TOULOUSE, France (AFP) Flash floods in southwestern France killed an elderly woman as the inundated grotto at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes remained closed for a second day on Wednesday. The woman in her 70s was washed away overnight by the floodwaters after getting out of her submerged car at Saint Beat near […]
Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Brazil (Brasilia), Citizen Protest Western Hemisphere > Brazil > Brasilia 6/18/2013 The U.S. Embassy in Brasilia alerts U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Brazil to the possible continuation of protest activity in several cities throughout the country including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, and Porto Alegre. […]
The Flemish socialist trades union ACOD has announced industrial action for 27 June – next week on Thursday. Jean-Pierre Goossens of the ACOD says that the action is scheduled to last 2 hours, between 10 a.m. and noon, but the Walloon trades unions want to make it a 24-hour strike. Rail services are bound to […]
Computer outage delays some travelers at Philadelphia International Airport Updated at 12:48 PM today SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA – June 19, 2013 (WPVI) — A computer systems problem has delayed some travelers using United Airlines, American Airlines and Air Canada at Philadelphia International Airport on Wednesday. The computers went down at 3:30 a.m., customers were told, but […]
People traveling to New York City for Gay Pride events over the June 28-30 weekend are being told to seek advice about vaccination for invasive meningococcal disease, in a report released Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Ahead of the 2013 Gay Pride weekend, June 28-30, people traveling to NYC were advised to talk […]
The tropical disturbance that grew into a tropical depression Monday in the western Caribbean maintained its status Monday night as it moved across the southern part of the Yucatan Peninsula. The system will unleash torrential rainfall and the potential for flooding and mudslides in the region. Although unlikely, there is a chance the system becomes […]