Local transport in Germany hit by walkouts in a dispute over working conditions | AP News

Local transport in Germany hit by walkouts in a dispute over working conditions | AP News

BERLIN (AP) — Local buses, trams and subway trains were canceled in much of Germany on Friday as transport employees walked off the job in the country’s third transport-related strike in two weeks.The Ver.di service workers’ union called for a “warning strike,” a common tactic in German contract negotiations, on Monday. Its deputy chair, Christine

Continue reading

Seven detained in Turkey for allegedly selling information to Israel’s Mossad spy agency | AP News

Seven detained in Turkey for allegedly selling information to Israel’s Mossad spy agency | AP News

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police arrested seven people on Friday on suspicion of selling information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.The suspects, who allegedly passed details to Mossad via private detectives, were detained in a joint operation with Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, or MIT.Acting on warrants issued by the

Continue reading

AP Week in Pictures: Global | AP News

AP Week in Pictures: Global | AP News

Jan. 26-Feb, 1, 2024Venice celebrates the opening of Carnival season, and the world’s largest cruise ship departs Port Miami on its first public cruise. Regions of Spain are hit by a drought. People around the world support Palestinians, while both sides in the Israel-Hamas war bury their dead. Artifacts illegally taken away from Nepal return

Continue reading