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Ottawa (AFP) - Freight rail operations were set to resume across Canada on Thursday following federal intervention to end a crippling disruption triggered by labor disputes at the country's two main operators. Work stoppages at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) locked out nearly 10,000 workers and threatened to upend the North American economy, which is heavily dependent on rail operations. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said he had hoped collective bargaining negotiations between the companies and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), the union repres...
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The summer of 2024 has, in many younger circles, gone down as 'Brat' summer. Paying tribute to Charli xcx's minimalist green album cover, masses of memes and photos have been showing up online with green backgrounds. It's so mainstream at this point that even the social media accounts of US presidential candidate Kamala Harris (not to mention dpa trends newsletters) have adopted the lime-green look. This week on trends, we've spoked to fashion experts on how this viral look has impacted fashion this year. Also: We're addressing that guilty conscience you get when you 'cheat' by cycling on an e...
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By Benjamin LEGENDRE et Taimaz SZIRNIKS Paris (AFP) - La RATP a assuré jeudi que les procédures effectuées sur ses bus avant leur contrôle technique étaient régulières, alors que des chauffeurs accusent le transporteur public francilien de camoufler des signaux d'alertes. D'après les témoignages récoltés par le journal Le Parisien, les chauffeurs se voient confier une valise électronique avec laquelle ils peuvent "effacer tous les voyants signalant un souci technique sur le tableau de bord avant le passage au contrôle". "Il n'est pas possible de cacher un défaut sur un bus lors d'un contrôle t...
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By Sonia LOGRE Porticello (Italie) (AFP) - Les plongeurs ont récupéré jeudi le corps du magnat britannique de la tech Mike Lynch dans l'épave du yacht qui a fait naufrage lundi en Sicile, et poursuivaient les recherches pour retrouver sa fille. Au total, trois hommes et trois femmes étaient portés disparus depuis lundi matin et le naufrage du "Bayesian" au large de Porticello, près de Palerme. Il ne reste plus désormais dans l'épave que le corps d'une femme, cinq dépouilles ayant été remontées depuis mercredi, selon les gardes-côtes. Ces cinq dépouilles portent le bilan provisoire à six morts,...
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Paris (AFP) - Des chauffeurs de la RATP accusent le transporteur public francilien de leur imposer des manipulations pour camoufler les signaux d'alertes des bus avant leur contrôle technique semestriel et ainsi éviter leur immobilisation, selon leurs témoignages dans une enquête du Parisien publiée mercredi. "Si les +dérives frauduleuses+ sont avérées, elles sont totalement inacceptables" et "la RATP doit y mettre fin sans délai et sanctionner les auteurs", a réagi Valérie Pécresse, présidente de la région Ile-de-France et du syndicat des transports franciliens Ile-de-France Mobilités (IDFM),...
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Traveling across Japan becomes extra special when you board the country’s themed trains, from ultra-modern to vintage designs. Of these trains, the etSETOra vintage train from Hiroshima to Onomichi offers an unforgettable ride. The old-fashioned train runs along the Seto Inland Sea. The sea stretches about 450 kilometers long from east to west, separating Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. The JR Kure line launched the etSETOra Vintage Train in October 2020. The name comes from “etcetera,” the Hiroshima dialect “etto” (many), and Seto for Setouchi region. Train FeaturesThe exterior is vintage-styled,...
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By Nina ISENI Bordeaux (AFP) - Leur accueil est "de plus en plus mal ressenti": à Bordeaux, la mairie écologiste veut bannir les bateaux de croisière du centre-ville, suscitant l'opposition d'une partie du monde économique qui s'inquiète pour la manne touristique des paquebots. Ils accostent actuellement sur les quais du port de la Lune, inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco, mais la mairie compte déplacer leur amarrage sur la rive droite de la Garonne, en "aval immédiat" du pont levant Chaban-Delmas qui donne accès à l'hyper-centre. Selon le Grand port maritime de Bordeaux, le projet en e...
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The mountain pass over the Arlberg in Austria will be temporarily reopened to traffic on Monday evening after being blocked by landslides following a severe storm last week, authorities in the state of Tyrol said. The pass linking the states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg is to be reopened between 8 pm (1800 GMT) and 7 am in the morning until Friday, they said. The daylight hours will be used for clearing up work. Drivers now have to take a lengthy alternate route through the Lech Valley or through Bavaria in southern Germany. Rail traffic on the Arlberg line is not affected. Normally, the Arlberg pa...
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Due to the ongoing uncertain situation in the Middle East, the Lufthansa Group has cancelled additional flights to the region. All flights to and from Tel Aviv, Tehran, Beirut, Amman and Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq will remain suspended until next Monday, August 26, the company announced in Frankfurt. Until then, the group's airlines will also avoid using the airspace over Iraq and Iran. The previous flight stoppage was in effect until Wednesday. The reason for the ban is the tensions between Israel and Iran, which are feared to potentially lead to a wider war far beyond the Gaza Str...
DPA Breaking News
Due to the ongoing uncertain situation in the Middle East, the Lufthansa Group has cancelled additional flights to the region. All flights to and from Tel Aviv, Tehran, Beirut, Amman and Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq will remain suspended until next Monday, August 26, the company announced in Frankfurt. Until then, the group's airlines will also avoid using the airspace over Iraq and Iran. The previous flight stoppage was in effect until Wednesday. The reason for the ban is the tensions between Israel and Iran, which are feared to potentially lead to a wider war far beyond the Gaza Str...
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