Amsterdam Is The Land Of Weird Motorcycles And Clog-Shaped Boats

Amsterdam Is The Land Of Weird Motorcycles And Clog-Shaped Boats

Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik I recently got stuck in Amsterdam for two days thanks to the Crowdstrike outage, which gave me a weekend’s worth of time to explore the glorious city. Amsterdam contains 165 canals that total over 60 miles in length, and on the streets that border them you’ll find some of the best carspotting … Read more

Delta goes pasta-only for thousands of international travelers after ‘spoiled’ food forced a flight to divert

Delta goes pasta-only for thousands of international travelers after ‘spoiled’ food forced a flight to divert

A Boeing 767 passenger aircraft of Delta Air Lines arrives from Dublin at JFK International Airport in New York as the Manhattan skyline looms in the background on Feb. 7, 2024. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Delta Air Lines pulled some meal options from dozens of international flights on Wednesday hours after the … Read more

Flights grounded, passengers to see delays amid global IT outage

Flights grounded, passengers to see delays amid global IT outage

Crowds are seen building up at Suvarnabhumi Airport as a global IT disruption caused by a Microsoft outage and a Crowdstrike IT problem combine to affect users on July 19, 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.  Mailee Osten-tan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Several airlines halted flights on Friday, while others warned of delays and … Read more

Nicki Minaj Detained At Amsterdam Airport For Allegedly Carrying Drugs

Nicki Minaj Detained At Amsterdam Airport For Allegedly Carrying Drugs

Nicki Minaj has been freed after being detained in Amsterdam for allegedly carrying marijuana. The “Anaconda” rapper shared multiple videos Saturday from Schiphol Airport, in which authorities could be heard saying that she was under arrest. The Grammy nominee, who is currently on her Pink Friday 2 World Tour, reportedly postponed a U.K. tour date … Read more

Climate Activists: Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion target bank and block part of highway around Amsterdam

Climate Activists: Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion target bank and block part of highway around Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM: Climate activists blocked part of the main highway around Amsterdam near the former headquarters of ING bank for hours on Saturday to protest its financing of fossil fuels. Dozens of Extinction Rebellion protesters were detained by police late in the afternoon after ignoring orders to end their blockade. Police said the operation to clear … Read more

China’s video-game curbs shock stocks

China’s video-game curbs shock stocks

China’s raft of new measures limiting players’ spending on video games sent ripples through stock markets across the globe on Friday.Prosus fell as much as 20% in Amsterdam trading, erasing $17 billion of market value at one point, after the regulator’s draft rules dealt a blow to the value of the company’s holding in Chinese … Read more

270 Passengers Spend Night In Canadian Military Base After US Plane Makes Emergency Landing

270 Passengers Spend Night In Canadian Military Base After US Plane Makes Emergency Landing

The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate the incident. More than 200 passengers of US-based Delta Airlines were forced to spend the night on a remote Canadian military base after the plane made an emergency landing due to a technical issue, as per a report in CBS News. Delta Flight 135 carrying 270 customers, … Read more

Robbie Williams Bravely Admits Soiling Himself On Stage During Take That Concert

Robbie Williams Bravely Admits Soiling Himself On Stage During Take That Concert

Robbie Williams courageously came clean on Tuesday — about soiling himself in public. The “Let Me Entertain You” singer was performing with his former band Take That at a reunion show in 2011 when a bout of food poisoning that “felt like death” took hold — and the Amsterdam crowd at Ajax Stadium unknowingly watched … Read more

European airline introduces kid-free zone on flights. Is Canada next? – National

European airline introduces kid-free zone on flights. Is Canada next? – National

Passengers flying with Corendon Airlines will soon have access to a child-free section of some flights — for a price — but experts say not to expect the same in Canada any time soon. The Turkish-Dutch leisure airline announced that it will launch an “Only Adult” zone for guests aged 16 and older on its … Read more