Seat belt saved passenger's life on Boeing 737 jet that suffered a blowout, new lawsuit says
> More passengers who were aboard an #AlaskaAirlines Boeing 737 jet when part of its fuselage blew out in January are suing — including one who says his life was saved by a seat belt.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/seat-belt-saved-passengers-life-boeing-737-jet-108138629 #737Max #Boeing #airlines #aviation
German air force to evacuate citizens from Israel tonight
> Two German Air Force planes will fly to Israel with materials and bring back German citizens who want to leave the country, a spokesperson for the defense ministry said on Saturday, adding the planes were not part of a military evacuation.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-768353 #Germany #Hamas #Gaza #Palestine #Israel
Malaysians urged not to panic-buy local rice after import prices for the staple rise substantially
> the government will increase distribution to rural areas to address a supply issue sparked by a hike in the price of imported rice. #Malaysia and many countries are grappling with rising rice prices and low supplies after #India's curb on rice sales cut global supplies by a fifth.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/malaysians-urged-panic-buy-local-rice-after-import-103652661 #rice #economy #southeastasia #tootsea
France's Carrefour puts up 'shrinkflation' warning signs
> French supermarket Carrefour has put stickers on its shelves this week warning shoppers of "shrinkflation" - where packet contents are getting smaller while prices are not.
> Lipton Ice Tea, Lindt chocolate and Viennetta ice cream are among the products being named and shamed.
> Shoppers are being told if bottles are smaller or pack contents lighter. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66809188 #inflation #greedflation #France
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The Central Bank of Russia raised its key lending rate by one percentage point to 13% on Friday, a month after imposing an even larger hike.
> Concerns about inflation persist and the ruble continues to struggle against the dollar. In August the bank increased the lending rate to 12% — a jump of 3.5 percentage points — as the ruble fell to 100 against the greenback.
https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/15/russia-raises-interest-rate-to-13-as-economy-struggles #Russia #economy
Ukraine Attacks Russian Air Defences in Western Crimea
> #Ukraine struck Russian air defence systems near the town of Yevpatoriya in the west of occupied #Crimea in a long-range overnight attack on Thursday, the Ukrainian military said.
> #Russia's defence ministry said in a statement that its air defences had shot down 11 drones overnight over the peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014. It made no mention of any damage.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-09-14/ukraine-destroys-russian-air-defence-system-near-crimeas-yevpatoriya-source #UkraineWarNews #UkraineWar
Unemployment must rise by 40-50%. We need pain in the economy so that workers know they are lucky to have a job. This is so we (the employer class) can increase our profits through productivity (our exploitation of the employee class).
Tim Gurner made these comments during the 2023 Australian Financial Review Property Summit.
https://metapixl.com/p/raymondpert/607412816806049472 #capitalism
Unemployment must go up by 50%. Employees need to know they are lucky to have a job. We (the employer class) need to see more pain in the economy... in order to maintain and increase our profits (and exploitations of the working class, the "Tradies".
Tim Gurner made during these comments during the 2023 Australian Financial Review Property Summit
https://live.afr.com/propertysummit/
> AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — An aftershock rattled Moroccans on Sunday as they mourned victims of the nation’s strongest earthquake in more than a century and sought to rescue survivors while soldiers and aid workers raced to reach ruined mountain villages. The disaster killed more than 2,100 people — a number that is expected to rise.
> The United Nations estimated that 300,000 people were affected by Friday night’s magnitude 6.8 quake https://www.cbs17.com/news/ap-in-ancient-cities-and-mountain-towns-rescuers-seek-survivors-from-moroccos-quake-of-the-century/ #Morocco #earthquake
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