A German cabin crew union has called a three-day strike at Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings, plunging passengers into turmoil over the busy end-of-year holiday as it ramps up a bitter row over pay and conditions.
The UFO union said on Friday that Germanwings employees would strike from 11pm GMT on Sunday until 11pm GMT on Wednesday as talks with bosses remained deadlocked. The strike period covers New Year's Eve and the 1 January public holiday.
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Scripps station KRTV in Great Falls, Montana received reports and several photos from people in northern Montana about strange lights in the sky on Christmas evening. People in nearby Browning and Rocky Boy shared photos that show a row of bright lights in the sky.
Based on similar reports in recent days in other media outlets and similarities in the photos, they are likely small satellites passing overhead that were launched recently by SpaceX.
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Retail experts Springboard said footfall in the period up to midday on Boxing Day had seen the largest decline since 2010, with a drop of 11%.
"In combination, these changes mean that Boxing Day is indisputably a less important trading day than it once was."
Britons are expected to spend GBP200 million less in the post-Christmas sales this year as environmental concerns drive down buying.
Rob Cameron, chief executive of Barclaycard Payments, said: "Our data for Black Friday and Cyber Monday revealed a huge jump in transaction volumes this year, so it's not surprising that consumers expect to have less money to spend after Christmas, so retailers need to take that into account.
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An astronomer has explained a strange, bright light that appeared in skies over the Northern Territory and Queensland on Monday night, leaving hundreds of people mystified.
Shauna Royes spotted the light over the Julia Creek caravan park in remote north-west Queensland about 7.30pm on Monday night and put a call out to the ABC North West Facebook page to figure out what it was.
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"We were actually at the caravan park having a bush dinner for not-for-profit organisations, so there was about 160 people, and one of the tourists looked up and said, 'look'," the McKinlay Shire Councillor said.
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'That is just a cover story. The real reason for the cover story is Elon Musk is actually an alien.'
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Thankfully, the East Anglian Astrophysical Research Organisation stepped up late on Boxing Day to remind people that they weren't actually seeing UFOs in the sky.
Eventually, the 'constellation' of satellites will expand so that 12,000 spacecraft are speeding around our planet.
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German cabin crew union says to strike next week at Germanwings https://t.co/qfRJI8ICKF https://t.co/I4dg24jZ1F Reuters (from Around the world) Fri Dec 27 21:55:50 +0000 2019
German cabin crew union says to strike next week at Germanwings https://t.co/EtNwdoDts5 https://t.co/XwmEcOA7BP Reuters (from Around the world) Fri Dec 27 18:42:12 +0000 2019
German cabin-crew union calls for more strikes at Lufthansa's low-cost Germanwings unit https://t.co/8Wo0W7SdnT business (from New York and the World) Sat Dec 28 02:35:49 +0000 2019
Germanwings cabin crew to strike for three days starting December 30th #Germanwings https://t.co/P0X1ekHKA4 euronews (from Europe) Fri Dec 27 20:51:36 +0000 2019
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