French workers bring Paris to a standstill in second mass strike over pension reforms | CNN Business

French workers bring Paris to a standstill in second mass strike over pension reforms | CNN Business

Paris/London CNN  —  French schools and transportation networks were heavily disrupted Tuesday for the second time this month, as unions staged another mass strike against government plans to raise the retirement age for most workers. Unions and opposition parties called for people to protest in major cities, hoping for a repeat of the first major … Read more

Thursday flight cancellations top 2,200 nationwide, disrupting holiday travel | CNN Business

Thursday flight cancellations top 2,200 nationwide, disrupting holiday travel | CNN Business

CNN  —  Snow, rain, ice, wind and frigid temperatures are disrupting air travel plans across the United States as well as bus and Amtrak passenger train service. Airlines canceled just over 2,270 US flights by 6 ET p.m. Thursday and proactively canceled almost 1,000 flights for Friday, according to the flight tracking site FlightAware. Eighty-five … Read more

After NITI’s questions, Railways says 29K-30K died due to ‘trespassing, untoward incidents’ in 3 yrs

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NEW DELHI: The Railways Thursday said around 29,000-30,000 deaths occurred due to “trespassing and other untoward incidents” on its premises in the past three years, after the Niti Aayog raised questions over its zero fatality claim in the last fiscal. Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav‘s clarification came days after Niti Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant took … Read more