Winston

Fiji Airways and its domestic unit Fiji Link have cancelled scores of flights and changed the departure times of others in response to Tropical Cyclone Winston. In terms of its Australian operations, Saturday’s FJ910 Sydney-Nadi and FJ915 Nadi-Sydney flights have been cancelled, as well as FJ930 from Melbourne to Nadi and the FJ922 Brisbane-Nadi service. Also, […]

17
Feb

Turkey: Ankara: explosion

(CNN)[Breaking news update, published at 12:34 p.m. ET] Five people were killed and 10 others were injured in Wednesday’s explosion in Ankara, the Turkish capital, Ankara Gov. Mehmet Kiliclar said, according to Turkey’s semiofficial Anadolu news agency.  “The explosion may have been caused by a car bomb,” Kiliclar said, according to Anadolu. [Original story, published […]

16
Feb

New Zealand: earthquake

A ‘severe’ 6.0 magnitude earthquake has hit off the south coast of New Zealand just two days after Christchurch was rocked by a powerful quake. The 10km-deep earthquake struck 160km south-west of Snares Islands at 8.28am on Tuesday, with shaking felt near Roxburgh, Invercargill, Dunedin and Christchurch. Residents have expressed concern at the tremors which rattled the South Island […]

12
Feb

U.K.: London: Feb 12 Tube strike called off

Tube strike: Maintenance workers strike called off Six further planned strikes over the coming months may still go ahead A planned strike by London Underground (LU) maintenance workers on Friday has been called off, the RMT union says.   LU maintenance staff were to walk out in a dispute over safety conditions, with a 24-hour […]

11
Feb

Greece: major protests planned

Athens – A major protest is scheduled to take place in central Athens on Feb.12 and 13. Expect blockages at ports and airports Farmers continue to block a number of major roads across Greece, causing significant traffic disruption; a major protest is scheduled to take place in central Athens on 12 and 13 February https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/greece […]