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Travel chaos The RATP operator of the Paris metro system apologised on Wednesday after hundreds of passengers on multiple lines were blocked underground in stifling temperatures and at the height of rush hour.Issued on: 15/06/2023 - 19:50 2 min A commuter sits in a carriage at the Gare de l'Est metro station in Paris, on March 7, 2023.

T he Exhibition Road entrance to South Kensington Tube station could get a 2million makeover so it can be used by a group of Orthodox Jews whose strict religious beliefs do not allow them to enter because it is part of the Science Museum, which holds human remains in its collection.Members of Kensington and Chelsea's planning committee will meet tomorrow to consider the plan for a symbolic secondary roof allowing members of the 1,500 Kohanim families in London to use the station and Tube.

A 28-year-old female German student and three accomplices have been found guilty of carrying out a string of attacks on members of Germany's neo-Nazi scene, in one of the most high-profile trials of a group of militant leftists since the days of the Baader-Meinhof group.The woman, who in keeping with Germany's strict privacy laws was referred to only as Lina E, was sentenced on Wednesday to five years and three months in prison amid chaotic scenes at a court in Dresden, eastern Germany.

Episode 5: "New Territories."As a young mother, Paulina grows disillusioned with her home life and yearns for independence and a space she can call her own.Once she opens a new psychic shop, she meets a couple of new clients who give her a peek into their outside world - and there's no going back.

(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Tourists and travelers driving to visit California's superblooms this year may see some striking vistas along the way - swaths of bright yellow, perhaps, covering formerly drab hillsides.Before you ooh and aah, keep in mind: Some of that growth is invasive species that pose a treacherous threat.

Oakland Streets Represent a 'Public Safety Epidemic' (Oaklandside)
More on Push for State Transit Funding (SFStandard)
More on BART Changing its Schedule (NYTimes)
Will Transbay Transit Center Ever Achieve its Promise?(ABC7)
Put Interstate 80 Underground?(Berkeleyside)
Vandals Draining Transit Funds (MissionLocal)
New Scooters in San Francisco (SFExaminer)
San Francisco Most Expensive to Raise Children (CNBC)
Scooterist Killed Because Someone used San Jose Bike Lane for Trash Storage (MercNews)
Best Guess on How Many People have Left San Francisco (SFChron)
The Museum of Modern Art's Dirty Facade (SFChron)
Bye A's... have Fun in Vegas (SFGate)


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Jazz at Lincoln Center announced a 2023-24 concert season on Tuesday that includes tribute concerts to the influential saxophonist Wayne Shorter and performances from both jazz world fixtures like Bobby Rush and Terence Blanchard and up-and-coming artists like the singer Samara Joy, who won a Grammy for best new artist this year.

London Underground Service: Full list of TfL Stations affected this weekend (Image: Canva) With the weekend upon us, it's time to check what planned TfL closures are taking place from Friday to Sunday.As with most weekends, some stations will be closed or partly closed for TfL to carry out essential work.

As with most weekends, some stations will be closed or partly closed for TfL to carry out essential work.We've put a quick list together of all the work this weekend to ensure you don't get caught out and can plan ahead.To get the most up-to-date stats of the Underground, you can use the TfL app or website.

Mary identifies as a transgender woman, but presents to society as a gay man."I am forced to be gay in Zambia because it isn't as dangerous as being trans," Mary told DW when we met at a Lusaka restaurant."Gay people are at least tolerated in Zambia, even if they are not accepted," Mary explained.

Amsterdam or Rotterdam?For sheer picturesqueness, Amsterdam is the easy winner.But what Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second-largest city, lacks in historical edifices much of it was bombed in World War II it makes up for with contemporary urban cool.Long the busiest port in Europe, the multicultural city is a hub of global commerce and avant-garde architecture.

I'm sure I'm not the only ultra-trail runner who's ever donned a loose-fitting pair of shorts and an oversized t-shirt and felt like she was channeling her inner Courtney Dauwalter.Finally, the iconic Shortneys, a name we believe was coined by an iRunFar follower during the 2019 Madeira Island Ultra-Trail, which Dauwalter won, are available on the mass market for us mere mortals.

In the 160th anniversary of the London Underground, a new book looks at something that came later - the modernist era of Holden and Pick that created the Underground we recognise today.With words by historian Joshua Abbott and photographs by Philip Butler, this is a look at stations which can be for regular users so familiar as to be mere background noise on the commute, but for new visitors, they can be marvels of design.

Urgent appeal for non-verbal boy, 6, missing from south London - call 999 (Image: Lambeth police twitter) Police have released an urgent appeal to find a boy, six, who has gone missing in south London.Ishmael is non-verbal and was last seen on CCTV entering the underground at Brixton at 12.48pm today (Sunday, May 7).

Jim Mellen, a Marxist former college professor and ideological firebrand who in the 1960s became a founding member and philosophical leader of the Weathermen, the headline-grabbing brigade of far-left revolutionaries, died on Feb. 17 at his home in Zirahuen, Mexico.He was 87.His wife, Terry Baumgart, said the cause was chronic pulmonary obstructive disease.

Downtown Los Angeles restaurant and bar Peking Tavern is back in action, more than six months after announcing its permanent closure.The nearly 10-year-old hangout spent a decade as an underground (literally) spot for dim sum dishes, scallion pancakes, dumplings, and drinks, before announcing its closure back in October 2022.

KOSTYANTYNIVKA, Ukraine A lone Russian soldier stumbling along a track through an open field suddenly reels as a burst of gunfire kicks up the dirt around him.He looks back for a second, poised for flight, but then keeps stumbling forward into the gunfire.Do you see?He's not carrying a weapon, said Yaroslav, a filmmaker in civilian life who now leads a drone reconnaissance unit that filmed the incident.

Commuters in London are facing a day of transport chaos after a 24-hour strike by Tube drivers and station staff started on Wednesday morning.Transport for London (TfL) urged passengers to check their route before travelling, with virtually all of the Underground network closed and other services likely to be much busier and liable to disruption and delay.

Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT] , a hub where the public can explore their creative imaginations in society through the use of digital technology, announces exhibitions of new works by CCBT 2022 artist fellows in Tokyo.Beginning with the exciting new work by Tokolo Asao, Hiramoto Tomoki, and Iguchi Kota (all contributors to the much-discussed drone display at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games), exhibitions of projects by CCBT's artist fellows will include Tomo Kihara and Playfool's original game co-created by humans and artificial intelligence, and an augmented reality event held in the streets of Shibuya.