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German national carrier Lufthansa reported its first quarter 2024 earnings on Tuesday, clocking in an operating loss of -€849 million, a steep plunge from Q1 2023's loss of -€273 million euros. However, the group saw its revenue for the first quarter rise 5% year-on-year to €7.4 billion, up from €7 billion in Q1 2023. Net loss for the group was -€734 million, down from Q1 2023's -€467 million. This was mainly due to ongoing strike actions by both Lufthansa's employees, as well as partner companies' employees, which also affected the wider airline industry. Unit costs for Lufthansa's Passenger ...
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Air traffic controllers in France are planning to strike on Thursday 25 April. Workers are protesting the restructuring of their services. French airports and international flights face disruption during the walkout. Staff have until Tuesday to announce whether they will be involved in the walkout, but it is thought that it could affect up to 70 per cent of flights at major airports. A ‘black day’ for French airportsFrance’s largest air traffic controllers union has filed a strike notice for this Thursday. The SNCTA, which represents over 60 per cent of France’s air traffic controllers, told t...
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An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel’s war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned. One toddler died from a brain injury caused by an Israeli strike that fractured his skull. His cousin, an infant, is still fighting for her life with part of her face blown off by the same strike. An unrelated 10-year-old boy screamed out in pain for his parents, not knowing that they were killed in the strike. Beside him was his sister, but he didn’t recognise her because burns covered alm...
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South Korea’s government will take final steps to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors next week, officials said on Thursday. The medical workers have so far refused to end their walkouts despite the impact on the country’s medical services. More than 90 per cent of South Korea's 13,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike for about a month to protest the government’s plan to sharply increase medical school admissions. Their strikes have caused hundreds of cancelled surgeries and other treatments at hospitals. South Korea, with its rapidly ageing population and low doct...
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Passengers experienced considerable disruption on Thursday, when buses, trams and metro trains ceased operating across much of Germany as local transport workers began a two-day-strike. One of Europe’s largest trade unions, Verdi, which represents 90,000 transport workers in Germany, called for the 48-hour 'warning strike' in the ongoing nationwide wage dispute in regional negotiations. Workers are demanding better working conditions, including shorter working weeks and extra compensation days for shift and night work. Public transport workers have staged several strikes in recent weeks amid t...
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The Eiffel Tower is closed for a fourth day running on Thursday (22 February) as workers strike in France’s capital city. The iconic landmark, which is expected to be at the heart of celebrations for the Paris Olympics, is off-limits to visitors. One of the strikers' representatives, Denis Vavassori of the CGT union, has previously warned that their protest action "could go on for several days, even weeks.” Here’s what to know if you are visiting the Eiffel Tower this week. Eiffel Tower closure: What to do if you’ve booked to visitThe Eiffel Tower is typically open 365 days a year. However, st...
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Rail travel across Spain will be severely disrupted this month as staff begin walkouts tomorrow (Friday). Hundreds of trains have already been cancelled throughout February including long and mid-distance Renfe services. Workers at Renfe, Spain’s state-owned operator, have announced strikes at several points during the month. Travellers are advised to check whether their journey will be affected on company websites. Hundreds of Spain’s long-distance train services cancelled in FebruarySpain’s rail worker strikes will have a severe impact on train services connecting popular tourist destination...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States on Friday carried out strikes against Iranian forces in Iraq and Syria in retaliation over a drone attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan. Here is what we know so far: Hitting Iran unit, but not IranThe US military said the airstrikes hit more than 85 targets inside Iraq and Syria targeting both the elite Quds force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and affiliated militia groups. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said at least 18 pro-Iranian fighters were killed in the strikes in eastern Syria. Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said...
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Lviv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian missiles killed three people in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk early Tuesday, the latest deadly strike on the west of the country, which has seen an uptick in aerial attacks. The barrage of nearly three dozen missiles also tore through a playground in Lviv, western Ukraine's largest city, sparking a blaze that left a five-storey residential building charred and its windows blown out. The attack came as Russia's defence minister said during a military conference in Moscow that Ukraine was running low on military resources, with Kyiv seeing slow battlefield progress. ...
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Moscow (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused Kyiv of seeking to "frighten" Russians after drones hit Moscow high-rises in the first such attack since the beginning of the Kremlin's assault on Ukraine. As drones struck in and around Moscow, Russian drones targeted Kyiv for a third straight day while Ukraine gears up for a major offensive against Russian forces. Officials said no one was seriously injured in Moscow and there was only "minor" damage to residential buildings, but some locals said they never thought the Russian capital could be hit in this way. "I somehow thought that...
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