Travelers warned of disruptions at Australian airports during ground worker strike

Sydney, Jan 24 (UNI) International travelers have been warned to expect disruptions at Australia’s major airports as ground workers strike. According to Australia’s 9News network, more than 1,000 ground workers employed by aviation services company Dnata at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports on Friday staged four-hour work stoppages amid an ongoing pay dispute. Qantas, Australia’s…

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U.S. Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as CIA director

Washington, Jan 24 (UNI) U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm former director of national intelligence John Ratcliffe as the next Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director under President Donald Trump. The upper chamber voted 74-25 to approve the nomination of Ratcliffe, who served as Trump’s director of national intelligence for the last eight months of…

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UN chief condems rebel advances in eastern DRC

Kinshasa, Jan 24 (UNI) The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed alarm on Thursday over the resumption of hostilities by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebellion in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as a key regional city is under threat. Guterres condemned the renewed offensive launched by the M23 at the beginning of…

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