CHICAGO, Illinois: According to U.S. airline officials, the introduction of a new 5G service could cause U.S. air traffic to “grind to a halt,” causing the grounding of many aircraft and stranding “tens of thousands of Americans overseas.” On January 17, Reuters reported that a letter warning of a potential “catastrophic” crisis in aviation was […]
LONDON, England: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) faces a major financial setback following a recent announcement by the government to freeze the present mandatory subscription fee for the next 24-months, which could cause serious difficulties to the state broadcaster. UK’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport, Nadine Dorries, confirmed enacting the subscription […]
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina: The eastern United States was hit by a severe winter storm on January 16, packing heavy snow, ice and gale-force winds, while tornadoes rolled out of the Midwest and continued to wreak devastation across the country. Tens of thousands of people in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida were without power, […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: An official at the highest level of the Denmark government has been charged with leaking state secrets. Claus Hjort Frederiksen, a former Defense Minister and now a opposition lawmaker, acknowledged that he is under investigation. Frederiksen, who previously served as chairman of the Intelligence Services Committee, said he has been charged with “violating […]
ONSLOW, West Australia: The sun appears to be mercilessly beating down on Onslow in West Australia, as the town registered a searing 123.3 degrees Fahrenheit, or 50.7 degrees Celsius, on January 13, the highest reading on record. For one week, the town has been reeling from the blistering heat, likely registering a never-seen-before high in […]
KIEV, Ukraine: Many government websites in Ukraine have suffered cyberattacks, with the intruders posting the text, “Be afraid and wait for the worst.” Other posts said that users’ personal information had been hacked. Officials in Ukraine said that Russia was most likely behind the attack. Among the websites attacked included those of the Ministry of […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Zara Rutherford, a teenager from Belgium, is nearing the completion of a solo round-the-world flight. Rutherford, age 19, is scheduled to land her single-seater Shark sport aircraft in Kortrijk, Belgium, on January 17, completing a 150 day journey to become the youngest woman to circumnavigate the world solo. The previous round-the-world record had […]
TOKYO, Japan: Twin panda cubs have made their first public appearance before devoted fans at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo. However, the pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao and sister Lei Lei, will only be shown for three days due to a surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant. The cubs, born at the zoo […]
WARSAW, Poland: Poland has emerged as the most recent country in Europe to have reported 100,000 fatalities linked to COVID-19, occurring at a time when the country gears up for a Covid Omicron spike. Almost one-quarter of these fatalities, or some 24,000, were reported during the latest COVID-19 wave, which began in October. Adam Niedzielski, […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Based on the 7 million new cases reported across Europe in the first week of 2022, the World Health Organization has warned that half of Europe will contract the Omicron Covid variant in the next six to eight weeks. “Today, the Omicron variant represents a new west-to-east tidal wave, sweeping across the region […]
