A strike by Lufthansa ground and cabin staff over pay has barely disrupted flights to and from German airports, the Europe’s leading airline informed on Monday.
Thousands of passengers had to wait at the airports by reason of the strike by up to 5,000 members of the Verdi services union. The walkout began Sunday at midnight at several German airports, including...
US mortgage bank Fannie Mae reported on Friday a second quarter loss of 2. 3 billion dollars, higher than previously predicted.
The loss amounted to 2. 54 dollars a share, and marked the fourth straight quarter of losses for the US bank. The company recorded a 1. 86 dollar gain in the same period a year ago.
Fannie Mae reduced its dividend for the quarter to 5 cents a share from a previously planned 35 cents, for an expected savings of 1. 9 billion dollars.
According to Fannie Mae...
A charter bus that was running off a highway near north of Dallas crashed onto one side on a roadway below. 12 people were killed on Friday at about 12:45 a. m. CT...
On Friday at about 10:30 a. m. in the northeastern Studenka County an express train hit a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic. The crash killed at least ten people...
A 6. 2-magnitude earthquake killed three people in southwest China's Sichuan province, injuring 22 others, local emergency officials said Wednesday. According to the U....
Violent fighting erupted on Thursday in southern Afghanistan when scores of Taliban rebels
assailed an Afghan Army convoy on the main highway, south of the capital...
An exploding cylinder might have made a hole in the fuselage of a Qantas Airways plane while it was flying on Friday, therefore the crew had to make an emergency landing...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, symbol of the anti-apartheid movement, is celebrating his 90th birthday. He planned to spend his birthday on Friday...
One day before the 17th International AIDS conference, thousands of people worldwide marched through streets in the capital of Mexico on all for the fight against...
Watch Out for Mosquitoes! Warning Isn’t Over
Decline in West Nile infections is over and the KPCC wants to know what can happen if a healthy person contracts the illness. Jack Raney of Upland contacted the disease...
Czech Train Crash Reported at Least Ten Dead People
On Friday at about 10:30 a. m. in the northeastern Studenka County an express train hit a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic. The crash killed at least ten people...
Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
