Tag: economy and trade
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Four charts explaining the Southwest Airlines crisis
CNN — An outburst of severe winter weather last week canceled thousands of Southwest Airlines flights and completely disrupted the flight system. It claims to have had little success. But experts say the Southwest turmoil is actually the culmination of problems that have been building up over the years. The beleaguered airlines have canceled more…
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United and American Airlines place price caps on some cities to help Southwest customers get home
New York CNN — Many Southwest customers are desperate for anything and everything that brings them home. But some passengers are horrified that other airlines will post last-minute flights to their destinations, which can cost thousands of dollars. United Airlines and American Airlines say they have a solution. Airlines will set price caps on travel…
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Sara Khadem: Iranian woman takes part in international chess tournament without mandatory hijab
CNN — Iranian chess player Sarah Khadem, also known as Sarasadat Kademarshalye, entered an international tournament without a hijab, Iranian news agency Jamaran reported on Tuesday. Khadem is the latest sportswoman to compete without a hijab since anti-government protests erupted in September. Khadem appeared in a photo shared by Jamaran without a hijab as required…
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Jackson, Mississippi issues boil water notice as cold weather likely caused breaks in the troubled system
CNN — The city of Jackson, Mississippi, issued a citywide boiling water notice after the problematic system lost pressure due to a disconnection that could have been caused by the weather, according to a city statement. The notice follows widespread problems with water pressure and brown water spewing from faucets and toilets in the fall.…
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Six dead in Spain after bus plunges off bridge into river
Six people were killed and two injured when a passenger bus fell off a bridge and into a swollen river in northwestern Spain. The two survivors, a 63-year-old vehicle driver and a female passenger, were pulled from the river by ropes by firefighters and taken to a nearby hospital with varying degrees of injuries. A…
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Around 14,000 customers impacted after substations in Tacoma vandalized by burglars
CNN — About 14,000 customers in Puyallup and Graham, Wash., were affected Sunday after robbers destroyed three substations belonging to Tacoma Utilities and Puget Sound Energy, police said. No suspects are in custody at this time, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department added in a statement Sunday. The sheriff’s department said their agency first received a…
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JetBlue plane: Fire on board forces the evacuation of more than 160 passengers at New York’s JFK Airport
CNN — More than 160 passengers were forced to evacuate using emergency slides at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday after a fire broke out on board a JetBlue Airways plane, fire officials said. According to JetBlue, the incident, which occurred shortly after the plane from Barbados landed at the airport, may…
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A prolonged winter storm delivers power outages, snarled travel and frigid temperatures on Christmas Day
CNN — A nearly week-long winter storm that blew through much of the United States plunged temperatures to life-threatening lows, bringing snowstorms and flooding, and blackouts for more than 250,000 people at Christmas. Blizzard conditions persist across the Great Lakes, with frigid temperatures covering two-thirds of the eastern U.S. and several major cities in the…