Travel chaos in London

Millions of Londoners and tourists faced travel chaos today as workers on the city’s Underground network staged a 24-hour strike over planned job cuts.
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Millions of Londoners and tourists faced travel chaos today as workers on the city’s Underground network staged a 24-hour strike over planned job cuts.

A travel trailer overturned on Interstate 5 northbound Monday morning and blocked freeway lanes for about two hours.

David Westin rocked the television news industry Monday night by stepping down as president of ABC News. He told staff in an email that it was the “right time” and plans to leave by the end of the year.

ABC News President David Westin, the longest-reigning network news division chief, with more than 13 tumultuous years on the job, told his staff Monday that he is resigning and will leave by the end of the year.

BEIRUT: Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh asked public health institutions affiliated with the Health Ministry on Monday to treat patients with the eye infection conjunctivitis for free.

The Health Ministry will set up a special unit to handle donations received by the Ministry and State hospitals. The main objective of setting up of this unit is to make sure that all foreign and local donations are distributed equally among all State hospitals, a Health Ministry spokesman said.

Brussels – European Union finance ministers looked set on Monday to call for punishments on countries which break EU budget rules to be made semi-automatic.

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Ukraine’s Finance Ministry on Monday issued the third tranche of government domestic loan bonds worth UAH 8.3 billion to repay delayed value-added tax refunds (VAT bonds)..

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama exhorted Congress on Monday to make passing a long-languishing small business aid package its first order of business when it returns next month from its summer break. “I ask Senate Republicans …