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When Friedrich “Fritz” Joussen started at Tui in 2012, he was attracted by the challenge of joining a company in the throes of crisis. Activist investors were pushing to break up the ailing travel group, cost savings were needed to offset an austerity-inspired slowdown in the sector, and the long-mooted merger of Germany-based Tui AG and its UK-based sister tour operator Tui Travel had repeatedly failed to get off the ground. “If you don’t have a crisis, if you don’t want to change . . . you don’t need leaders,” says Joussen, speaking on the eve of his final board meeting as chief executive…

Ukraine’s engineers are racing to protect the country’s power installations after waves of Russian missile and drone strikes last week damaged a third of the electricity network as it heads into winter.The bombardment of Ukrainian cities, Moscow’s retaliation for an attack on a crucial bridge connecting Crimea with the Russian mainland, was the heaviest since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion began in February. Despite the apparently random targeting of some of the strikes, Ukrainian officials say Russia is trying to systematically destroy the country’s power and heating plants as the weather gets colder.Almost a third of Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure was damaged…

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday (Oct 16) hailed his Communist Party’s zero-COVID-19 policies and graft crackdown as he opened a five-yearly Congress at which thousands of delegates were set to rubber stamp his bid to rule for a historic third term. Xi walked onstage to thunderous applause from the roughly 2,300 hand-picked attendees who had gathered at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People for the event. In an opening address lasting about 100 minutes, Xi promoted and defended a wide range of policies under his rule and said the Congress was taking place at a “critical moment” for the…

CLEVELAND — Just the thought of facing the Astros again in the ALCS caused the Yankees to collapse Saturday night. Two outs away from winning Game 3 of the ALDS against the Guardians, the Yankees bullpen faltered in the bottom of the ninth and gave up three runs in a 6-5 loss, and now the Yankees must win Game 4 at Progressive Field on Sunday to keep their season alive. With the Astros having just advanced to the ALCS with their win over the Mariners, the Yankees had a two-run lead entering the ninth inning. After Wandy Peralta got Luke…

CNN  —  Iran has denied supplying Russia with weapons for use in Ukraine, saying it “has not and will not” do so. The denial, reportedly made in a phone call between Iran’s Foreign Minister and his Portuguese counterpart on Friday, follows claims by Kyiv and US intelligence that Russia is using Iranian-made “kamikaze drones” in its attacks on Ukrainian territory. The Iranian government said its Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian emphasized in the call “once again” that Tehran “has not and will not” provide any weapon to be used in the Ukraine war. “We believe that the arming of each side…

A Minnesota convicted felon is accused of trying to murder his ex-girlfriend while out on bond.Tylynne Lashawn Wilson, 40, allegedly broke into the home of his ex-girlfriend in Minneapolis and fired 12 shots at her on Monday in the presence of their son, according to FOX 9.Minneapolis police officers responded to the incident and found the child next to her mother on the bedroom floor, where she was injured with several gunshot wounds, according to charging documents.She told police that Wilson kept shooting at her “until he was out of bullets,” according to the court document.CALIFORNIA SERIAL KILLER: POLICE ARREST…

Shutterstock (2)Flying solo. Tom Brady was spotted celebrating Robert Kraft and Dr. Dana Blumberg‘s wedding without wife Gisele Bündchen by his side amid split rumors. The quarterback, 45, was seemingly dateless at the New York City wedding on Friday, October 14, in photos obtained by Page Six. The outlet reports that many former Patriots were in attendance, including Ty Law, Troy Brown, Andrew Tippett and Randy Moss. Kraft owns the New England team. Sir Elton John, Jon Bon Jovi, Ed Sheeran, Kenny Chesney and Meek Mill were among the non-athletes on the guest list. While it appears Brady hung out…

It sure is a party in Knoxville.After the sixth-ranked Vols took down No. 3 Alabama on a game-winning field goal as time expired, fans stormed the field to celebrate, and the euphoria took a wild turn. While on the field, fans brought down a goal post in an end zone. But that was just the beginning.Fans carried the goal post out of the stadium and onto the strip of the school’s campus.The goal post is getting presidential treatment and is being escorted by dozens of Vols fans throughout the town. It even took a dip in the Tennessee River.The latest…

Washington CNN  —  President Joe Biden said on Saturday the video and testimony shared at the January 6 hearing this week was “devastating” and said the committee overall has made an “overwhelming” case. Asked his thoughts on the hearing during an unannounced stop at a Baskin-Robbins in Portland, Oregon, Biden said, “I think the testimony, the video are absolutely devastating. And I’ve been going out of my way not to comment, see what happens, but it’s just – I think it’s been devastating.” The final hearing ahead of the midterms from the House Select Committee investigating the attack on the…

Sky News host Rowan Dean says the new cow burp tax is a “climate change attack” on the farmers of New Zealand. “One of the great farming communities of the world,” he said. “You are under siege; you are under attack – it will rip the guts out of your community, and it is coming here to Australia – wake up farmers.” Source: Sky News