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A determined Ryanair passenger in a wheelchair felt pressured to crawl off of a flight in a "bum shuffle" down airplane steps after an "unacceptable" delay in help.Adrian Keogh, 37, advised Sky News he desires airports and airways to do extra for folks with disabilities after his ordeal at an airport in Sweden. Mr Keogh, from Wicklow within the Republic of Ireland, mentioned he had booked and paid additional for precedence to make sure he obtained the assist he wanted."When I booked it with Ryanair the assistance was free, but I booked priority just to be extra cautious for kind of my own security," he mentioned.However, when he arrived at Landvetter Airport close to Gothenburg, Mr Keogh was knowledgeable it might be a minimum of one hour earlier than they might get help to a...

BERLIN — Public transit firms in Germany say greater than 3 million folks have already snapped up a brand new ticket being launched Monday that permits them to make use of all native and regional trains, buses and metros throughout the nation for 49 euros ($53.90) a month. The new Germany Ticket is meant t...

Dutch police who arrested a person on suspicion of drink driving found he had a driving licence naming him as "Boris Johnson".The faux Ukrainian doc featured an image of the previous prime minister, in addition to his right birthdate of 19 June 1964. However it's legitimate till December within the yr 3000.A police spokesman mentioned a automobile crashed right into a pole close to a bridge within the northern metropolis of Groningen shortly after midnight on Sunday.Officers discovered the automobile deserted however later found the motive force standing on the Emma Bridge. "The person could not identify himself and refused to undertake a breathalyser test," police spokesman Thijs Damstra advised the AFP information company."Inside, police discovered a faux driver's licence b...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is ready to host President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines for White House talks Monday as considerations develop in regards to the Chinese navy’s harassment of Philippine vessels within the South China Sea. Marcos’ go to to Washington comes after the U.S. and the P...

The two-year-old daughter of NFL star Shaquil Barrett has died after drowning in a swimming pool on the household's house.Police had been referred to as to a report that the kid had fallen right into a pool within the Beach Park space of south Tampa in Florida on Sunday morning.Barrett's youngest baby, Arrayah, was taken to hospital and later died.The toddler had celebrated her second birthday simply two weeks earlier, with a child shark-themed celebration attended by family and friends.Barrett's final publish on Instagram was wishing his daughter completely happy birthday on 19 April, writing: "Happy 2nd bday to my cutie girl. So sweet and cute. You made our family complete. I love you baby girl."Police have stated they don't consider the kid's dying is suspicious "but a pur...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The satellite tv for pc information community Al Jazeera stated Monday {that a} correspondent for certainly one of its channels held in Egypt since 2019 has been launched from pre-trial detention. The Qatar-funded community in Doha stated that Hisham Abdel Aziz, a producer wit...

Australia has banned leisure vaping and tightened different e-cigarette legal guidelines in an enormous crackdown on the tobacco trade because it tries to cease the rise in teenage vaping.The authorities needs to ban all disposable vapes, which frequently are available in fruity flavours well-liked with younger folks, ban the import of non-prescription vapes and restrict nicotine ranges. It says it's aiming for the sale of vapes to be confined to serving to people who smoke give up."Just like they did with smoking, big tobacco has taken another addictive product, wrapped it in shiny packaging andadded flavours to create a new generation of nicotine addicts," Health Minister Mark Butler mentioned in a speech on the National Press Club. Imag...

CAIRO — Sudan’s warring generals have agreed to ship representatives for negotiations, doubtlessly in Saudi Arabia, the United Nations’ prime official within the nation informed The Associated Press on Monday, at the same time as the 2 sides clashed within the capital regardless of one other three-day extension of a fragile cease-fire. ...

Russian army commanders are using robust strategies to cope with issues within the ranks amid the battle in Ukraine. Punishment contains forcing offending personnel into little greater than holes. The holes, or zindans, are cells dug into the bottom and coated with a steel grate. ...

WASHINGTON — The White House stated Monday it now estimates that simply since December Russia has suffered 100,000 casualties, together with greater than 20,000 killed, as Ukraine has rebuffed a heavy assault by Russian forces in jap Ukraine. In what has turn into a grinding struggle of attrition, the fier...