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US air safety officials are investigating a Boeing 737-800 plane that was missing a panel when the United Airlines flight landed on Friday.The Federal Aviation Authority is probing United Airlines Flight 433, which left San Francisco and landed in Oregon on Friday. It was carrying 139 passengers and six crew members. Amber Judd, director at Rogue Valley International Medford Airport, said the plane landed safely and the external panel was discovered missing during a post-flight inspection. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2:53 What’s going on at Boeing? The airport paused operations to check the runway…

Visitors crowd around the works of Cheryl McIntosh in Ernst Moritz Arndt House, a branch of Bonn City Museum. Anybody who wants to view all of the installations and collages, needs to be patient. Her exhibition Counter Thoughts, Counter Images has been attracting a lot of interest. McIntosh, who was born in Jamaica, uses her art to address colonial history. The exhibition is part of the German city of Bonn’s Culture(s) of Remembrance project that highlights themes of colonialism, racism, resistance and recognition.McIntosh expresses colonial exploitation in a floor installation that portrays cotton, sugar and coffee next to an apparently enslaved figureImage: Emanuel Spieske Forgotten history In an…

This Tik-tok videoalready has more than four million views: a young woman telling her audience that in Canada, people “are not allowed to be from Palestine any more.”  The woman, who has been identified only as Blair in Canadian media, explains that her grandmother was not able to renew her passport with “Palestine” as her birthplace.  “Imagine being 90 years old and having your actual place of birth just erased from your identity,” she adds, accusing authorities of “cultural genocide.”  Other posts echoed Blair’s caseand even a former UN special rapporteur spoke of “anti-Palestinian racism.”  In addition, a petitionwas started…

Airport security staff continued a strike called by trade union Verdi at several smaller German hubs on Friday, with authorities predicting considerably fewer cancellations and disruptions than on the previous day but still saying thousands of travelers are liable to be impacted. Verdi members at Hanover, Dortmund, Weeze, Dresden, Leipzig and Karslruhe/Baden-Baden are not working, seeking to intensify pressure ahead of the next round of negotiations scheduled for March 20.  Meanwhile, a German employers’ federation said on Friday that the series of strikes affecting planes and trains in particular in recent weeks were “not just annoying, but a growth brake.”  German strikes hurting…

Fundamentalist Christian churches from the United States are increasingly gaining power and influence in societies and political spheres across Africa. Many of them have been whipping up negative sentiments against LGBTQ+ people and abortion rights. Haley McEwen, a sociologist at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, has examined some of their influential networks. “US Christian right-wing groups have been very active in the US foreign policy since the early 2000s,” McEwen told DW. “There are several organizations that have been around since the 1970s — and in the early 2000s they started to increase their influence internationally.” Conservative activists often portray LGBTQ+ people as alien…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has secured a 33% pay rise to run world football which meant his salary exceeded £3.6m last year, Sky News has found.The increase during the Women’s World Cup year featured deep in financial documents approved by the FIFA Council yesterday and sent to global football officials. Mr Infantino’s base salary was 1.95m Swiss francs (£1.7m) in 2022. Image: Spain won the Women’s World Cup in 2023. Pic: Reuters In a previously-undisclosed decision by the FIFA compensation subcommittee, Mr Infantino’s base pay was raised to 2.6m Swiss francs (£2.3m) following his re-election for a third term as…

Germany’s federal and state culture ministers announced on Wednesday that it added six new entries to the German national registry of intangible cultural heritage, including Berlin techno.  The German capital has become world famous for its vibrant techno scene. However, the Berlin clubs are still suffering from the aftermaths of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Lutz Leichsenring, a member of the executive board of “Clubcommission” in Berlin, a network of clubs and cultural promoters, told DW that the designation was “another milestone for Berlin techno producers, artists, club operators and event organizers.” Clubcommission also supports the preservation and development of Berlin’s club culture. “The decision will help us ensure that club…

03/15/2024March 15, 2024Zelenskyy promises ‘fair response’ as Odesa blast death toll rises to 20Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russia would receive a “fair response” after the death toll from a “vile” twin missile strike on the Black Sea port city of Odesa rose to at least 20, with at least 75 more people injured. After a first missile struck homes in the port city, a second missile several minutes later targeted first responders who arrived at the scene, officials said. At least one paramedic and an emergency service worker are reportedly among the dead, houses and emergency equipment have…

On the morning of February 21, a cargo ship rammed a bridge in Guangzhou, China — one of the world’s busiest seaports — causing the structure to partially collapse. This type of accident in a place where a significant portion of East-West trade passes can have costly consequences for maritime trade. Fortunately, on this occasion, the incident didn’t cause any delays for shipping. International maritime routes are already facing plenty of obstacles as it is. Shipping, the means of transport for more than 80% of global goods, is dealing with piracy in Asian and African waters, and also struggling with the effects of armed conflict and low water levels. Global…

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban lobbied for public support for his under-fire Fidesz party in European Parliament elections this summer during a speech in Budapest on Friday, saying it was necessary to “defend Hungary’s freedom and sovereignty” in Brussels.  Right-wing or far-right parties are likely to fare better in several EU countries during the elections this summer, meaning Orban, a nationalist in power for 14 years, might find more allies in the next parliament.  However, the Hungarian Prime Minister was addressing the crowd amid considerable unrest at home, in the aftermath of the sudden resignation of the former president in a…