Just a few days ago, the small English airline Flybe advertised on Twitter for new employees. Applications are currently being accepted for a number of vacancies, according to the social network. In the promotional photo, a pilot and a flight attendant smile in their uniforms while looking at a smartphone - classic role allocation, typical reflex.Just a few days later, nothing was classic anymore, and the applications, if any, were superfluous: Last Saturday, Flybe ceased operations from now on, thousands...
Status: 01/27/2023 2:44 p.m Wholesale prices for natural gas have been falling for weeks, and the situation on the energy market has unexpectedly eased significantly. The calls are getting louder that the utilities will soon be making their customers' tariffs cheaper. In view of the significant drop in wholesale prices for natural gas, there are increasing calls for this relief to be passed on to energy customers. "If we get through the winter with sufficiently full gas storage tanks, then...
7:42 a.m .: UN refugee commissioner predicts new wave of displaced UkrainiansWith the push of Russian forces into eastern Ukraine, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees warned Thursday that Europeans should prepare for a likely new wave of displaced people fleeing the fighting.“Any exacerbation of the war is likely to cause new displacements, one way or another, and we must prepare for this,” Filippo Grandi said in an interview with AFP in kyiv. "As we have seen everywhere, in Mariupol,...
STORY: Air alert in Ukraine - again. Regional governments across the country warned of rocket attacks on Thursday morning and called on the population to seek protection. In Kyiv, people crowded into the subway stations. According to the Ukrainian Emergency Service, eleven people were killed in attacks across the country. Since October, Russia has repeatedly launched massive airstrikes on Ukraine. With its most recent shelling, Moscow is apparently reacting to the decision by Germany, the USA and other NATO countries...
Gang crime in Sweden does not want to die down. The police have been trying to get the situation under control for years without success. For weeks now, a wave of violence has been rolling across the country again - with ever younger perpetrators and victims. Now the new government is presenting an action plan. They have now become part of everyday life in Sweden: shootings and bomb attacks in the country's cities. There can no longer be any talk...
Status: 01/26/2023 12:29 p.m Ukraine has reported another wave of Russian missile attacks. According to Kyiv, one person was killed and two others injured. In Odessa, the energy infrastructure was damaged. Ukraine has reported multiple Russian missile strikes in the country. According to Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko, a 55-year-old man was killed and two others injured as a result of the attack. Klitschko announced this in the Telegram news service. Accordingly, a rocket hit a building that does not serve...
health RKI: Flu wave already ended after an early start In the years before the pandemic, the flu epidemic usually only started after the turn of the year. photo © Bernd Weißbrod/dpa The full extent of the flu epidemic has not yet been determined, but the Robert Koch Institute has at least an initial assessment of the situation. After an exceptionally early start in autumn 2022, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) now considers the flu epidemic in Germany to be...
live blog Status: 01/25/2023 04:23 am Ukrainian President Selenskyj describes the wave of layoffs in his government as "necessary". The Russian ambassador in Washington says a delivery of US battle tanks to Ukraine would be a "blatant provocation". All developments in the live blog. 4:23 a.m Military expert sees Russia strengthened: tanks important for Ukraine According to a military expert from Switzerland, Russia has overcome a phase of weakness in the war against Ukraine. "We are heading towards a situation...
STORY: 31-year-old French pro surfer Justine DuPont may have set a new record with this ride far off the California coast recently. Experts suspect that the size of the wave they conquered was above the previous mark of 22.4 meters. Mission participants reported that the breakers were between 15 and 30 meters high that day. The Brazilian professional Lucas "Chumbo" Chianca, among others, achieved other spectacular rides. The wave size of the rides is now determined more precisely using the...
analysis Status: 01/20/2023 5:22 p.m With Alphabet, the next big tech company has announced that it will lay off thousands of employees. What's next for the industry, which has lived beyond its means in recent years? By Antonia Mannweiler, tagesschau.de "Thank you for working so hard to help people and businesses everywhere. Your contributions have been invaluable and we are grateful for them," Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in an email to employees today in response to his announcement, thousands...