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Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport will restrict passenger numbers in September and October after struggling to recruit security staff.The decision – which comes just days after the resignation of Schiphol CEO Dick Benschop – follows a summer of travel chaos and flight cancellations at the airport. Schiphol will reduce the maximum number of departing passengers by around 9,250 passengers, or 18 per cent, per day. The new daily cap will be 54,500 passengers per day in September and 57,000 per day in October. “This decision first and foremost is bad news for passengers and for airlines,” admitted Royal Schiphol Group COO, Hanne Buis.“Nevertheless, the decision taken…

TennisAn emotional Roger Federer talks to Jim Courier after finishing the final match of his career as he and Rafael Nadal lose out to Team World in the doubles at the Laver Cup. Stream the 2022 Laver Cup exclusively live on discovery+ and eurosport.co.uk00:03:11, 4 hours ago Read the full article here

US special envoy for the Horn of Africa condemns the crossing of Eritrean troops into Ethiopia’s Tigray region amid renewed fighting.Forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region say Eritrea has launched a full-scale offensive and heavy fighting was taking place in several areas along the border in what appears to be an escalation of last month’s renewal of fighting. The Eritreans are fighting alongside Ethiopian federal forces, including commando units, as well as allied militias, said Getachew Reda, spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), on Tuesday. “Eritrea is deploying its entire army as well as reservists. Our forces are heroically…

For the first time in its 132-year history, the Brazilian census now under way will count members of so-called “quilombo” communities founded by formerly enslaved Black people who resisted the system of oppression. On Ilha de Mare, an island with several quilombos off the coast of Salvador, in northeast Brazil, this chance to be counted is one step in a political transformation for which local organisers have long been fighting. “Being part of the census is a strategy for us, a strategy for resistance and change,” said 52-year-old Marizelha Carlos Lopes, a local activist and fisherwoman on the island, where…

Melissa Stoddart’s just moved. A new neighbourhood within Winnipeg’s Pembina Trails School Division means a new bus for her daughter, but it’s been a battle getting her application processed. “I need busing now. I don’t have a car regularly. My husband has to take the car,” Stoddart told Global News on Friday.She’s called and emailed the school division for weeks since applying in August, getting through once and receiving little information.Stoddart’s been driving her daughter to and from school using a borrowed car, which interrupts her work day — and time is running out.“I worry that come October when my…

Australia’s next generation of nuclear-powered submarines could be made in the United States and delivered by the middle of the next decade in a speedier solution to the nation’s sea defence controversy. Consultation is underway between Australia and senior officials in the US and Britain to potentially see a nuclear-powered fleet delivered a decade ahead of schedule. Read the full article here

A match made in reality TV heaven? Blake Horstmann and Giannina Gibelli both made waves while looking for love on screen before joining forces. Bachelor Nation met Horstmann when he competed for Becca Kufrin’s affections on season 14 of The Bachelorette. After finishing as the runner-up on the 2018 season, the DJ came under fire during season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise after his pre-show hookups with Caelynn Miller-Keyes and Kristina Schulman were revealed on the beach. While the 2019 season was airing, Horstmann took to Instagram to share his text messages with Miller-Keyes. “I don’t regret it. I’ll never…

An 8-year-old Philadelphia girl was grazed by a bullet to the head Thursday night after shots rang out near Temple University during a drive-by shooting. Officers from the Temple Police Department and Philadelphia Police Department responded to the 1500 block of North 13th Street just before 9 p.m. for reports of shots fired, Fox Philadelphia reported.Shooters ambushed another vehicle that was driving by and fired at least 50 shots. One person inside the car was hit in the leg and taken to a hospital.The unidentified girl was near a front door of a nearby home when she was grazed by a…

Carlos Castro’s journey to success is a true American dream — a story that began in the suburbs of El Salvador’s capital and found its happy ending in the suburbs of the U.S. capital.Castro gave up the leisure of his childhood at age 13 to help support his family; at that young age, he started working with his father in the construction business. “I learn[ed] a lot about reinforced steel and masonry and plumbing,” Castro said, noting that his father made sure he learned “all the stages of construction — all the way to understanding blueprint reading.” LATINO LEADER LOOKS TO INSTILL…

An Arizona judge lifted an injunction on the enforcement of a 1973 state law, leaving the state attorney general free to prosecute abortion providers, outlawing abortions in the state for women more than 15 weeks pregnant. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced the ruling Friday, claiming it as a win for successfully defending life in the state. “A Pima County judge lifted an injunction that was placed on Arizona’s abortion statute,” Brnovich said in a statement. “We applaud the court for upholding the will of the legislature and providing clarity and uniformity on this important issue. I have and will continue to…