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American Airlines ‘technical issue’-

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IT outages are hitting airlines, banks and media across the world, with many flights grounded American Airlines says none of its flights are taking off and the problems are due to an issue with Crowdstrike cybersecurity software Microsoft says it is taking mitigation action, but the cause of the outage hasn't been confirmed In the UK, train companies report delays and say they're experiencing "widespread IT issues" Some GP surgeries in England are having issues with booking appointments Sky News has not been able to broadcast live, its executive chairman says

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Airline traffic from American, Delta, and United from last night to this morning after what could be the biggest IT outage in U.S. history.

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Breaking: Allegiant, American, Delta, United Airlines, and many more airlines have issued a "ground stop" for all of their flights - including international.

No current updates as to when the ground stop will be lifted on most of these airlines.

The impact of the IT issues on media/internet and banks is unknown at this time.

Both Microsoft and CrowdStrike have experienced "outages."

The MS Azure status page now says that the issues have been resolved.

U.K.: the National Health Service's appointment system is disrupted, broadcaster Sky News went off air, and railway firms reported delays due to "widespread" technology issues, per the BBC.

Clearly, this is a developing story.

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A Widespread Microsoft Outage Disrupted Flights, Banks, Media Outlets And Companies Around The World On Friday And Highlighted Dependence On Software From A Handful Of Providers – New York City reporting

The issue affected Microsoft 365 apps and services, and escalating disruptions continued hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing it.

Microsoft 365 posted on X that the company was “working on rerouting the impacted traffic to alternate systems to alleviate impact in a more expedient fashion” and that they were “observing a positive trend in service availability.”

Major disruptions reported by airlines and airports grew. Flight tracking website Flightaware reports more nearly 1,000 flights canceled and over 12,000 more are delayed. Chicago O'Hare, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, Newark , La Guardia and Boston Logan International Airport lead Flightaware's "misery map" with the most delays and cancellations.

In the U.S., the FAA said the airlines United, Delta and Allegiant had all been grounded. American Airlines lifted its ground stop just after 5 a.m ET, saying they were able to "safely re-establish operations."

An earlier ground stop for Frontier Airlines was lifted just after midnight, and the carrier said they had resumed normal operations, for now.

Travelers at Los Angeles International Airport slept on a jetway floor, using backpacks and other luggage for pillows, due to a delayed United flight to Dulles International Airport early on Friday.

Across the pond, Edinburgh Airport said the system outage meant waiting times were longer than usual. London’s Stansted Airport said some airline check-in services were being completed manually, but flights were still operating.

The budget airline Ryanair said they are "experiencing disruption across the network due to a global third party IT outage which is out of our control. We advise all passengers to arrive at the airport at least three hours before their scheduled departure time.”

Widespread problems were reported at Australian airports, where lines grew and some passengers were stranded as online check-in services and self-service booths were disabled. Passengers in Melbourne queued for more than an hour to check in, although flights were still operating. Airlines Virgin Australia and Qantas were severely affected by the outage.

News outlets in Australia — including the ABC and Sky News — were unable to broadcast on their TV and radio channels, and reported sudden shutdowns of Windows-based computers. Some news anchors broadcast live online from dark offices, in front of computers showing “blue screens of death.” Telecommunications providers, banks and media broadcasters were also disrupted as they lost access to computer systems. Outages reported on the site DownDetector included the banks NAB, Commonwealth and Bendigo, as well as internet and phone providers such as Telstra. The New Zealand banks ASB and Kiwibank said their services were down.

Television stations in the United Kingdom were being disrupted by the computer issues.

Hospitals in Britain and Germany also reported problems.

Israel’s Cyber Directorate said that it was among the places affected by the global outages, attributing them to a problem with the cybersecurity platform Crowdstrike. The outage also hit the country’s post offices and hospitals, according to the ministries of communication and health.

In South Africa, at least one major bank said it was experiencing “nationwide service disruptions” as customers reported they were unable to make payments using their bank cards at grocery stores and gas stations.

Numerous European airlines are using manual check-in.

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Largest global IT outage in history did not affect Russia

A global technology outage caused by a software update from US cybersecurity company Crowdstrike caused chaos around the world on Friday, with flights suspended and healthcare, banking and ground transport systems facing major disruptions.

George Kurtz, president and CEO of Crowdstrike, said Friday morning that the company is “actively working with customers affected by a flaw discovered in one content update for Windows hosts” – a glitch that affected Microsoft users around the world. He also added:

“This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated, and a fix has been deployed. We refer customers to the support portal for the latest updates and will continue to provide complete and continuous updates on our website. We further recommend organisations ensure they’re communicating with CrowdStrike representatives through official channels. Our team is fully mobilised to ensure the security and stability of CrowdStrike customers.”

The Financial Times explained that Crowdstrike is “one of the world’s largest providers of “endpoint” security software, used by companies to monitor for security problems across a huge range of devices, from desktop PCs to checkout payment terminals.”

Troy Hunt, a security consultant, wrote on social media that “this will be the largest IT outage in history.” He also added:

“This is basically what we were all worried about with Y2K, except it’s actually happened this time.”

The impacts of the outage cascaded rapidly. Wired noted that “in the early hours of Friday, companies in Australia running Microsoft’s Windows operating system started reporting devices showing Blue Screens of Death (BSODs).” It continued:

“Shortly after, reports of disruptions started flooding in from around the world, including from the UK, India, Germany, the Netherlands, and the US: TV station Sky News went offline, and US airlines United, Delta, and American Airlines issued a “global ground stop” on all flights.”

The UK has been hit by a glitch

As The New York Times observed, the National Health Service in the United Kingdom “was crippled throughout the morning on Friday, as a number of hospitals and doctors offices lost access to their computer systems.”

Whitehall crisis officials were coordinating the response through the Cobra committee that deals with matters of national emergency or major disruption. Ministers were in touch with their sectors to tackle the fallout from the IT failure, and the transport secretary, Louise Haigh, said she was working “at pace with industry” after trains and flights were affected, The Guardian reported.

In the US, flights were grounded owing to communications problems that appear to be linked to the outage. American Airlines, Delta and United Airlines were among the carriers affected. Berlin airport temporarily halted all flights on Friday, while in Australia, Melbourne airport advised customers it was “experiencing a global technology issue which is impacting check-in procedures for some airlines.”

Global flight cancellations

There had been more than 1,000 flight cancellations worldwide so far due to the IT failure, according to the aviation analysis firm Cirium.

Long lines formed at airports in Asia as airlines lost access to check-in and booking services at a time when many travelers are heading away on summer vacations. News outlets in Australia — where telecommunications were severely affected — were pushed off air for hours. Hospitals and doctor’s offices had problems with their appointment systems, while banks in South Africa and New Zealand reported outages to their payment system or websites and apps.

At Hong Kong’s airport, Yvonne Lee, 24, said she only found out her flight to Phuket in Thailand was postponed to Saturday when she arrived at the airport, saying the way it was handled would “affect the image of Hong Kong’s airport very much.” Her already short five-day trip would now have to be further shortened, she said.

In India, Hong Kong and Thailand, many airlines were forced to manually check in passengers. An airline in Kenya was also reporting disruption.

Some athletes and spectators descending on Paris ahead of the Olympics were delayed as was the arrival of their uniforms and accreditations, but Games organisers said disruptions were limited and didn’t affect ticketing or the torch relay.

In Germany, Berlin-Brandenburg Airport halted flights for several hours due to difficulties in checking in passengers, while landings at Zurich airport were suspended and flights in Hungary, Italy and Turkey disrupted.

The Dutch carrier KLM said it had been “forced to suspend most” of its operations.

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport warned that the outage was having a “major impact on flights” to and from the busy European hub. The chaotic morning coincided with one of the busiest days of the year for Schiphol.

Israel said its hospitals and post office operations were disrupted.

In South Africa, at least one major bank said it was experiencing nationwide service disruptions as customers reported they were unable to make payments using their bank cards in stores. The New Zealand banks ASB and Kiwibank said their services were down as well.

Shipping was disrupted too: A major container hub in the Baltic port of Gdansk, Poland, the Baltic Hub, said it was battling problems resulting from the global system outage.

Russia was unaffected by the outage

Meanwhile, Russia was less affected by this outage, mainly due to sanctions, import substitution strategy and technological sovereignty.

The global IT failure of devices running the Windows 10 operating system did not affect the operation of Russian airports and airlines, with flights running as scheduled. There are no problems with the information systems of Russian Railways.

“Rosatom” reported that the systems of the concern “Rosenergoatom” work on “import-independent software,” so there are no problems in operation. The disruption in Microsoft’s work will not affect the operation of Russia’s energy system in any way, the agency said.

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Microsoft Outage: CrowdStrike and the 'Blue Screen of Death' Affecting Users Worldwide

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Global Impact

Microsoft Windows users across the globe, including those in India, Australia, Germany, the United States, and the UK, are experiencing a critical issue leading to the infamous 'Blue Screen of Death' (BSOD). This problem causes systems to restart or shut down automatically. Notably, companies like Dell Technologies have attributed this crash to a recent update from CrowdStrike, although Microsoft has yet to confirm this as the root cause of the outage.

Affected Sectors

The outage, which began Thursday evening, primarily impacted Microsoft's Central US region. Essential systems for numerous airlines were crippled, affecting American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Allegiant, and Sun Country in the US, as well as IndiGo and other airlines in India. Additionally, the disruption extended to banks, supermarkets, media outlets, and other businesses, highlighting the significant reliance on cloud services for critical infrastructure.

CrowdStrike: An Overview

CrowdStrike is a prominent cybersecurity platform that offers security solutions to both users and businesses. It employs a single sensor and a unified threat interface with attack correlation across endpoints, workloads, and identity. One of its key products, Falcon Identity Threat Protection, is designed to prevent identity-driven breaches in real time.

The Issue with CrowdStrike's Update

Reports indicate that a buggy update caused CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor to malfunction and conflict with the Windows operating system. This has led to widespread BSOD errors. CrowdStrike has acknowledged the problem, stating, “Our Engineers are actively working to resolve this issue and there is no need to open a support ticket.” The company has promised to update users once the issue is resolved.

Microsoft's Response

Microsoft confirmed that the Azure outage was resolved early Friday. However, this incident serves as a stark reminder of the potential consequences when critical infrastructure heavily relies on cloud services. The outage underscores the need for robust and reliable cybersecurity measures to prevent such widespread disruptions in the future.

Understanding the Blue Screen of Death

The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is a critical error screen on Windows operating systems that appears when the system crashes due to a severe issue, preventing it from operating safely. When a BSOD occurs, the computer restarts unexpectedly, often resulting in the loss of unsaved data. The error message typically states, “Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We are just collecting some error info, then we will restart for you.”

This type of error is not exclusive to Windows; similar issues can be seen across Mac and Linux operating systems as well.

While the exact cause of the widespread BSOD errors remains unclear, the incident highlights the interconnectedness and vulnerability of modern digital infrastructure. Both Microsoft and CrowdStrike are working to resolve the issues and restore normalcy to affected users and businesses worldwide.

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5 Things to Know for July 19: GOP Convention, Cyber Outages, Ukraine Aid, Olympics Security, Climate Protests

1. Republican Convention

Former President Donald Trump accepted his third GOP nomination for president at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. In his first public address since an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally last week, Trump called for unity and reiterated key campaign promises on the economy and border security, while also repeating false election claims. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden, isolating in Delaware due to Covid-19, faces increasing pressure from Democratic Party leaders to abandon his re-election campaign.

2. Cyber Outages

A global computer outage has grounded flights around the world, affecting major US carriers such as Delta, United, and American Airlines, resulting in widespread delays and cancellations. The issue stems from a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which assured that it was “not a security incident or cyberattack” and that a fix has been deployed. Banks and telecom companies in Australia and New Zealand, as well as Israel’s hospitals and health services, have also reported computer malfunctions.

3. Ukraine Aid

Germany plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine next year, amid concerns that US support might diminish if Donald Trump returns to the White House. Germany’s military resources have been strained by decades of underinvestment and recent arms supplies to Kyiv. Germany hopes Ukraine can meet its needs with $50 billion in loans from frozen Russian assets approved by the Group of Seven. Anxiety grows in Europe as Trump’s VP pick, Sen. JD Vance, opposes military aid for Ukraine and signals a potential decrease in US defense support for Europe.

4. Olympics Security

Final preparations are underway for the 2024 Paris Olympics, with heightened security measures in place as the Olympic Village begins to welcome athletes. A police officer was recently attacked in central Paris, raising concerns ahead of the Games. This follows another violent incident involving a soldier earlier in the week. French officials are committed to strengthening security as the Games are expected to attract around 15 million visitors.

5. Climate Protests

Five activists from the Just Stop Oil environmental campaign have been sentenced to prison for blocking a major London highway in 2022. The group demands an international treaty to end the extraction and burning of oil and coal by 2030. Their high-profile protests have included spray painting cultural heritage sites, targeting artworks, and disrupting sporting events. The sentences have drawn criticism from environmental agencies and scientists, with Just Stop Oil calling the decision “an obscene perversion of justice.”

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Events 10.29 (after 1950)

1953 – BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco. 1955 – The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol. 1956 – Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal. 1957 – Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into the Knesset. 1960 – An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio. 1964 – The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed to the United Republic of Tanzania. 1964 – Biggest jewel heist; involving the Star of India (gem) in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City by Murph the Surf and gang. 1967 – Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors. 1969 – The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. 1972 – The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of the hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615. 1980 – Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in a crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida, leading to the cancellation of Operation Credible Sport. 1985 – Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced as the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia. 1986 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway. 1991 – The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid. 1994 – Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill U.S. President Bill Clinton. 1998 – In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities. 1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space at that time. 1998 – ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission. 1998 – While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of six and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel. 1998 – Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras. 1998 – The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200. 1999 – A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India. 2002 – A fire destroys a luxurious department store in Ho Chi Minh City, where 1,500 people are shopping. More than 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for in the deadliest peacetime disaster in Vietnam. 2004 – The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election. 2005 – Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60. 2008 – Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five. 2008 – A pair of deadly earthquakes hits Baluchistan, Pakistan, killing 215. 2012 – Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages. 2014 – A mud slide; the 2014 Badulla landslide, in south-central Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people, and leaves hundreds of people missing. 2015 – China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years. 2018 – A Boeing 737 MAX plane crashes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia killing 189 people on board.

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United Airlines issues nationwide ground stop on all flights

Sept. 5, 2023 - Fox News

American Airlines pilot Dennis Tajer discusses the ground stop which was requested until 2 p.m. ET due to 'equipment outages.'

At time stamp 3:40 we get a vague explanation that this nationwide ground stop had something to do with a "computer problem." They are losing the ability to "fly" and can't say the reason, which is what this blog is all about... the disabling of the DOR grid and restoration of the earth's natural orgone.

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Monday, July 17, 2023

Canadian Politicians Who Criticize China Become Its Targets (NYT) The polls predicted a re-election victory, maybe even a landslide. But a couple of weeks before the vote, Kenny Chiu, a member of Canada’s Parliament and a critic of China’s human rights record, was panicking. Something had flipped among the ethnic Chinese voters in his British Columbia district. Longtime supporters originally from mainland China were not returning his calls. Volunteers reported icy greetings at formerly friendly homes. Chinese-language news outlets stopped covering him. And he was facing an onslaught of attacks—from untraceable sources—on the local community’s most popular social networking app, the Chinese-owned WeChat. Mr. Chiu and several other elected officials critical of Beijing were targets of a Chinese state that has increasingly exerted its influence over Chinese diaspora communities worldwide as part of an aggressive campaign to expand its global reach, according to current and former elected officials, Canadian intelligence officials and experts on Chinese state disinformation campaigns. Canada recently expelled a Chinese diplomat accused of conspiring to intimidate a lawmaker from the Toronto area, Michael Chong, after he successfully led efforts in Parliament to label China’s treatment of its Uyghur Muslim community a genocide. Canada’s intelligence agency has warned at least a half-dozen current and former elected officials that they have been targeted by Beijing, including Jenny Kwan, a lawmaker from Vancouver and a critic of Beijing’s policies in Hong Kong.

Heavy rains swamp Northeast again as flash flooding claims at least 5 lives in Pennsylvania (AP) Heavy rains pounded an already saturated Northeast on Sunday for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, cancelled airline flights and power outages. In Pennsylvania, a sudden flash flood late Saturday afternoon claimed at least five lives. Other parts of the East Coast were experiencing heavy rain, including Vermont. Authorities there said landslides could become a problem Sunday as the state copes with more rain following days of flooding.

San Francisco’s downtown is a wake-up call for other cities (AP) Jack Mogannam, manager of Sam’s Cable Car Lounge in downtown San Francisco, relishes the days when his bar stayed open past midnight every night, welcoming crowds that jostled on the streets, bar hopped, window browsed or just took in the night air. He’s had to drastically curtail those hours because of diminished foot traffic, and business is down 30%. Empty storefronts dot the streets. Large “going out of business” signs hang in windows. Shampoo, toothpaste and other toiletries are locked up at downtown pharmacies. And armed robbers recently hit a Gucci store in broad daylight. San Francisco has become the prime example of what downtowns shouldn’t look like: vacant, crime-ridden and in various stages of decay. But in truth, it’s just one of many cities across the U.S. whose downtowns are reckoning with a post-pandemic wake-up call: diversify or die. As the pandemic bore down in early 2020, it drove people out of city centers and boosted shopping and dining in residential neighborhoods and nearby suburbs as workers stayed closer to home. Those habits seem poised to stay. Data bears out that San Francisco’s downtown is having a harder time than most. A study of 63 North American downtowns by the University of Toronto ranked the city dead last in a return to pre-pandemic activity, garnering only 32% of its 2019 traffic.

Europe sizzles under heat wave (AP) Scorching temperatures across Europe forced the closure of the Acropolis in Athens for a second day as officials warned Saturday of even hotter weather next week, when the mercury is forecast to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in several popular Mediterranean tourist destinations. In cities, those venturing out at all drenched themselves in fountains while others sought out pools, the sea or shade in hopes of relief from the heat wave caused by Cerberus. The high-pressure anticyclone coming from the south was named after the three-headed dog in ancient Greek mythology who guarded the gates to the underworld. Fifteen cities in Italy, most of them in the country’s center and south, were under heat advisories signaling a high level of risk for older adults, the infirm, infants and other vulnerable people. In Greece’s capital, where the temperature was forecast to reach 41 C (105.8 F), officials decided to keep the sun-baked Acropolis monument closed from noon to 5:30 p.m. as they did Friday. In Turkey, coastal cities in the south and southwest reached the high 30s (about 97-102 F) and low 40s (104-109 F).

La Palma wildfire (AP) More than 4,000 people were evacuated as a wildfire rages “out of control” on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands on Saturday, destroying around a dozen homes, authorities said. The blaze has affected an area of about 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) and officials warned residents that the situation could worsen because a heat wave has made the terrain tinder-dry. “The fire has spread very fast,” Canary Islands regional president Fernando Clavijo said. “The fire is out of control.” Spain saw record high temperatures in 2022 and this spring as it endures a prolonged drought. Authorities and forestry experts are concerned that the conditions are ripe for a difficult wildfire campaign after seeing virulent fires as early as March.

Small, Hidden and Deadly: Mines Stymie Ukraine’s Counteroffensive (NYT) It was a grisly scene of bloody limbs and crumpled vehicles as a series of Russian mines exploded across a field in southern Ukraine. One Ukrainian soldier stepped on a mine and tumbled onto the grass in the buffer zone between the two armies. Nearby lay other Ukrainian troops, their legs in tourniquets, waiting for medical evacuation, according to videos posted online and the accounts of several soldiers involved. Soon, an armored vehicle arrived to rescue them. A medic jumped out to treat the wounded and knelt on ground he deemed safe—only to trigger another mine with his knee. Five weeks into a counteroffensive that even Ukrainian officials say is off to a halting start, interviews with commanders and soldiers fighting along the front indicate the slow progress comes down to one major problem: land mines. The fields Ukrainian forces must cross are littered with dozens of types of mines—made of plastic and metal, shaped like tins of chewing tobacco or soda cans, and with colorful names like “the witch” and “the leaf.” Ukraine’s army is also hindered by a lack of air support and the deep network of defensive structures the Russians have built. But it is the vast array of mines, trip wires, booby traps and improvised explosive devices that has Ukrainian forces bogged down only a few miles from where they started.

For Ukrainians isolated by war, English lessons offer a lifeline (Washington Post) The Ukrainians logged on in the dizzying days after Russian troops surged across the border. They logged on by candlelight after rocket attacks knocked electricity offline. They logged on as air raid sirens warned of danger. And so it was again one recent day, that 15-year-old Jane Gerasimchuk logged on to Zoom from her home in Dnipro, about 60 miles from the front lines of Russian’s invasion of Ukraine, so she could practice speaking English with a volunteer in Maryland. The call is part of a program called Speaking English Language Overseas or SELO—which sounds similar to the Ukrainian word for village—that pairs English tutors with groups of Ukrainians in the countryside who might not otherwise have a chance to hone their language skills with a native speaker. But what started as online language classes have become much more amid the deprivations and depravities of war—an escape, a lifeline to the outside world, a therapy session and an unusual window into the lives of ordinary Ukrainians at a time when simply carrying on with day-to-day activities has become an act of bravery. “When the bombs started, it was really hard to deal with what was going on,” Jane said in an interview. “I decided even if there was war, I would get better and I will grow.”

India’s favorite girl never grows up. But her wit is less welcome. (Washington Post) Nearly two decades after India’s independence, a little-known cooperative of small town dairy farmers in 1966 launched what became the most successful advertising campaign in the country’s history and helped transform India into the world’s largest producer of dairy and dairy products. The economic business model developed by Amul, the dairy cooperative, spread throughout India as did its cartoon advertising mascot: a young girl with blue hair, a polka dot dress and an endless stream of witty one-liners commenting on the events of the day. The girl quickly became India’s most recognizable cartoon character, a cultural icon that spared no public figure. But more than 8,000 ads later, she has had to tread carefully in a new India, within the shrinking space to poke—even in jest—at politics. “From then to now is a story of how India has changed—in terms of tolerance, humor, in terms of regime, in terms of what we can do,” said Rahul daCunha, who took over his father’s advertising agency and the Amul butter portfolio in 1993. “My dad was courageous. He never stayed away from a topic. Today, I don’t have that luxury.”

Antarctic ice levels undergo ‘massive decrease’, data shows (Reuters) Antarctic sea ice levels reached record lows last month, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday, a development climate change experts described as worrisome. WMO said that Antarctic sea ice levels last month—the hottest June ever recorded—were at their lowest since satellite observations began, at 17% below average. “We’re used to seeing these big reductions in sea ice in the Arctic, but not in the Antarctic. This is a massive decrease,” Michael Sparrow, Chief of World Climate Research Programme, told reporters in Geneva.

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American Airlines delays, cancelations continue to cause headaches for holiday travelers at DFW Airport | masr356.com

North Texas — DFW Airport ranked No. 1 on FlightAware's MiseryMap Wednesday afternoon with the highest number of cancellations and delays of all airports in the United States. CBS News Texas American Airlines travelers said gates were insufficient or their flights were canceled. This comes after Tuesday's weather and American Airlines outages affected holiday travelers at DFW Airport. Many…

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[ad_1] American Airlines resumed its operations in the United States on Christmas Eve after a brief disruption caused by an unspecified technical glitch. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted the ground stop for the airline following a halt that lasted over an hour, leaving thousands of passengers stranded during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. The disruption struck at one of the busiest travel periods of the year, leaving passengers stranded and airports overwhelmed with confusion. Announcement from American Airlines as we wait at @FLLFlyer @AmericanAir pic.twitter.com/zL4137ih4g — Anna McAllister (@annamactv) December 24, 2024 In a statement issued during the outage, American Airlines expressed regret for the inconvenience caused, saying, “Our teams are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, and we apologize to our customers for the inconvenience,” the airline said. Click here for Latest Fact Checked News On NewsMobile WhatsApp Channel For viral videos and Latest trends subscribe to NewsMobile YouTube Channel and Follow us on Instagram [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] American Airlines resumed its operations in the United States on Christmas Eve after a brief disruption caused by an unspecified technical glitch. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted the ground stop for the airline following a halt that lasted over an hour, leaving thousands of passengers stranded during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. The disruption struck at one of the busiest travel periods of the year, leaving passengers stranded and airports overwhelmed with confusion. Announcement from American Airlines as we wait at @FLLFlyer @AmericanAir pic.twitter.com/zL4137ih4g — Anna McAllister (@annamactv) December 24, 2024 In a statement issued during the outage, American Airlines expressed regret for the inconvenience caused, saying, “Our teams are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, and we apologize to our customers for the inconvenience,” the airline said. Click here for Latest Fact Checked News On NewsMobile WhatsApp Channel For viral videos and Latest trends subscribe to NewsMobile YouTube Channel and Follow us on Instagram [ad_2] Source link