Munich flights, long-distance trains cancelled due to snow

Munich flights, long-distance trains cancelled due to snow

A person walks past a departures board inside the Munich Airport in Munich, Germany, March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Lukas Barth/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Dec 2 (Reuters) – Long-distance trains and hundreds of flights in and out of the German city of Munich were cancelled on Saturday because of heavy snowfall, according to statements by Deutsche … Read more

First images from Indian tunnel show workers trapped for nine days

First images from Indian tunnel show workers trapped for nine days

SILKYARA, India, Nov 21 (Reuters) – The first images emerged on Tuesday of 41 men trapped for more than a week in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, showing them standing in the confined space and communicating with rescue workers. The men have been stuck in the 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel in Uttarakhand state since … Read more

Seized Galaxy Leader ship in Yemen’s Hodeidah port area -owner

Seized Galaxy Leader ship in Yemen’s Hodeidah port area -owner

LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) – The Galaxy Leader commercial ship was “illegally boarded by military personnel via a helicopter” on Nov. 19 and is now in the Hodeidah port area in Yemen, the vessel’s owner said on Monday. “All communications were subsequently lost with the vessel,” Isle of Man registered Galaxy Maritime Ltd, owner of … Read more

Renewed drilling begins to rescue 40 men trapped in Indian tunnel for fifth day

Renewed drilling begins to rescue 40 men trapped in Indian tunnel for fifth day

[1/4]Members of rescue teams stand at the entrance of a tunnel where 40 road workers are trapped after a portion of the tunnel collapsed, in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Shankar Prasad Nautiyal Acquire Licensing Rights UTTARKASHI, India, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Rescue workers renewed efforts on Thursday to … Read more

Hamburg airport remains closed as police deal with ‘hostage situation’

Hamburg airport remains closed as police deal with ‘hostage situation’

[1/5]Police secure the area after a man drove through a barrier onto the grounds of the city’s airport with a child in his car in Hamburg, Germany, November 5, 2023. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer Acquire Licensing Rights FRANKFURT, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Hamburg airport remained closed on Sunday, authorities said, as police dealt with a hostage situation … Read more

Hamburg airport closed as police deal with ‘hostage situation’

Hamburg airport closed as police deal with ‘hostage situation’

An aerial view ahead of the G20 summit shows the Helmut Schmidt Airport in Hamburg, Germany, June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights FRANKFURT, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Hamburg police said on Saturday they were dealing with a hostage situation after a man drove through a barrier onto the grounds of the city’s … Read more

First hydrogen train in Middle East to begin trials next week, Saudi energy minister says

First hydrogen train in Middle East to begin trials next week, Saudi energy minister says

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud speaks during 10th Arab-China Business Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 11, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights RIYADH, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Sunday that the first hydrogen train in the Middle East … Read more

Air France, motorway operators criticise French govt’s new tax plans

Air France, motorway operators criticise French govt’s new tax plans

Air France CEO Anne Rigail attends a pannel at the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society in Paris, France, November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/file photo Acquire Licensing Rights PARIS, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Air France (AIRF.PA), airport group ADP (ADP.PA) and motorway operators criticised the French government’s plans to impose a new tax on … Read more

US government shutdown: What is it and who would be affected?

US government shutdown: What is it and who would be affected?

Sept 22 (Reuters) – U.S. government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed without pay if Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. Workers deemed “essential” would remain on the job, but without pay. Many government agencies have not updated shutdown plans they have prepared … Read more

UK air traffic meltdown ‘one in 15 million’ event

UK air traffic meltdown ‘one in 15 million’ event

Passengers awaiting news on cancelled or delayed flights at London Stansted Airport gesture as they discuss the situation on Monday, in Stansted, Britain August 28, 2023. REUTERS/Raphael Satter/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) – An air traffic meltdown in Britain was caused by a “one in 15 million” event, the boss of … Read more