(COLORADO SPRINGS) Students of Holmes Middle School got a special opportunity to see a U.S. Air Force helicopter up close, thanks to a collaboration with the U.S. Air Force, School District 11, and Holmes Middle School. The event was made possible with the help of Captain Andre Young, a graduate of Holmes Middle School […]
Flood affected regions of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt are expecting Chancellor Olaf Scholz to visit on Thursday and see their plight first-hand. He had already visited flooded areas in Lower Saxony on New Year's Eve. This time, the chancellor will be accompanied by Environment Minister Steffi Lemke and Saxony-Anhalt State Premier Reiner Haseloff. Together, the politicians want to find out about the flood situation in Oberröblingen, a district of Sangerhausen. An appointment is planned at t
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was visiting the flood-hit areas in the country's northern state of Lower Saxony on Sunday after storms caused disaster in several states. Scholz travelled to the town of Verden, some 90 kilometres north-west of the state capital Hanover, in the morning, accompanied by Lower Saxon Premier Stephan Weil and state Interior Minister Daniela Behrens. Scholz took a flyover of the particularly affected areas in northern Lower Saxony. His group was then to be briefed on the
A nail-biting rescue of children dangling hundreds of metres in the air in a cable car in Pakistan this week faced unprecedented challenges, with officials fearing the last remaining cable could snap at any moment, rescuers and military officers said. The sixteen-hour rescue effort gripped global attention, as Pakistan's air force, military and civilians on the ground struggled to rescue eight people, mostly children, from the flimsy cable car, which was dangling 183 metres (600 feet) over a river below after one of its cables broke. "It was very stressful," said Major Asad Khan Marwat, who played a key role coordinating the operation from the ground.