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Travel worries ease as Airbus delivers quick software fix
AFP, Published on 29/11/2025
» PARIS - Fears of days of travel chaos across the world eased on Saturday after the plane manufacturer Airbus intervened rapidly to deliver a software upgrade it had said was immediately needed on 6,000 of its stalwart A320 passenger jets.
Global flights in chaos as top-selling Airbus jet hit by recall
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/11/2025
» HONG KONG — Airlines across the world cancelled hundreds of flights and scrambled to adjust schedules, as a major Airbus SE software glitch threatened to derail a crucial holiday travel season.
Precision timing for Britain's Big Ben as clocks go back
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» LONDON — British clockmaker Ian Westworth is bracing for a wave of concern this weekend from Londoners convinced the country's most famous clock Big Ben has broken down.
New York mass shooter blamed NFL for his brain injuries
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» NEW YORK - A man who killed four people, then committed suicide in a New York skyscraper, may have been targeting the NFL offices there because he blamed the American football league for brain injuries he said he suffered, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.
Gunman kills four and himself at Midtown Manhattan building
New York Times, Published on 29/07/2025
» NEW YORK — A gunman killed at least four people and himself at an office tower that houses Blackstone Incorporated, Rudin Management, the National Football League and KPMG among others, sparking hours of chaos and fear in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening.
‘Coldplaygate’ is a stark reminder that cameras are everywhere
New York Times, Published on 19/07/2025
» NEW YORK — The internet’s latest obsession occurred at, of all places, a Coldplay concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
Gaza rescuers say 52 killed in Israeli strikes, including 33 in a school
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Rescuers said devastating Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 52 people on Monday, 33 of them in a school turned shelter.
Widespread power outage hits Spain and parts of France and Portugal
The New York TImes, Published on 28/04/2025
» MURCIA, Spain — A major power outage hit Spain on Monday, shutting down trains, airports and other critical infrastructure and causing chaos in cities across the country.
Art lovers mob Paris's Pompidou Centre ahead of five-year closure
AFP, Published on 09/03/2025
» PARIS - Tourists and French visitors alike filled Paris's landmark Pompidou museum on the weekend to catch a last glimpse of its prestigious art collection ahead of a five-year closure for a major renovation.
South African police lower cage into mine to check if anyone left after 78 died
Published on 16/01/2025
» STILFONTEIN, South Africa - South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ascertain if any survivors or corpses were still there after a months-long siege by authorities in which at least 78 miners died.