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AMSTELVEEN (ANP) - KLM neemt voorlopig geen nieuwe medewerkers meer aan vanwege de fors gestegen brandstofprijzen door de Iranoorlog. Naast het instellen van zo'n externe vacaturestop heeft de luchtvaartmaatschappij besloten om dienstreizen tot een minimum te beperken en tijdelijk geen consultants meer in te huren om geld te besparen.
Dit bevestigde een woordvoerster van KLM donderdag na berichtgeving door De Telegraaf en Luchtvaartnieuws. "We stoppen tijdelijk met uitgaven die niet strikt noodzakelijk zijn voor onze operatie." Ze wees daarbij op de fors hogere olie- en kerosineprijzen. "Deze prijsstijging is zó groot dat we deze niet meer kunnen opvangen met onze huidige inkomsten."
De extra maatregelen zijn volgens de maatschappij nodig omdat KLM de extra kosten slechts deels kan doorberekenen aan passagiers. "In de afgelopen week hebben we de prijzen al verhoogd met een brandstoftoeslag. Maar we kunnen de stijging niet volledig doorberekenen aan onze passagiers. Dat zou de tickets onbetaalbaar maken."
KLM heeft er ook last van dat het door de oorlog sommige intercontinentale vluchten niet, of niet volgens het gewone schema, kan uitvoeren. Donderdag heeft de maatschappij besloten uit veiligheidsoverwegingen tot en met 17 mei niet naar Dubai en de Saudische steden Riyad en Dammam te vliegen. Omdat het luchtruim boven landen rondom de Perzische Golf onveilig is, besloot KLM eerder al de vluchten naar deze bestemmingen tot en met 28 maart te schrappen.
Een jonge man van 19 is maandag overleden in detentie bij ICE, meldt de Amerikaanse immigratiedienst donderdag. Royer Perez-Jimenez is voor zover bekend de jongste persoon die tijdens de tweede termijn van president Donald Trump is overleden in federale vreemdelingendetentie. Het gaat om het twaalfde sterfgeval dit jaar.
Volgens ICE staat nog niet vast waaraan Perez-Jimenez is overleden, maar wordt uitgegaan van zelfmoord. Hij stierf in Moore Haven in de staat Florida.
De dienst zegt ook dat de man werd beschuldigd van fraude. Hij zou zich hebben voorgedaan als een agent en zich verzet hebben. Perez-Jimenez kwam uit Mexico en was al eens eerder het land uitgezet.
Vorig jaar overleden volgens cijfers van ICE 31 mensen in vreemdelingendetentie. Dat was het hoogste aantal in twintig jaar. Toch zegt de dienst dat het welzijn van de gevangenen vooropstaat. "ICE is vastberaden om te zorgen dat iedereen die is gedetineerd in veilige, beveiligde en menselijke omgevingen zit."
Meta is partially reversing its decision to drop VR support for Horizon Worlds, keeping VR access for existing Unity-based games while shifting future development to a new flatscreen-focused Horizon Engine. UploadVR reports: If you somehow missed it, on Tuesday Meta officially announced that its Horizon Worlds "metaverse" platform would drop VR support in June, meaning it would only be available as a flatscreen experience for the web and smartphones. But now, in an "ask me anything" session on his Instagram page, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth says the company has decided to "keep Horizon Worlds working in VR for existing games to support the fans who've reached out."
Bosworth says this specifically applies to worlds developed with the Horizon Unity runtime, suggesting it applies to those built inside VR or with the Horizon Desktop Editor, but not those built for the new Horizon Engine with Horizon Studio. The picture painted here is of a clean technical break, with the legacy Unity version of Horizon Worlds continuing to support VR, and the new Horizon Engine focusing fully on flatscreen. This VR support will continue through the Horizon Worlds VR app, which Bosworth says will stay on Quest's store "for the foreseeable future".
Specific worlds will not be recommended by the operating system, though, and nor will they be seen in the storefront. Horizon Worlds will be just another app on the store. As for the reason behind not supporting VR in Horizon Engine, Bosworth repeated the explanation he's been giving for two months now -- "because that's where most of the consumer and creator energy already was, and so we're leaning into that."
Bosworth says this specifically applies to worlds developed with the Horizon Unity runtime, suggesting it applies to those built inside VR or with the Horizon Desktop Editor, but not those built for the new Horizon Engine with Horizon Studio. The picture painted here is of a clean technical break, with the legacy Unity version of Horizon Worlds continuing to support VR, and the new Horizon Engine focusing fully on flatscreen. This VR support will continue through the Horizon Worlds VR app, which Bosworth says will stay on Quest's store "for the foreseeable future".
Specific worlds will not be recommended by the operating system, though, and nor will they be seen in the storefront. Horizon Worlds will be just another app on the store. As for the reason behind not supporting VR in Horizon Engine, Bosworth repeated the explanation he's been giving for two months now -- "because that's where most of the consumer and creator energy already was, and so we're leaning into that."
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Lawsuit says rescission of endangerment finding – which ruled greenhouse gases threaten public health – was illegal
A coalition of 24 states, alongside a dozen cities and counties, has sued the Trump administration over its decision to revoke the bedrock scientific determination underpinning virtually all US climate regulations.
The new lawsuit, filed in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Thursday, is being led by the states of Massachusetts, California, New York and Connecticut. It argues that the Environmental Protection Agency’s February rescission of the 2009 endangerment finding – which the White House described as the “single largest deregulatory action in US history” – was illegal.
Continue reading...US Southern Command chief tells senators amid Trump’s increasing use of force in the region and comments about taking Cuba
The US military is not rehearsing for an invasion of Cuba or actively preparing to militarily take over the island, the top general overseeing American forces in Latin America has told lawmakers.
But Gen Francis Donovan, head of US Southern Command, said the Pentagon stands ready to address any threats to the US embassy in Havana, defend its base at Guantanamo Bay, and aid US government efforts to address any mass migration from the island, if needed.
Continue reading...Theories range from obvious mismatches to Premier League clubs not being able to defend from open play
There were 68 goals in the last 16 of the Champions League, which is not only a lot but goes against the trend of the previous four seasons. What’s going on? Has football suddenly become more attacking again? This surely can’t all be down to Premier League sides struggling to defend against teams who don’t just rely on corners but actually attack from open play, can it?
An average of 4.25 goals a game is highly unusual, particularly given the recent context. Before 2008-09 there was only one season when the knockout phase of the Champions League yielded more than three goals a game; between 2008-09 and 2019-20 there was only one season when goals per game dipped below three. There then followed four campaigns in which the average did not climb above 2.72 (and in 2022-23, it was as low as 2.34), before bouncing back to 3.29 last season (including the playoff round). The playoff round this season produced 3.94 goals per game – and there were no Premier League teams involved; this is not purely an English issue.
Continue reading...Reform party leader criticised for making comments after event held in London’s Trafalgar Square this week
Muslim leaders have condemned Nigel Farage’s call to ban public prayer by Muslims in the UK as bigoted and warned of a “growing tide of hate” after the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, questioned whether the events fitted “within the norms of British culture”.
Farage was speaking at the launch of Reform UK’s manifesto for the forthcoming Scottish parliament elections when he made the remarks.
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Een scooterrijder wordt gezocht omdat hij waarschijnlijk een fietser heeft aangereden en daarna is doorgereden. Dat gebeurde op woensdag 25 februari rond 13:45 uur op de Van Brienenoordbrug. Het slachtoffer raakte ernstig gewond. Afgelopen week overleed hij aan zijn verwondingen. De politie zoekt getuigen en camerabeelden.
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