Eurotunnel trains suspended after sudden strike by French staff

Dec. 21 (UPI) --All Eurotunnel services were canceled Thursday, disrupting holiday travel, as French staff suddenly went on strike. Rail company LeShuttle, which offers services between France and ... Read More

Ferry workers at CalMac and Argyll Ferries to strike again next week

FERRY services face major disruption again next week as crews strike for the second time in a fortnight. FERRY services face major disruption again next week as crews strike for the second time in ... Read More

French truckers' strike fails to block port

British trippers and truckers were able to move freely between the UK and France today after a French lorry ... blockaded in the strike which began on Sunday night. But UK ferry and haulage ... Read More

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For those living under Israel’s attacks and a crippling blockade, every day is a race against time. By Vivian Yee and Bilal Shbair British and French authorities have struggled to find ways to ... Read More

Ferry workers in strike ballot call

FERRY workers have threatened to strike in a dispute over jobs, pensions and working conditions on the Clyde and Hebridean routes. The RMT union has announced it will ballot its members on strike ... Read More

French striking railway workers protest at Gare du Nord

The French rail network has been severely disrupted by the first in a wave of strikes in protest at proposed reforms to the state-owned rail company, SNCF. Workers held a protest inside the Gare ... Read More

World leaders express outrage after Israeli strike kills aid workers

An Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza ... unacceptable." CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more on the strike and Yossi Mekelberg ... Read More

French public sector workers threaten to strike during Olympics

A spokesman for the CGT, the General Confederation of Labour, has said that thousands of state workers were ... However, the right to strike is enshrined in the French Constitution, and Mr Marseil ... Read More

Striking public sector workers pressure French government for better pay

Trade unions have called on France’s 5.7 million public sectors workers to walk out on Tuesday ... power lost since January 2000 ... at a time when public sector pay grades are collapsing". Read More

Earth is spinning faster than it used to. Clocks might have to skip a second to keep up.

Earth's changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. For the first time in history, world ... Read More

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HARARE, Zimbabwe — A makeshift ferry ... Articles World News | Some people still managed to reach the island’s shore but died there after not being able to get medical help on time, the ... Read More

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Schmidt and Tariq Panja Rebel fighters have handed Myanmar’s army defeat after defeat, for the first time raising the possibility ... The apparel giant moved quickly to block the sale of shirts ... Read More