Delays and cancellations are mounting across the eastern U.S. ahead of a blizzard expected to dump excessive snow from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia and New York City. Before the storm aims for the Northeast, snow, ice and severe weather will impact the South. As the storm strengthens, wind speeds and snowfall rates will increase. White-out […]
Services on Greece’s national railway network are set to be disrupted Tuesday through Thursday due to a series of rolling three-hour stoppages called by unions. Delays and cancellations are expected to affect passengers using the Athens suburban railway (Proastiakos) and intercity trains, with stoppages taking place 5 a.m. to 8 a.m., 1 to 4 p.m. […]
A fire has broken out at the glitzy Ritz Carlton hotel in Paris that is undergoing renovation. Police have advised Parisians to avoid the area near the hotel, describing the fire as large in a tweet. “Firefighters are at the scene and working to contain the fire,” a police official told ABC News today. “It […]
The potential exists for a major snowstorm to affect more than 50 million across the eastern United States at the end of the week. Areas from near Washington, D.C., to around New York City are within the swath most likely to receive the heaviest snow from the storm. The exact track of a storm will […]
MOSCOW, January 18. /TASS/. Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot will cancel 31 international and domestic flights from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on January 18-19 as a heavy snowfall is expected in the region, the company’s press service said on Monday. The flights to Tel Aviv, Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, Rome, Minsk, Almaty, Tallinn, Paris, Tivat (Montengero), Riga, Vienna, […]
1) Ask for permission when photographing locals close up Even if you don’t speak the language it is easy to ask permission to take a photograph – just point at your camera and then gesture politely towards your prospective subject! If they say ‘no’ then smile, thank them anyway, and move on. If they […]