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Flights at several German airports disrupted by 1-day strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:38 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Flights at several German airports were severely disrupted on Monday by the latest in a string of one-day strikes related to various pay disputes.The ver.di union called workers out on “warning strikes” at Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover and Bremen airports. Some 200 departures were canceled in Berlin, and about a third of the planned 200 arrivals were expected to be canceled, German news agency dpa reported. Hamburg airport said that all 123 planned departures during the strike were canceled and at least 50 of the 121 planned arrivals.The walkouts by airport staff come amid difficult pay talks for employees of Germany’s federal and municipal governments. Unions are seeking a 10.5% pay raise, while employers so far have offered an increase totaling 5% in two stages and one-time payments of 2,500 euros ($2,630) per employee — which unions have rejected as insufficient. The next round of talks is due to start March 27.There are also negotiations ongoing nationwide over air saf...

Simu Liu hosts Juno Awards as Nickelback set to join Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:38 GMT

EDMONTON — Marvel superhero star Simu Liu returns tonight for an encore performance as host of the Juno Awards.The “Shang-Chi” actor oversees the celebration of Canadian music for the second consecutive year, this time from Edmonton, where five key Junos will be handed out including album of the year, breakthrough artist and the viewer-voted fan choice award.The Junos broadcast airs live from Rogers Place on CBC-TV and CBC Gem.Among the leading contenders are Avril Lavigne, Tate McRae and newcomers Preston Pablo and Rêve, who all hold two nominations going into the show.The Weeknd is also vying for two more Junos after coming out the big winner at a pre-broadcast ceremony for the music industry on Saturday where he picked up four awards, including artist and single of the year for “Sacrifice.”Nickelback will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame on the Juno broadcast before taking the stage for a roaring rock performance.Other artists set to play t...

Quebec byelection today in former Liberal leader’s Montreal riding

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:38 GMT

MONTREAL — A byelection is being held today in a Montreal riding to choose a new member of the provincial legislature to replace the former Quebec Liberal leader.Voters are heading to the polls in Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne after Dominique Anglade resigned as leader when her Liberals won less than 15 per cent of the vote in the October general election.The riding has historically been a Liberal stronghold but is now being hotly contested by left-leaning Québec solidaire, which won a pair of Montreal ridings from the Liberals in October.Guillaume Cliche-Rivard of Québec solidaire lost to Anglade by 2,700 votes in October and is running again, this time against Christopher Baenninger of the Liberals, who heads a marketing agency and also lost in October in a neighbouring riding.The Coalition Avenir Québec is running Victor Pelletier, president of the party’s youth wing, while the Parti Québécois candidate is Andréanne Fiola, who also ran for the party in October.The Coalition Aveni...

Monday's Weather Report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:38 GMT

More flooding troubles ahead for California as "Atmospheric River Pattern" continues

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:38 GMT

Atmospheric rivers are the largest “rivers” of fresh water on EarthWhile atmospheric rivers are pretty different from rivers of liquid water down on the ground, they transport water vapor at a rate equal to 7–15 times the average daily discharge of the Mississippi River. They can be hundreds or thousands of miles long, and up to 300 miles wide.Atmospheric rivers are always flowing somewhere on Earth. At any given time, 90% of the water vapor moving toward the poles is concentrated in about 4 to 5 atmospheric rivers across the globe. Atmospheric River plumes over the Pacific in January 2012:Forecast rainfall by Friday morning, March 17, 2023

Daily horoscope for March 13, 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:38 GMT

Moon Alert: After 3:30 a.m. EDT today (12:30 a.m. PDT), there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The Moon is in Sagittarius.Happy Birthday for Monday, March 13, 2023:You are articulate, insightful and full of the power of positive thinking. You are driven by your curiosity and intelligence. This year holds exciting changes for you and an increase in your personal freedom. Seek out new opportunities. Trust your intuition. Travel is likely.ARIES(March 21-April 19)★★We’re off to a shaky start this week. It is what it is. Astrology is like the weather — you have to accept what’s happening. Rules, regulations and an insistence on the way things are “always done” might limit your scope of action today. Take it easy. Work with what you’ve got. Tonight: Lie low.TAURUS(April 20-May 20)★★Financial limitations might be a discouraging feature today. Your share of something might be less than you expected. Possibly, you didn’t even g...

NextGenerationEU: Estonia submits request to modify recovery and resilience plan and add a REPowerEU chapter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:38 GMT

On 9 March, Estonia submitted a request to the Commission to modify its recovery and resilience plan, to which it also wants to add a REPowerEU chapter. Estonia is the first country to include a REPowerEU chapter in its recovery and resilience plan.Estonia's proposed modification of the plan, which will now be assessed by the Commission, foresees five new investments. These include support to companies to increase energy security and the construction of viaducts for Rail Baltica – a greenfield rail transport infrastructure project with a goal to integrate the Baltic states in the European rail network. Estonia also submitted a dedicated chapter including two reforms and two investments to deliver on the REPowerEU objectives. At the same time, the modified plan includes the removal of four investments and themodification of 13 planned measures.Estonia's request to modify its plan is based on the need to factor in the very high inflation experienced in 2022 and the down...

Miss Manners: They billed us for eating dinner in their home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:38 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: About once a month, we go out to dinner with another couple and always have a good time. We tend to order roughly the same things — one drink each, no desserts unless it’s a special occasion — so we just split the bill.We were surprised, but fine with it, when they suggested that we should eat at their house next time instead of going out. We’ve all been doing a lot of creative cooking during the pandemic, and I offered to host the following time.We had a nice meal — but then they told us what our share of the cost would be! I’m in shock that our friends would be so stingy as to charge us for eating at their own home. We thought they were close friends!GENTLE READER: Evidently, they are close. Or maybe just confused.There is, indeed, a huge difference between a restaurant and a home. Or rather, there should be. But the habit of eating in commercial establishments has resulted in all but obliterating the meaning of private hospit...

Dear Abby: These hotshots have spoiled our small-town bowling league

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:38 GMT

DEAR ABBY: I live in a small town with a population of about 10,000. There is almost nothing to do here. There is a skating rink, a movie theater and a bowling alley. Since bowling in a league is a weekly thing, I joined one.Our bowling center has been bought by a former professional bowler. She has formed a team consisting of herself, her fiance, her son and a friend. They are all top-notch bowlers; her son scores in the high 200s every game he bowls. Since they own the place, they get unlimited practice. The lady pro has taught them everything she knows. The rest of us don’t stand a chance of winning a game against them.Should I just not care and think of it as a night out, and accept that when we bowl against the “big guns,” as they have been referred to, we can count on losing?It’s true that it’s not about winning; it’s about having fun. But it’s disheartening that we already know the outcome before the night begins. There are other leag...

Jill On Money: The gender wage gap is stuck

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:38 GMT

The gender pay gap, which is the difference between the earnings of men and women, has been stuck for years.Related ArticlesBusiness | Don’t forget these 3 tax credits when filing this year Business | Don’t forget the finances when caring for your newborn Business | Anyone can be a victim of tax fraud and scams Business | Is the bucket investment strategy right for you? Business | 5 ways to stretch your SNAP benefits In 1982, women earned just 65 cents to each dollar earned by men. The differential narrowed, but since 2002, the numbers have barely budged. In 2022, U.S. women typically earned 82 cents for every dollar earned by men.It would be great if there were a single cause of the differential, because then policy makers and employers might be able to craft a solution.But the Department of Labor has found “that the majority of the gap between men and women’s wages cannot be explained through mea...