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How a Classic French Dish Is Squeezed by Lingering Inflation How a Classic French Dish Is Squeezed by Lingering Inflation At Le Bouillon Chartier in Paris, the recipe for a perfect beef Bourguignon involves beef, carrots, wine, butter and “coquillettes,” a tiny macaroni-shaped pasta. It is cooked for at least three hours. And it must be affordable, so the price cannot be more than 10 euros a dish. Since 1896, the belle epoque eatery has been Parisians’ destination for cheap French fare. It’s a boisterous canteen with meals that give energy for the day, where someone on a living wage can eat for less than what they earn in an hour. But rarely in Bouillon Chartier’s storied history has it been as hard to keep costs under control as it is today. The elements that go into its beef Bourguignon, including electricity for the restaurant as well as wages for the bustling staff of servers and cooks, are 30 to 45 percent higher than they were five years ago, said Christophe Joulie, the restaurant’s owner. And to maintain a steady price for Bouillon Chartier’s best-selling dish (which costs around $10.80), he has cut into the margins of his family-run business up to 20 percent. “The price of everything that went up essentially stayed up,” Mr. Joulie said one recent weekday at the eatery in Paris’s Ninth Arrondissement, one of three Bouillon Chartier locations in the city. A line nearly two blocks long had formed by 11:30 a.m., when the doors swing open for the lunch crowd. “But our fight is to always offer a decent meal at a decent price.” The challenges facing Mr. Joulie reflect the broader impact of sticky inflation across Europe. Inflation in the euro area climbed to 2.4 percent in February after cooling last year. The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the sixth consecutive time on Thursday, but is facing an uncertain path forward as an increase in military spending and possible tariffs cloud the horizon. Inflation has fallen from a record 10 percent after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and pandemic lockdowns. Prices for energy, meat and dairy, and even glassware and tablecloths, are not rising as fast. But they are still stubbornly higher than before the inflation outbreak. Higher prices are also lashing other businesses in Europe, pushing factories and energy-intense commerce, including restaurants, to the brink. In homes across the country, people trying to put food on the table are finding the price of their supermarket basket has dipped only slightly. At the Bouillon Chartier, those forces are marbled throughout the beef Bourguignon, France’s most emblematic dish: The overall costs that go into making it have nearly doubled since the pandemic, Mr. Joulie said. The price of beef that he orders from longtime suppliers has risen threefold, driven by higher feed and fertilizer costs, energy to run the slaughterhouses and gas for tractors and transport. Other ingredients have come down in price from their peak but remain high, according to Insee, France’s statistics agency. Mr. Joulie’s electricity bill for his restaurants soared to €1.5 million annually, from €500,000 three years ago; last year he was able to negotiate a lower contract, but that has not made up for the losses. Wages, which make up about 40 percent of the price of a beef Bourguignon, have risen 15 to 20 percent in that ******* as workers demanded higher salaries to keep pace with inflation. “Every morning I go see my purchasing director to figure out what we can buy,” Mr. Joulie said. “It’s like playing the stock market.” Le Bouillon Chartier started out as a popular canteen, made famous in Paris over a century ago by the Chartier brothers, who offered broth — or bouillon — and hearty fare to blue-collar laborers. Eventually, white-collar workers gravitated, along with tourists, who flock in larger numbers these days after the restaurant appeared in the Netflix show “Emily in Paris.” In an era of unyielding inflation, the bouillon, as the eateries like it are known, has become a culinary refuge from the cost-of-living crisis that has crimped the spending of the average French citizen. The most expensive item on the menu is a steak frites at €13.50, a third to a half cheaper than it would be in bistros and restaurants. In recent years, nearly a dozen cheap copycat bouillons have opened in Paris, attracting throngs. But Bouillon Chartier’s popularity has not always been strong. It ruled Paris’s inexpensive dining scene until the mid-2000s, when eating habits changed, and more people gravitated to fast food, Mr. Joulie said. It was on the brink of bankruptcy when his father, a restaurateur who started as a waiter in French bistros in the 1970s, swooped in with his son to rescue it. Together, they run Groupe Joulie, an enterprise that also includes 12 elegant Parisian bistros. The duo refurbished the restaurant in the Ninth Arrondissement, now a historic monument, keeping its original décor of Art Nouveau globe chandeliers, wood paneling and red-checked tablecloths. Huge mirrors hung on patinated walls inspired Balthazar, the bustling French restaurant in New York City. To keep prices down, Mr. Joulie must work with volume. He orders 1.5 tons of beef a week just for the beef Bourguignon dish at the three bouillons, which serve over 4,000 diners a day. Customers spend an average of €20 per ticket. When prices soar too much, he will drop some items from the menu. The popular duck confit, for instance, was stricken temporarily when he could not keep the price at €12.50. And in early January, Mr. Joulie was forced to remove the beef Bourguignon for one week because of a jump in beef prices. He has kept the cost of the dish at €10 for four years. Mostly, he has opted to take the financial hit out of his company’s margins. “We can do that because we are a family-run enterprise, not beholden to the stock market or investors,” he said. “Until now it has worked,” he added, gesturing to the phalanx of diners sitting elbow to elbow in the immense hall, adorned with a giant fresco made by the painter Germont in 1929 to pay his overdue tab. Twenty waiters in ****** vests and white aprons twirled around tables, taking orders and zipping to the kitchen. Glasses clinked and silverware tapped on white plates emblazoned with the Chartier emblem, laid atop a paper table-covering where the waiters wrote out the bill with a ballpoint pen. Despite the buzz, Mr. Joulie said the scourge of inflation simmered beneath the surface for every diner. Traffic in his eateries, and at restaurants and bistros around France, slowed after a post-pandemic surge. By the end of 2023, persistent high prices for energy and food had deepened a cost-of-living crisis; even in the bouillon, customers ordered less. Ali Belcacem and his friend, longtime regulars, polished off a €3.20 chocolate mousse after eating beef Bourguignon and andouillette, or a tripe sausage, washing it all down with a glass of house red wine. “We don’t eat out as much as before,” Mr. Belcacem said. The men, retirees who live nearby, were on a fixed income and have been squeezed financially, especially over the last year and a half, by stubbornly high bills for electricity and food, as well as clothing and gas. “When they say inflation has come down, that’s not the reality,” Mr. Belcacem said. “Our shopping basket for some items is up by 40 percent.” They treated themselves to a midday meal at Chartier, because it was hearty and economical. Mr. Joulie scanned the dining room and eyed Mr. Belcacem as he paid his bill. “High prices are hurting many people,” Mr. Joulie said. “Now more than ever, it’s important to keep things affordable.” Source link #Classic #French #Dish #Squeezed #Lingering #Inflation Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Inside Trump’s War on the I.R.S.: Dropped Audits and a Skeleton Staff Inside Trump’s War on the I.R.S.: Dropped Audits and a Skeleton Staff Beth Crowell was proud to work for the Internal Revenue Service. She had spent much of her career as an accountant for large corporations, gaining intimate knowledge about how they do — and sometimes don’t — pay the taxes they owe. Working for the I.R.S. in Colorado, she hoped to put her skills to a new use. She wanted to help collect more money for the federal government. Not long after joining last July, she had her chance. Ms. Crowell, 64, joined a team that had started an audit of a company earning roughly $3 billion a year. The I.R.S. had never examined the firm before, Ms. Crowell said, because the agency hadn’t had enough employees with the skills for such complex cases. “They’re a large multinational company, and it is not a normal thing to not have been examined,” she said, declining to name the firm. By hiring Ms. Crowell and thousands of other experienced tax professionals like her last year, the I.R.S. was trying to fill those gaps and rebuild its ability to enforce tax laws after years of decay. The effort was expected to help the United States recoup billions in additional tax revenue. Then the layoffs started. With Trump administration targeting recent hires across the government, the terminations hit particularly hard in Ms. Crowell’s division, large business and international. Of the more than 7,000 people laid off from the I.R.S. so far, roughly half worked in her department. As a result, the I.R.S. may struggle even more with its basic mission of collecting taxes. Work-intensive investigations into large businesses and rich Americans could decline, a drop in enforcement that would add to the deficit even as Elon Musk says his team is helping narrow it. The audit Ms. Crowell was in the middle of conducting is now adrift. Five of the nine people working on it, including Ms. Crowell, were laid off. What she called a slam-dunk case for the I.R.S. may not be finished. “We were going to work through these issues and have it done in an effective professional and collaborative manner,” she said. “All of the momentum we had is gone. I’m not sure they’re going to be positioned and have the support they need to restructure and reconvene to overcome all of this.” Firing probationary employees like Ms. Crowell was just the beginning of President Trump’s far-reaching agenda for the I.R.S. The administration is preparing budget cuts and further layoffs that could ultimately force the I.R.S. to shed as much as half of its 100,000-person work force — a drastic reduction that could mean many Americans face less scrutiny, and receive less help, on their taxes. At the same time, Mr. Trump is asserting more political control over an agency that has historically been insulated from changes in leadership at the White House. Soon after the election, Mr. Trump chose Billy Long, a former Republican congressman and vocal supporter of the president, to lead the I.R.S. The choice of Mr. Long was unusual. He’d never run a large organization and his only background in tax consisted of pitching small businesses on a fraud-riddled tax credit. And by deciding to replace Daniel Werfel, then the head of I.R.S., years before the end of his term in 2027, Mr. Trump was upending the norm that commissioners of the I.R.S. stay in the role even as a new president comes into office. Mr. Musk, who claimed to hold the record for the largest tax bill for an individual after having paid more than $11 billion to the I.R.S. in 2021, has dispatched technologists to the agency with the goal of automating many of its functions. The presence of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency is growing at the I.R.S., where Mr. Musk’s allies are preparing to cancel scores of contracts with outside technology vendors. And with homeland security officials already asking for the I.R.S. to help with deporting immigrants, some agency officials and tax experts also worry that the Trump administration could try to use vast stores of taxpayer information to execute political goals. This article is based on interviews with more than a dozen current and former I.R.S. officials, aides on Capitol Hill and others in Washington who closely follow the tax agency. They described deep uncertainty as the I.R.S. cycled through three leaders in a matter of weeks and Mr. Trump’s team moved to rapidly remake one of the government’s most fundamental agencies. An I.R.S. spokeswoman declined to comment. A Treasury spokesperson said the Trump administration was exploring different options for streamlining the I.R.S. “While no plan has been approved to date, modernization is necessary to keep up with the process by which Americans file their taxes, including the reality that over 90 percent of individual tax returns are filed electronically,” the spokesperson said. “These changes are aimed at improving taxpayer customer service and ensuring a smooth and successful filing season.” ‘Uncharted Situation’ Even with his successor picked, Mr. Werfel, a Biden appointee, had wanted to stay in his job for as long as possible. While the generational overhaul of the I.R.S. he was hired to lead was now under threat by Mr. Trump, Mr. Werfel thought he might still be able to stay on for the first few months of the Trump administration. Mr. Long’s Senate confirmation would take time, and Mr. Werfel wanted to help the I.R.S. get through filing season, its most high-stakes ******* when millions of Americans file their returns. Throughout the transition, Mr. Werfel repeatedly asked members of incoming Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s staff whether they would want him to keep working. But Mr. Bessent and his staff never asked Mr. Werfel to stay — nor did they explicitly tell him to go — so he decided he would resign, hoping to avoid drawing any additional attention to the I.R.S., already a target for Republicans. “This situation would have been somewhat uncharted,” Mr. Werfel said in an interview before he stepped down on Jan. 20. “I wasn’t able to predict what this uncharted situation would entail, and all of this would be happening while the I.R.S. has some important obligations in the medium term.” As the agency responsible for taking money from Americans to fund the government, the I.R.S. has long been unpopular with the public. In that sense, it was a natural target for an antigovernment crusade, even if it could mean bringing in less tax revenue. Mr. Musk, Mr. Long and members of Mr. Trump’s staff have even raised the possibility of abolishing the I.R.S. altogether. Even before Mr. Trump took office, associates of Mr. Musk were scrutinizing the I.R.S., asking about the agency’s information technology and head count during transition meetings. The I.R.S., under its modernization plan, had been working to update its rickety technology systems — but the Trump team quickly made clear that it believed the agency was moving far too slowly and employed far too many people. When he arrived at I.R.S. headquarters in February, Gavin Kliger, a 25-year-old software engineer on Mr. Musk’s DOGE team, wanted broad visibility into the agency’s databases, which are full of personal information about Americans’ jobs, earnings and families. While I.R.S. officials agreed to eventually let him see anonymized tax data, a court order barring DOGE employees from Treasury systems has so far prevented Mr. Kliger from actually doing so. In meetings, Mr. Kliger, who wears all-****** clothing, has often been impatient, accusing officials of stonewalling him and disobeying White House executive orders when they raised legal concerns with his requests, according to people who have interacted with him. Mr. Kliger did not respond to a request for comment. When I.R.S. human resources staff did not spend a weekend readying the agency to host another DOGE aide, Sam Corcos — a technology entrepreneur and a self-described minimalist who has repeatedly said he only owns one pair of pants — Mr. Kliger blamed the chief human capital officer at the I.R.S. for not moving quickly enough. A new I.R.S. chief, promoted under the Trump administration to temporarily lead the agency, agreed. Melanie Krause had taken over after the last interim leader, Douglas O’Donnell, retired. Last week, she put the chief human capital officer, Traci DiMartini, on administrative leave for not accommodating DOGE requests and her performance during the first round of mass layoffs, according to two people familiar with the matter. ‘My Taxpayer Dollars Were Wasted’ Caryn Burns had long been frustrated with the I.R.S. It took too long to get a call back, and the I.R.S. staff she dealt with over the course of her career as an accountant could be underwhelming. But when she started working there herself in September, she started to get a sense of why the agency so often seemed to fall short. The technology was archaic and took to weeks to learn to use. And while the work force was growing rapidly under the Biden administration — with the number of employees rising by 20,000 over three years — Ms. Burns said the I.R.S. still seemed short of staff. “They couldn’t hire people quick enough to start making the necessary changes,” she said. “Once I learned all of this and once I started and I had access to all these programs, I realized this isn’t what I thought it was. There really aren’t a lot of people there.” Ms. Burns, 58, had also worked in the large business and international division, in the Phoenix, Ariz., area, before she was laid off last month. She said she was close to completing an audit that would have generated a significant tax payment to the I.R.S. She’s not sure if her former colleagues will have the resources to finish it after the layoffs. “I voted for Trump; I do like Trump,” she said. “I like what he did the last term in office and all of the things he stood for.” “But now that he’s brought in Elon Musk,” it’s a mess, she said. I.R.S. leaders had scrambled to identify all of their probationary employees, whom the Trump administration had directed should be laid off. It was a struggle to quickly put together the list; employees deemed necessary for filing season, for example, were supposed to be spared. The day before the firings started, several top officials at I.R.S. headquarters were not sure exactly how many people the agency would ultimately let go. Amanda Musgrave, 41, showed up to work expecting to be laid off quickly. She had started working at the massive I.R.S. campus in Austin, Texas, last June, so she knew she was vulnerable. Mrs. Musgrave had enjoyed the job and was frustrated that it had to end. Even with security officers and human resources staff on campus to facilitate the layoffs, Mrs. Musgrave said she and some of her colleagues waited for hours for the official termination notice to arrive in their email inboxes. The stress started to build, and she eventually she got tired of waiting. In the afternoon, she demanded that her manager just fire her so she could go home. “I ended up having a panic attack, and that was not fair,” she said. “It was completely degrading and disgusting what I went through.” More broadly, Mrs. Musgrave has a lingering feeling that the layoffs directed by Mr. Musk’s team would create more government waste — not reduce it. Not only might Americans find it easier to avoid paying all of the taxes they owe, but all of the time and money the I.R.S. spent on hiring her and thousands of others were ultimately for nothing. “I’m appalled my tax dollars were wasted on getting all those employees trained, and they didn’t even get the chance to get out of their probationary *******,” she said. Source link #Trumps #War #I.R.S #Dropped #Audits #Skeleton #Staff Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Are Genetically Modified Pigs The Future of Organ Transplantation? Are Genetically Modified Pigs The Future of Organ Transplantation? How have the first patients fared after receiving organ transplants from genetically modified pigs? Roni Caryn Rabin, a health reporter on the Science desk of The New York Times, looks at the results so far. Source link #Genetically #Modified #Pigs #Future #Organ #Transplantation Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘Operation Mincemeat,’ a Very British Hit, Lands on Broadway ‘Operation Mincemeat,’ a Very British Hit, Lands on Broadway Last year, the hit West End musical “Operation Mincemeat” embarked on a mischievous publicity campaign. “Are we too British for Broadway?” it asked, inviting Americans on its email list and via social media to fill out an online questionnaire about whether, for instance, they had trouble understanding British accents. (“No,” 90.2 percent of the respondents said.) After making its way across the ocean armed with high expectations and an Olivier Award for best new musical, the show, a screwball comedy about an unlikely World War II spy operation, will open March 20 at the Golden Theater on Broadway. Its lengthy preview ******* is giving it ample time to adjust to the particular sensibilities of a New York audience, unaccented or otherwise. Some of what the cast and crew have found has been surprising, said the director, Robert Hastie, who was so eager for early on-the-ground feedback that he strode onstage before the curtain rose at the first preview and boldly (or maybe recklessly) gave out his email address to the packed house. “This show has always grown and developed from what the audience has been kind enough to give back,” he told the crowd. “If you have any thoughts when you come away from tonight, we’d be really, really grateful.” The real Operation Mincemeat was a sleight-of-hand spy mission in 1943, in which the British dressed a dead body as a Royal Marines officer, outfitted it with fake invasion plans designed to hide the Allies’ real intentions and then dumped it into the sea to be discovered by the Nazis. Its musical version has had a charmed trajectory in London, opening in 2019 at the tiny New Diorama Theater before settling in at the Fortune Theater in the West End, where it’s still playing. What Hastie has learned from the audiences so far,: first, that Broadway theatergoers don’t need to be walked through lengthy historical expositions. “We’ve been surprised at how much of a lean-forward audience this is,” he said. “They want the story told more thriftily, and so we’ve taken a couple of lines out here and there.” Also: “American audiences are quick and sophisticated, but they also love the dumb stuff, like the slapstick and the physical comedy, almost more than the British,” Hastie said. This has led to, among other things, a ratcheting up of the comic mayhem in several scenes involving briefcases that may or may not contain incriminating documents, and that various characters are trying to retain, get rid of or conceal. Written and composed by the comedy group SpitLip, the production features five actors playing a total of 82 characters. Three of the actors — David ********, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts — are part of SpitLip; the other two, Jak Malone and Claire-Marie Hall, are not. (The fourth SpitLip member, Felix Hagan, doesn’t perform in the show.) The original cast has followed the show to New York. Having an original cast of performer-writers with comedy backgrounds has made for an unusually nimble production, as the actors can rewrite lines and reconfigure scenes themselves. While in the show’s earlier iterations they often reworked things on the fly, that’s no longer viable now that they are on Broadway — among other things, unexpected line changes mess up the lighting cues, Hastie said. They came to New York prepared to treat the audience almost as “the sixth member of the cast,” ******** said, and to rejigger the show as needed. “If there are lines that don’t work, references that don’t work, moments where we feel it’s not quite landing — if we’re difficult to understand — we’re ready and willing to put on the old boots again and make new changes,” Hodgson said. Changes have been small, inserted mostly to un-muddy various points of cultural divergence. “Public school” (as in Eton, the school several main characters attend) was changed to “private school,” because the words mean opposite things in Britain and the United States. A reference to “Fleming” (as in Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond spy novels and a character in the musical) was sharpened to include his first name. And “Number 10,” the British shorthand for the prime minister’s office, was changed to the more-recognizable-to-foreigners “Downing Street.” Finally, the scene-setting voice-over that begins the show was tweaked to point out that the story is, in fact, true. “A lot of Americans didn’t realize it was a true story because so much of it was fantastical,” said Jon Thoday, a lead producer of the musical. In London, the production enjoys an unusually intimate relationship with its fans, a noisy and opinionated bunch. The most passionate ones, known as Mincefluencers, have been known to show up at the theater en masse, cosplaying “Mincemeat” characters. Many have seen the production dozens of times and can recite every line. An estimated 300 Mincefluencers flew to New York for the first preview, cheering so raucously after the songs that the noise sometimes drowned out the actors trying to go on with the show. Afterward, the fans waited outside the Golden for the cast to emerge and then burst into a full rendition of the “Mincemeat” song “Sail on, Boys,” right on 45th Street. Inside the theater, where the production team was having a post-show meeting, the song could be heard through the walls. “Bloody hell,” Hastie said. “Is this normal on Broadway — they just repeat the show on the street?” The Golden, with its 800 or so seats, is nearly twice as large as the 435-seat Fortune, the show’s London venue, but the stage footprint is the same. That means the production has not had to adjust its timing, planned out to the split second, for scene and costume changes. “Some of the costume changes are very, very fast,” Malone said. (That is an understatement.) The real-life operation has been portrayed in other media before, including in a 2010 book by Ben Macintyre and a 2022 Netflix film starring Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen. But though its absurdity and audacity make it a delicious object of fascination, it seemed like a far-fetched, even preposterous, idea for a musical comedy. Hodgson first heard about it on a family vacation when her younger brother, Joe, told her about a podcast episode that piqued his interest. “He said, ‘I’m listening to a story that should be a musical,’” Hodgson said. SpitLip had been writing for some time, to critical but not commercial success, and Hodgson couldn’t imagine doing a show about the war. “I was like, ‘Shut up, Joe.’” But she listened to the episode anyway, and was mesmerized. “I couldn’t believe how crazy and chaotic the story was,” she said. “It was a World War II mission, but I was like, ‘Who cares? It’s an amazing spy farce with an enormous heart at its center,’” she said. The group made two important decisions early on. One: Though the story contains multitudes, they would confine the cast to just five people playing all the parts. (Hats and mustaches do a lot of work.) Two: They would stick to the “gender-blank” casting they had used in previous SpitLip work. Sometimes, men play women and women play men; other times, they don’t. “If I can play a policeman, why not play a male?” said Zoë Roberts, who plays, among other parts, Johnny Bevan, the MI5 official overseeing the operation. Having women depict the conceited upper-class men who orchestrated the British war effort allowed them to send up the men’s overconfident entitlement. “In the hands of a woman performer, the role becomes a commentary on the power structure,” she said. By the same token, the role of Hester, an older secretary — a showstopping part with a heartbreaking song about loss and grief — was written specifically for a male actor, and is performed by Malone. It helped him win the Olivier Award in 2024 for best supporting actor in a musical. Oddly enough, the gender of the actors doesn’t feel like a big deal when you watch the show. “Gender is a hot topic, and there’s a generation of people who are afraid of that conversation,” Hodgson said. “We wanted this to be a place where it’s touched on lightly, where gender melts away, and where people who don’t understand might come and see that it’s not alien and frightening.” There’s another thing that Hastie, the director, has noticed about the New York audiences, at least at this singular historical moment: a craving for the chance to affirm the principles of democracy that animated World War II and that quietly underpin the production. Typically, the song “Das Übermensch,” a razzle-dazzle-y faux K-Pop boy-band-esque number featuring the cast dressed as stylish Nazis, plays purely for laughs, much the way “Springtime for Hitler” does in “The Producers.” But something has shifted in New York, Hastie said, and audiences have been cheering and applauding not at the humor so much as at the opportunity to denounce what the Nazis represent. “The show is really hitting the audiences in a different place,” he said. “Not just because of the difference in nationality or culture, but because the world is changing really fast.” There’s a sense from the audiences that “we want to defeat those guys because they’re evil and because democracy, and freedom, matter,” he added. “This is musical comedy, but it’s also something that people are getting really invested in.” Source link #Operation #Mincemeat #British #Hit #Lands #Broadway Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Hundreds of flights cancelled as strikes hit airports Hundreds of flights cancelled as strikes hit airports Hundreds of flights have been cancelled across Germany as airport workers stage a nationwide strike over pay, posing a major disruption for air travellers. The industrial action, led by the trade union Verdi, began unexpectedly on Sunday at Hamburg Airport, before expanding to a nationwide strike. Passengers at Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin and other major hubs have been urged not to travel to airports, with operations severely disrupted. Frankfurt, Germany’s busiest airport, said passengers would be unable to board flights and transfer would “almost certainly” be affected. Verdi, which represents public sector and transport workers, is in an ongoing dispute over wages and working conditions. ******* media reports thousands of flights could be cancelled across the day, disrupting travel for more than 500,000 passengers. Lufthansa, whose main hub is in Frankfurt, confirmed “delays and extensive cancellations” across all its airlines, while Munich Airport warned of a “greatly reduced flight schedule.” Katja Bromm, spokeswoman for Hamburg Airport, where all 143 departures scheduled on Monday have already been cancelled, said Verdi was “dishonourable” to call a strike without notice at the start of the holiday season. She said that Sunday’s walkouts were “excessive and unfair to tens of thousands of travellers who have nothing to do with the disputes”. A spokesman for Verdi accepted that the strike would affect many, but told ******* media that causing disruption was necessary to extracting a better offer from employers. Many of Frankfurt Airport’s 1,770 scheduled flights have already been cancelled, while the majority of Munich’s 820 flights are expected to be cancelled. Hundreds more cancellations are anticipated across Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Cologne and Berlin. Many passengers had already checked in their luggage and were having problems getting it returned, according to public broadcaster NDR. It also reports that the strike has brought air traffic at Hanover Airport to a standstill. Beyond airports, Verdi has also called for strikes in waste collection across several ******* cities, including Berlin, Essen and Kiel, where bins have gone unemptied since last week. The union is demanding an 8% pay increase for airport workers, or at least €350 more per month, along with higher bonuses and extra time off. Employers have so far rejected these demands as unaffordable. Further strikes were expected to go ahead this week in facilities operated by the federal government and local authorities, news agency DPA reported, citing a Verdi spokesperson. The next round of talks is set to take place on Friday in Potsdam. Source link #Hundreds #flights #cancelled #strikes #hit #airports Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves More than 100,000 Americans are on waiting lists for donor organs, most needing a kidney. Only 25,000 human donor kidneys become available each year. Twelve Americans on the kidney list die every day on average. Scientists first transplanted genetically engineered pig organs into other animals and then to brain-dead human patients. In 2022, researchers received permission to transplant the organs into a few critically ill patients, and then, last year, into healthier people. Now, for the first time, a formal clinical study of the procedure is being initiated. “Just imagine, you have kidney disease and know your kidneys are going to fail, and you have a pig’s kidney waiting for you — and you never see dialysis,” said Mike Curtis, president and chief executive at eGenesis. He foresees a future in which genetic engineering will make pig organs so compatible with humans that patients won’t have to take powerful drugs that prevent rejection but make them vulnerable to infections and *******. Babies born with serious heart defects might be given a pig’s heart temporarily while waiting for a human donor heart. A pig’s liver could potentially serve as a bridge for those in need of a human liver. Some scientists argue that there is a moral imperative to move forward. “Is it ethical to let thousands of people die each year on a waiting list when we have something that could possibly save their lives?” asked Dr. David K.C. Cooper, who studies xenotransplantation at Harvard and is a consultant to eGenesis. “I think it’s beginning to be ethically unacceptable to let people die when there’s an alternative therapy that looks pretty encouraging.” But critics say xenotransplantation is a hubristic, pie-in-the-sky endeavor aiming to solve an organ shortage with technology when there’s a simpler solution: expanding the supply of human organs by encouraging more donation. And xenotransplantation is freighted with unanswered questions. Pigs can carry pathogens that can find their way to humans. If a deadly virus, for example, were to emerge in transplant patients, it could spread with catastrophic consequences. It might be years or even decades before symptoms were observed, warned Christopher Bobier, a bioethicist from the Central Michigan University College of Medicine. “A potential zoonotic transference could happen at any point after a transplant — in perpetuity,” he said. The risk is believed to be small, he added, “but it is not zero.” Source link #Patients #Needing #Transplants #Hope #Arrives #Tiny #Hooves Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

The way ahead: Getting IT sustainability initiatives back on track to net zero The way ahead: Getting IT sustainability initiatives back on track to net zero The United Nations-backed Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) launched a campaign with 1,045 companies participating in June 2019 to help limit the long-term, global average increase in the Earth’s surface temperature to 1.5°C. According to a report published by the SBTi last year, charting the progress made towards achieving the 1.5°C goal, 239 of the original participants were removed on 7 March 2024 for failing to meet deadlines conducive to hitting their net-zero goals. Accenture’s Destination net zero report, published in November 2024, says companies across all industries are making “meaningful progress” towards their net-zero goals, but progress is not fast enough. “As once distant climate targets become near-term business priorities, only a small percentage of the world’s largest companies are on track to realise net zero by [the] mid-century,” the report states. And there are several reasons why companies are finding it difficult to hit their net-zero goals, it seems. Economic pressure is a major one, with green IT initiatives and sustainability strategies often falling victim to cuts when times get tough within companies, says Shane Herath, chair of the Eco-Friendly Web Alliance. “Economic uncertainty in 2024 posed a serious challenge for sustainability efforts across industries,” he says. “Initiatives aimed at reducing environmental impact were sometimes postponed or scaled back, viewed as cost centres rather than investments.” And, when times are tough, company stakeholders and shareholders will be looking to prioritise spend that delivers short-term financial gains and tangible benefits, which is not always true of sustainability-focused investments. Carmen Ene, CEO of sustainable technology lifecycle management service provider BNP Paribas 3 Step IT, says companies across the world also deprioritised working towards their net-zero goals in 2024 because of political pressure. Sustainability and profitability aren’t at odds – they are powerful partners Carmen Ene, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT “In some parts of the world, politicians have weaponised action on the environment, pedalling the misconception that sustainability is expensive, burdensome, and a threat to affordability and prosperity,” she says. “Amidst a cost-of-living crisis and rising global energy prices, this has resonated, weakening support for a swift end to fossil fuels.” As a result, she says it is not surprising that some businesses have become more hesitant to embrace IT sustainability and have even rowed back on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets. “[They are] wary of the complexities of sustainability reporting, the perceived cost of implementing green solutions, and the impact on competitiveness,” she says. However, research shows that companies that embrace sustainability significantly outperform their less environmentally friendly competitors, and are more efficient too, says Ene. “It’s time to shift the focus from the perceived costs and complexities of sustainability to the immense opportunities and tangible advantages it presents, not just for the planet but also for businesses and the economy,” she says. “Let’s reframe the climate discussion and tell a more persuasive story about the measurable wins we can achieve, like jobs, new partnerships, business growth, resilience and innovation.” She adds: “Sustainability and profitability aren’t at odds – they are powerful partners.” On this point, Herath agrees, and says senior leaders need to realise that investing in IT sustainability initiatives has long-term benefits for companies, particularly when it comes to creating efficiencies, cultivating a favourable reputation, and generating more business later on. “Companies that integrated sustainability into their business models demonstrated the financial and operational benefits of going green,” he says. And there are myriad ways that companies can achieve this from a technology perspective, he adds. “Investing in energy-efficient hardware, cloud services powered by renewables and smarter data management systems are actionable steps that can deliver measurable results,” suggests Herath. “Collaborating across departments to align sustainability goals will also be critical, especially in areas like procurement and product lifecycle management.” Investing in energy-efficient hardware, cloud services powered by renewables and smarter data management systems are actionable steps that can deliver measurable results Shane Herath, Eco-Friendly Web Alliance Rich Gibbons, head of IT asset management, and Stephen Old, head of FinOps, at consultancy Synyega, suggest some tech-focused steps enterprises can take to reduce their environmental footprint. For instance, they recommend that enterprises regularly do a stock-take of the technology providers that make up their supply chains, to ensure they are only working with suppliers that prioritise sustainability. In a similar vein, the pair also advise enterprises to carry out regular assessments of the software and hardware assets that make up their IT estate to ensure none are using up unnecessary amounts of compute resources, in the form of unused cloud instances, for example. “The way organisations acquire, use and dispose of all technologies – including software and hardware – contributes to good sustainability practices,” say Gibbons and Old. “On-premise datacentres are full of servers, storage and networking equipment, while users across an organisation account for hundreds and thousands of laptops, desktops, mobile phones, tablets and more. All of these have a carbon footprint throughout the lifecycle of creation, use and disposal. “With this in mind, companies should also look to implement a circular economy model in IT operations by focusing on reusing, refurbishing, remanufacturing and recycling IT assets to extend their lifecycle and reduce waste,” the pair add. Big tech hit with sustainability challenges Technology giants Google and Microsoft are examples of companies that have faced difficulties in balancing their climate commitments with business growth, with both posting sustainability reports in 2024 that showed their carbon emissions going up, rather than down. As reported by Computer Weekly at the time, keeping up with the growing enterprise demand for cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) services was cited as a factor in both cases. Microsoft’s May 2024 environmental sustainability report revealed that, despite pledging to become a carbon-negative entity by 2030, the company’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2023 were 29.1% higher than its 2020 baseline. The report attributed this rise to a 30.9% increase in the company’s indirect Scope 3 emissions, generated in part by Microsoft’s efforts to expand its global datacentre footprint. Google’s sustainability report, published in July 2024, cited an increase in datacentre energy consumption as a factor in why its 2023 GHG emissions were up 13% on the previous year. Gartner vice-president analyst Bob Johnson highlights various pressures the exponential demand for AI services from enterprises is putting on the hyperscalers’ datacentres and wider sustainability strategies. Gartner’s data shows, for example, that by 2027, 40% of AI datacentres will face operational constraints due to power shortages, because the amount of electricity consumed by these facilities is set to soar by 160% within the next three years. “Such a surge threatens to overwhelm utility providers, disrupt energy availability and undermine sustainability goals as fossil fuel plants remain in operation to keep up with demand,” says Johnson. “The insatiable energy appetite of hyperscale datacentres is outstripping the ability of power grids to cope [because] AI models require immense computational power for training and operations, making 24/7 energy availability essential,” he says. “The strain on energy grids [this situation is creating] is having a knock-on effect on sustainability goals. In the short term, many datacentres will need to rely on fossil fuels, increasing their carbon footprints and delaying forward progress toward net-zero targets.” That said, there are actions the hyperscalers and other enterprises can take now that could mitigate some of these impacts, until the availability of renewable energy to power AI workloads increases, for example. “Balancing the deployment of energy-intensive GenAI [generative artificial intelligence] applications with environmental responsibility requires innovative approaches, such as adopting smaller language models, leveraging edge computing and collaborating with datacentre providers to optimise energy use,” says Johnson. “Organisations must prioritise efficiency in AI workloads, re-evaluate sustainability goals, and actively support the development of greener energy alternatives like clean hydrogen and small nuclear reactors,” he adds. “As the demands of GenAI reshape the global energy landscape, success will require more than just technological prowess. It will demand foresight, collaboration and a willingness to innovate sustainably.” And where the wider technology community is concerned, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT’s Ene says the responsibility is now on them to ensure that the roadblocks to sustainability that emerged in 2024 do not become more obstructive, and cause more enterprises to turn their backs on sustainability and circular IT. “It will be up to savvy tech providers to keep championing the cause and clearly highlighting the full spectrum of business benefits sustainable business models can deliver – operational, financial, reputational and beyond,” she says. “For me, [2025] is about making sure everyone is onboard – our people, partners and customers – to understand just how powerful a circular economy for technology can be in helping organisations remain competitive with the latest technology while managing legacy tech in a way that recoups its value and minimises its environmental impact,” she continues. “We can only foster a shared understanding of its transformative potential by engaging in open and transparent dialogue about the challenges and opportunities sustainability can create. If organisations are armed with the information, evidence and tools to make the case for sustainable investment, positive change will certainly be on the horizon.” Source link #ahead #sustainability #initiatives #track #net Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Eve Marsh: Byford ******* accused pleads guilty to lesser charge of manslaughter Eve Marsh: Byford ******* accused pleads guilty to lesser charge of manslaughter A woman has admitted to taking part in the group killing of a mother-of-six in a Byford dog park, the third of her housemates to confess to the shocking crime. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Source link #Eve #Marsh #Byford #******* #accused #pleads #guilty #lesser #charge #manslaughter Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Nicole Kidman’s Surreal Infidelity Thriller ‘Holland’ Divides SXSW’s Typically Easy-to-Please Crowd – Variety Nicole Kidman’s Surreal Infidelity Thriller ‘Holland’ Divides SXSW’s Typically Easy-to-Please Crowd – Variety Nicole Kidman’s Surreal Infidelity Thriller ‘Holland’ Divides SXSW’s Typically Easy-to-Please Crowd VarietyAfter a Project-Packed 2024, Nicole Kidman Says This Year Will Be “Not as Crazy” Hollywood Reporter‘Holland’ Review: Nicole Kidman Leads Mimi Cave’s Manic Midwestern Thriller — SXSW Deadline‘Holland’ Director Mimi Cave on Working With Nicole Kidman and Keeping Audiences Guessing: ‘Hopefully, You Don’t Know Who to Believe’ AOL2025 SXSW – “The Age of Disclosure” WV News Source link #Nicole #Kidmans #Surreal #Infidelity #Thriller #Holland #Divides #SXSWs #Typically #EasytoPlease #Crowd #Variety Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Kane Cornes urges West Coast Eagles to hold firm on Oscar Allen contract Kane Cornes urges West Coast Eagles to hold firm on Oscar Allen contract Respected Channel 7 analyst Kane Cornes has urged West Coast to make a stand with the contract they are offering co-captain Oscar Allen, saying they must be prepared to risk losing the star forward. Source link #Kane #Cornes #urges #West #Coast #Eagles #hold #firm #Oscar #Allen #contract Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

China’s Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Products Take Effect – The New York Times China’s Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Products Take Effect – The New York Times China’s Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Products Take Effect The New York TimesChinese tariffs set to hit U.S. farm products as trade tensions mount The Washington PostChina Deploys Food as High-Impact, Low-Cost Weapon In Trade War BloombergSecretary Hegseth and the Gathering Storm RealClearDefenseChina calls for ‘peaceful coexistence’ with the U.S. despite differences CNBC Source link #Chinas #Tariffs #U.S #Agricultural #Products #Effect #York #Times Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Adam Simpson makes sharp observation from Dean Cox press conference Adam Simpson makes sharp observation from Dean Cox press conference Former West Coast coach Adam Simpson was an interested observer for the debut post-match press conference of his former pupil Dean Cox after Sydney lost to Hawthorn on Friday night. Cox went down in his first outing as a full-time senior coach against the Hawks, losing by 20 points in the AFL’s season opener. The former West Coast ruck had been 2012 premiership coach John Longmire’s understudy for six years, and had long been seen as his successor. Prior to moving across the country, Cox had spent 17 years as a player and then assistant coach at the Eagles, where he worked under Simpson for three years. Cox was understandably flat after his first game in charge. “I’m a little bit disappointed,” he said in his post-match presser. “To play against a really good footy team with our group, to come back and — certainly in the third quarter — and then get to a (good) position in the last quarter and then let it slide the way we did was disappointing. Speaking on SEN on Monday, Simpson said the Cox he saw in the post-match press conference sounded nothing like the one he knew at the Eagles. Camera IconNew Swans coach Dean Cox reckons he got some calls wrong in his first match in charge. Credit: AAP “He sounded really disappointed. He’s (usually) so (positive),” Simpson said. “He was with us as an assistant coach and a player, and he was like, ‘We’re going to win by 10 goals today’, and it was like, ‘Mate, just cool down a bit — you’re our ruck coach’. “And I saw him in the box with Horse (Longmire) so many times celebrating little things. And now he’s just taking on a lot more. “He’ll reflect on that; whether it’s ‘that’s fine’ (and) he’ll take that in his stride, or ‘next time I need to make sure I just give us a bit of a bounce, because it’s Round 1 (Opening Round), the start of a marathon’. “At three-quarter time, they were in that game. “(It will be) interesting (to see) how he develops in his press conferences.” Cox readily admitted to imperfection in the hot seat. “It’s a little bit different; you can always have decisions that you can throw up, but you actually have to action them now,” Cox said. “On top of that, it’s always about the collective of your message. “Previously, it was specifically to a line or a group of players. Now, it’s to the whole team. “It was my first official game so no doubt I’ve got some things wrong. We’ll have a look at that. “We review not only the way the players play, but what we do as well, and we want to make sure that we’re giving them the best chance possible.” Camera IconTune in to watch Agenda Setters every Monday and Tuesday night on Seven and 7plus. Credit: Seven Still, Cox remains realistic about the road ahead as he looks to implement his defence-first game plan. “It will take a little bit of time. It’ll be clunky,” Cox said. “For parts of it, we were really good. We forced them long down the line and stopped their uncontested mark chains. “And then for parts of it, we let ourselves down again. “That’s the cohesion that we need between all lines. “We need to make sure that we all know we defend as an 18-man unit. That’s really important. The best teams do it.” – With AAP Source link #Adam #Simpson #sharp #observation #Dean #Cox #press #conference Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘Holland’ Director Mimi Cave on Working With Nicole Kidman and Keeping Audiences Guessing: ‘Hopefully, You Don’t Know Who to Believe’ – AOL ‘Holland’ Director Mimi Cave on Working With Nicole Kidman and Keeping Audiences Guessing: ‘Hopefully, You Don’t Know Who to Believe’ – AOL ‘Holland’ Director Mimi Cave on Working With Nicole Kidman and Keeping Audiences Guessing: ‘Hopefully, You Don’t Know Who to Believe’ AOLAfter a Project-Packed 2024, Nicole Kidman Says This Year Will Be “Not as Crazy” Hollywood Reporter‘Holland’ Review: Nicole Kidman Leads Mimi Cave’s Manic Midwestern Thriller — SXSW Deadline2025 SXSW – “The Age of Disclosure” WV NewsNicole Kidman Goes Sheer in Archival Fendi Striped Dress at the SXSW Premiere of ‘Holland’ WWD Source link #Holland #Director #Mimi #Cave #Working #Nicole #Kidman #Keeping #Audiences #Guessing #Dont #AOL Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

KATE EMERY: Why I DOGE-ed the Tesla bullet and cancelled my EV order years ago KATE EMERY: Why I DOGE-ed the Tesla bullet and cancelled my EV order years ago Rarely do I find myself ahead of a trend. I thought Instagram would never catch on. I only really got into Eminem in 2010, when the enfant terrible was old enough for crow’s feet and a receding hairline. I wear skinny jeans, no matter how often I hear they’re “cheugy”. I’m also still not entirely sure what cheugy means. But I was ahead of the curve — for once — when I cancelled my order for a Tesla nearly two years ago. At the time Tesla boss Elon Muss had not yet gone full Sieg Heil but his growing tendency to spread fake news and target vulnerable minorities online made me uneasy about driving one of his cars. Camera IconElon Musk performing his now infamous gesture. Credit: ANGELA WEISS/AFP I wasn’t under any illusion that depriving Tesla of a ***** would make a dent in Mr Musk’s multi-multi-multi (I could keep going) billion dollar fortune. I just didn’t want strangers to imagine I viewed Mr Musk as anything less than, to borrow a line from WA Premier Roger Cook, a knob. Today, the decision to lose my deposit and buy a rival electric car instead looks prescient, given Tesla owners are being harassed, abused and seeing the resale value of their cars slump since Mr Musk became entirely embedded in US President Donald Trump’s erratic administration. Members of the Tesla Owners Australia Facebook group have shared stories of being harassed, tailgated and even having their cars egged because of what they believe is anti-Musk sentiment. Bumper sticks declaring I BOUGHT THIS BEFORE ELON WENT CRAZY or THIS TESLA DOES NOT ENDORSE ELON are doing brisk business online. And *********** Tesla sales are sliding faster than the WA Liberals’ hopes for 2029, down 72 per cent for *********** Model 3 and Model Y since the same time last year. In the same ******* total new car sales were down just 10 per cent. Camera IconProtesters against Elon Musk and his role with DOGE outside a Tesla dealership in New York city. Credit: TheWest In the US Tesla Cybertrucks — not as yet approved for *********** roads — are being keyed, tagged and even smeared with **********, while Tesla dealerships have been the target of arson attacks and demonstrations. Tesla shares are on their longest losing streak in its 15 years as a public company, down about 45 per cent since their post-US election highs. Not all of Tesla’s woes can be laid at the feet of Mr Musk’s pivot from centre-left businessman, who once boasted about Tesla’s LGBTQI-friendly work environment, to hard-right shill for Mr Trump. Growing competition from cheaper electric rivals are a factor, as are vehicle quality issues and a broader slump in new car sales. But Mr Musk’s personal brand is paying the price of his high-profile foray into politics, where he is the face of Department of Government Efficiency cost-cutting efforts that have included masterful gambits like firing the National Nuclear Security Administration specialists who maintain the US’ nuclear stockpile. (DOGE was reportedly last seen hastily trying to re-hire them once it became clear what the agency it had gutted in ignorance actually did.) If you cannot hear the schadenfreude leaking from every word in this column, I am not sorry to see Mr Musk face some comeuppance for spreading what I consider to be dangerous misinformation and using his platform to encourage the rise of far-right voices, including in Germany where he endorsed a party considered so extreme that even the recently-elected conservative party has refused to have anything to do with them. Camera IconTesla’s Model 3. Credit: Supplied/TheWest This kind of thinking can be a slippery slope: lift a rock at plenty of multinationals and you are liable to find a writhing mass of maggots. Most iPhones get assembled in China, where Apple has previously been accused of violating labour laws. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has used his ownership of the Washington Post newspaper to suppress pro-Democratic Party voices and amplify pro-Trump ones, while Amazon itself has been accused of allowing unfair work conditions at its warehouses. Hugo Boss made uniforms for the damn Nazi Party. The difference is that Mr Musk spent years making himself part of Tesla’s appeal, establishing an “eccentric genius” mystique in the vein of Iron Man’s Tony Stark — a comparison he has encouraged. Now that Mr Musk looks less like a superhero and more like Bond villain, to some people, at least, it’s not possible to decouple him from the car brand he made such a success. Nor is it realistic to expect everyone to be happy to pay $70,000 to be seen driving around in Blofeld’s wheels. Source link #KATE #EMERY #DOGEed #Tesla #bullet #cancelled #order #years Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Romania Bars Ultranationalist Candidate From Presidential Race – The New York Times Romania Bars Ultranationalist Candidate From Presidential Race – The New York Times Romania Bars Ultranationalist Candidate From Presidential Race The New York TimesRomanian Far-Right Leader Simion May Consider Presidential Bid BloombergRomania blocks frontrunner from postponed presidential race Fox NewsChaos in Romania’s capital after far-right Calin Georgescu barred from presidential redo The Associated PressProtests erupt as Romania bars pro-Russian presidential candidate Al Jazeera English Source link #Romania #Bars #Ultranationalist #Candidate #Presidential #Race #York #Times Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

WA election 2025: Labor MLA Rebecca Stephens concedes historic defeat, ending party’s 24-year run in Albany WA election 2025: Labor MLA Rebecca Stephens concedes historic defeat, ending party’s 24-year run in Albany Labor incumbent Rebecca Stephens has conceded defeat, ending Labor’s 24-year run in the Albany district, but with a tight race remaining, voters will have to wait to learn the result of the contested seat. Source link #election #Labor #MLA #Rebecca #Stephens #concedes #historic #defeat #partys #24year #run #Albany Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Zelenskiy heads to Saudi Arabia ahead of crunch US talks – Reuters Zelenskiy heads to Saudi Arabia ahead of crunch US talks – Reuters Zelenskiy heads to Saudi Arabia ahead of crunch US talks ReutersUkraine-Russia latest: US leads Saudi talks as Trump says Kyiv ‘may not survive’ The IndependentAmerica and Ukraine prepare for brutal negotiations The EconomistUkraine seeks to persuade US to resume aid in high-stakes talks Financial TimesSecretary Rubio’s Travel to Saudi Arabia and Canada Department of State Source link #Zelenskiy #heads #Saudi #Arabia #ahead #crunch #talks #Reuters Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

WA election 2025: Labor’s class of 2025 speak up after heavy swings against Government in outer suburbs WA election 2025: Labor’s class of 2025 speak up after heavy swings against Government in outer suburbs Labor’s incoming class of 2025 have pledged to be voices for their communities, as the party was hit by heavy swings in the outer suburbs. Source link #election #Labors #class #speak #heavy #swings #Government #outer #suburbs Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

King Charles shares delightful update as royal family set to mark key event – Geo News King Charles shares delightful update as royal family set to mark key event – Geo News King Charles shares delightful update as royal family set to mark key event Geo NewsKing Charles pays tribute to ‘marvellous’ Bob Marley as he shares favourite songs The GuardianKing Charles Reveals His Surprising Music Taste in New Playlist PEOPLEKing Charles’ new Apple Music playlist teases a ‘more personal side’ to His Majesty Fox NewsEvery Song on King Charles III’s Personal Apple Music Playlist Us Weekly Source link #King #Charles #shares #delightful #update #royal #family #set #mark #key #event #Geo #News Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Don Hugo doubles down on Nullarbor start despite rumours otherwise following agreement to run in NZ slot race Don Hugo doubles down on Nullarbor start despite rumours otherwise following agreement to run in NZ slot race Rising star Don Hugo claimed Saturday’s Group 1 Miracle Mile at Menangle and despite rumours otherwise, owner Tony Licastro has confirmed his intention to run in The Nullarbor at Gloucester Park on April 25. Source link #Don #Hugo #doubles #Nullarbor #start #rumours #agreement #run #slot #race Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Floodwaters still threaten parts of Australia’s east coast as tropical storm cleanup begins Floodwaters still threaten parts of Australia’s east coast as tropical storm cleanup begins Australia’s prime minister cautioned that the fallout from a vicious tropical storm over the weekend was “far from over” as parts of two states remained inundated with perilous floodwaters on Monday, even as the initial threat from the deluge continued to recede. Source link #Floodwaters #threaten #parts #Australias #east #coast #tropical #storm #cleanup #begins Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Strikes disrupt hundreds of flights at 13 airports in Germany – CNN Strikes disrupt hundreds of flights at 13 airports in Germany – CNN Strikes disrupt hundreds of flights at 13 airports in Germany CNNSurprise strike at Hamburg Airport as major walkout set to begin at 12 more ******* hubs Sky NewsFlights cancelled at Hamburg airport as strike starts a day early Reuters.comBerlin airport cancels flights ahead of Monday’s strike. 10 other airports could see disruptions The Associated Press Source link #Strikes #disrupt #hundreds #flights #airports #Germany #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Qantas flight makes priority landing after pilot experienced chest pain Qantas flight makes priority landing after pilot experienced chest pain A Qantas plane has made a priority landing at Sydney airport after the pilot reported experiencing chest pains mid-flight. Source link #Qantas #flight #priority #landing #pilot #experienced #chest #pain Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Trump declines to rule out US recession as tariffs spook investors – Al Jazeera English Trump declines to rule out US recession as tariffs spook investors – Al Jazeera English Trump declines to rule out US recession as tariffs spook investors Al Jazeera EnglishTrump Declines to Rule Out Recession as Tariffs Begin to Bite The New York TimesTrump declines to rule out recession amid tariffs’ effects on markets The Washington PostVideo: Trump and his top lieutenant give mixed messages on possible recession in US CNN Source link #Trump #declines #rule #recession #tariffs #spook #investors #Jazeera #English Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Ex-cyclone Alfred erodes Australia’s Gold Coast beach Ex-cyclone Alfred erodes Australia’s Gold Coast beach Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred caused huge swells and flooding as it hit Australia’s east coast over the weekend. Footage shows beach erosion at the Gold Coast’s Surfer’s Paradise, a car windscreen impaled by a tree and damage to property caused by the storm. Residents are being warned that heavy rain is set to continue in the region over the coming days. Source link #Excyclone #Alfred #erodes #Australias #Gold #Coast #beach Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]