Typhoon Nida has swept across Southern China, with the city of Guangzhou issuing its first-ever red storm alert and Hong Kong braced for flooding and landslides. Those living in the storm’s projected path on the mainland were told by the the National Commission for Disaster Reduction to prepare three days’ worth of food and other essentials, the […]
Large-scale protests are planned for Sunday 31 July in major cities across Brazil, including: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte. In Rio de Janeiro the focal point of the protests will be Copacabana. In São Paulo it will be the area around Avenida Paulista. In Belo Horizonte it will be Praça da Liberdade. […]
Workers on Rio de Janeiro’s subway will go on strike on the eve of the Olympics opening ceremony if they do not get a decent raise, a spokesman said Thursday. “If there’s no advance in the negotiations, there will be a metro strike from midnight on August 4,” said Eliel Vieira Santos Filho, a leader […]
Atlantic flights disrupted by Iceland air traffic glitch – back to normal July 27, 2016 Iceland’s airport authority says the country briefly closed its airspace to flights because of a technical problem at its air traffic control center. Gudni Sigurdsson of airport operator and air navigation service Isavia says Wednesday that “we did not […]
A SUSPECTED suitcase bomb has been detonated outside an immigration office near the German city of Nuremberg this afternoon. German media said the explosion occurred near the Federal Office for Migration in Zirndorf, Bavaria, where newly arrived refugees are processed. According to media reports, a suitcase packed with highly flammable aerosol canisters was detonated around […]
Air Europa pilots call off four-day strike A last minute deal was struck on Tuesday night which led to pilots’ union Sepla calling off a four-day strike planned for one of the busiest holiday weekends. The Spanish airline had been forced to cancel 114 flights during the strike period – 38 internal and 76 […]