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A German labor union is calling for railway workers to stage an eight-hour strike on Friday to back calls for an inflation-busting pay raise BERLIN -- A German labor union is calling for railway workers to stage an eight-hour strike on Friday to back calls for an inflation-busting pay raise. Walkouts are also scheduled at three airports this week in a parallel pay dispute. The EVG rail workers union called for members to walk off the job from 3 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday. It said Wednesday that it had “to increase pressure on employers, who think that they can ignore the demands of their workforce and conduct wage negotiations in a patronizing way.” EVG's walkout will affect around 50 companies that provide rail services. Those include the main operator, state-owned Deutsche Bahn, which said long-distance services would not run between 3 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Friday and most regional trains would also be canceled. Deutsche Bahn personnel chief Martin Seiler described the strike as “co...

FROM GTECH COMMUNITY STADIUM - Nottingham Forest were cruelly denied a second away win of the Premier League season after succumbing to a late 2-1 loss at Brentford. Steve Cooper's men defended with resilience but ran out of luck in the closing stages as the Bees battled from a goal down to claim all three points. The first half nearly came and went without a chance until a long Brentford throw-in caused some chaos just before the break, with Keylor Navas grabbing Ethan Pinnock's quick snap-shot at the second attempt. And with the final kick of the opening 45, Forest went ahead. Moussa Niakhate's throw fell to Morgan Gibbs-White on the edge of the box, and his deflected strike was poked in from close range by Danilo. After the break, an improvised overhead kick from Niakhate caught David Raya off guard, but the Spaniard was able to parry the effort away from danger. Ben Mee then tried an overhead kick of his own from a corner, but this one sailed over the top. But despite ...

Manchester United have announced that Alejandro Garnacho has signed a new contract running until 2028. The 18-year-old has played 31 times for the Red Devils' senior setup and has emerged as one of the Premier League 's brightest young talents this season. He has recently been sidelined with an ankle injury but is on the cusp of a return and will do so having locked in his long-term future to United. Garnacho told club channels: "When I joined this incredible club, I dreamt of achieving my debut, playing at Old Trafford, scoring my first goal and winning trophies with this badge on my chest.  Read the latest Man Utd news here feed "I feel very proud and emotional to have experienced these moments already, together with my family who have supported me every step of the way. "We are all humbled to have this chance to continue our journey at Manchester United and I have already begun to work on achieving the next set of targets and ambitions.  "The manager an...

Bastianini suffered a broken shoulder blade in a collision with VR46 Ducati rider Luca Marini on the second lap of the sprint race at the season-opening Portuguese GP last month. The Ducati rider was ruled out of the remainder of the Portugal weekend and underwent further checks on his shoulder, which determined he would not need surgery. However, Bastianini was unable to take part in the following week’s Argentina GP and was unable to pass a medical check to com Pet e in the Americas GP. Bastianini took part in a private bike test earlier this week to assess his condition and travelled to Jerez with the intention of competing pending a final medical check by MotoGP doctors at the circuit. MotoGP has now confirmed that Bastianini has passed the medical check and will take part in Friday practice. A brief Twitter statement from MotoGP read: “MotoGP rider #23 Enea Bastianini has been declared fit after his medical check in Jerez.” Enea Bastianini, Ducati Team, Luca ...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has welcomed thousands of Russian troops to his country, allowed the Kremlin to use it to launch the invasion of Ukraine last year, and offered to station some of Moscow’s tactical nuclear weapons there TALLINN, Estonia -- For Ruslan, an engineer in the Belarus capital of Minsk, Russia's war in neighboring Ukraine suddenly seemed closer than ever when a conscription office recently sent him a summons for Military training. It's part of an effort that will see thousands of men in Belarus attend drills amid fears that the staunch Moscow ally could be drawn into the fighting. “They are telling us that Belarus won’t enter the war against Ukraine, but I hear Russian warplanes roar over my house heading to the Machulishchi air base outside Minsk,” the 27-year-old told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. He asked not to be fully identified out of concern for his personal safety. “Russian troops are already in Belarus, and I see the ...

by John Donnelly, meteorologist The slow cold front finally headed out of town, and now things start to clear up a bit. Morning lows in the mid 40’s will accompany some mist, and then temps will rise to the upper 50’s with decreasing cloud cover and a light southwesterly breeze. It’s a “B” Day! ___ Follow John’s weather forecasts, here: WEATHER WITH JOHN DONNELLY John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode Island and settled in Johnston, where he grew up until graduating from Lyndon State College in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. As a child John always wanted to know how air moved, and he ran towards, not away from, thunder and lighting and various other ominous weather phenomena. He returned in 2001 to the old family neighborhood of Elmhurst. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/rhode-island-weather-for-april-25-2023-john-donnelly-TheFOXposts-19917.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_me...

Procter & Gamble, the maker of such iconic household products as Crest toothpaste, Tide detergent and Charmin toilet paper, raised its annual sales outlook on Friday, after turning in better-than expected fiscal third-quarter earnings results as a seri... NEW YORK -- Procter & Gamble Co., the maker of such iconic household products as Crest toothpaste, Tide detergent and Charmin toilet paper, raised its annual sales outlook on Friday, after turning in better-than expected fiscal third-quarter earnings results as a series of price hikes boosted its performance. The earnings results offer encouraging signs about the resiliency of the consumer ahead of reports next month from major retailers like Walmart and Target in an increasingly challenging economy. P &G executives told analysts during its earning call on Friday that the U.S. consumer is “holding up well” and its share of private label brands, which tend to be less expensive, is stable at 16%, a good indication that ...

Quick facts When is it? Every April 23rd Tagged as Items & Things Language What's the hashtag? #EnglishLanguageDay Have we missed something? We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. James Nicoll There was a quiet language that began on a small cluster of islands off the coast of Western Europe, it slowly developed and spread through a few different permutations until one day, in an explosion of colonialism, it suddenly spread across the world like wildfire. It became the language of what was once the most powerful nation in the world and has since become the language of commerce in countries all over the world. English Language Day celebrates this language, its History , and its oddities! History Of English Language Day The first origins of the English Language can be found in medieval England and takes its name from the Angles. Th...

The decision to drop charges against Alec Baldwin over the fatal "Rust" shooting was made after investigators found the gun was mechanically improper, a source said. The special prosecutors' decision to drop the charges against Alec Baldwin over the fatal on-set "Rust" shooting was made, at least in part, because investigators found the gun that fired to be mechanically im proper , a source familiar with the matter told ABC News. Baldwin, 65, had been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after fatally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, on the New Mexico set of the Western in October 2021. The actor was practicing a cross-draw when the gun fired, striking the cinematographer. This aerial photo shows the movie set of "Rust" at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M., on Oct. 23, 2021. Jae C. Hong/AP, FILE Investigators effectively conducted an autopsy of the Colt .45 revolver and found that there were worn joints and that the ...

A Dutch salvage company has reached agreement with the United Nations to pump oil from a rusting tanker off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen AMSTERDAM -- A Dutch salvage company has reached agreement with the United Nations to pump oil from a rusting tanker off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen in a move hailed as a “critical milestone” in moves to avert a possible environmental disaster, its parent company announced Thursday. Boskalis said that its Smit Salvage subsidiary has reached agreement with the U.N. Development Program to transfer more than one million barrels of oil from the decaying tanker FSO Safer. A specialist support ship, the Ndeavor, is setting sail Friday to the east African nation of Djibouti to prepare for the mission, the company said. The announcement came just over a month after the U.N. said it had signed an agreement to buy a very large vessel that can hold oil pumped off the Safer. The Japanese-made Safer was built in the 1970s and sold to the Yemeni government...

Netflix is poised to shut down the DVD-by-mail rental service that set the stage for its trailblazing video streaming service. It is the end of an era that began a quarter-century ago, when delivering discs through the mail was considered a revolutionary concept. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: End of an era as Netflix ends DVD-by-mail service. Stream the world's best reality, Entertainment and true crime shows for free on 7Bravo on 7plus >> The DVD service, which still delivers films and TV shows in the red-and-white envelopes that once served as Netflix’s emblem, plans to mail its final discs on September 29. Netflix ended March with 232.5 million worldwide subscribers to its video streaming service, but it stopped disclosing how many people still pay for DVD-by-mail delivery years ago as that part of its business steadily shrank. The DVD service generated $145.7 million in revenue last year, which translated into somewhere between 1.1 million and 1.3 million subscribers, based on...

A man has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed a young woman who was in a car that mistakenly pulled into his driveway in rural upstate New York. A man has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed a young woman who was in a car that mistakenly pulled into his driveway in rural upstate New York, authorities said. The incident occurred on Saturday night just before 10 p.m. ET in the small town of Hebron, some 60 miles northeast of Albany. A group of four young adults were looking for a friend's house in the area when they drove their car up the wrong driveway. They were turning around upon realizing their error when the homeowner -- identified as 65-year-old Kevin Monahan -- came outside with a gun and fired at their vehicle, according to Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy. "It's a very rural area, it's dirt roads, there's not a lot of cellular service or any type of internet," Murphy said during a press con...