An IT failure at Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) stranded thousands of passengers and forced flights to Germany’s busiest airport to be cancelled or diverted on Wednesday, with the airline blaming botched railway engineering works that damaged broadband cables.

Avian flu has reached new corners of the globe and become endemic for the first time in some wild birds that transmit the virus to poultry, according to veterinarians and disease experts, who warn it is now a year-round problem.

Russia said on Wednesday it had broken through two of Ukraine’s fortified defence lines in the east and Kyiv spoke of relentless Russian attacks making it “difficult for us”, as Western allies announced more military aid for Kyiv including artillery rounds.

Rare video footage showing the Titanic ocean liner on the floor of the Atlantic is being released on Wednesday, decades after the discovery of the wreckage and more than a century after the ship hit an iceberg and sunk.

The Biden administration on Wednesday issued long-awaited final rules on its national electric vehicle charger network that require the chargers to be built in the United States immediately, and with 55% of their cost coming from U.S.-made components by 2024.

The Health Minister says it is alarming that Fiji has increased its estimated HIV and AIDS infection by 129 percent over the last decade.

Cabinet has approved the inclusion of two new holidays in the revised 2023 public holiday dates while removing Constitution Day.

Twelve fisheries organizations will undergo training at the Cooperative College of Fiji that will assist in strengthening the sector.

The role of the Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) will be reviewed.

Several Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets were intercepted by North American air defence forces as they flew over international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) said, in routine incidents unrelated to tensions over the war in Ukraine.

Music star Sting will be honoured at this year’s Ivors, the annual awards honouring songwriters and screen composers, receiving an Ivors Academy fellowship, organisers said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Education had to review teaching personnel who have spent more than the recommended number of years in one school.