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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Major TV Events Continue In Cologne Despite Huge Evacuation While German City Deals With WWII Bombs
This wasn't the news the German TV industry was expecting at the start of the week. The largest evacuation since World War II has been taking place in Cologne, as authorities sought to defuse three huge WWII bombs, as several major events are concurrently held in the city. More from Deadline BBC Studios Producer Reveals Why 'Ghosts' Is "Indebted" To 'Friends' - Seriencamp Euro Networks Talk Streamer Levies & "Talk Of The Town" Scripted Co-Productions - Seriencamp Screenwriter Discusses Rush To Bring Prime Video's The Elevator Boys Movie to Life - Seriencamp The evacuation is hitting businesses, schools, hospitals and residents in the affected area and some 20,500 people are being moved with tents set up to provide food and water. From a media perspective, the evacuation came as major TV and cable industry events were underway. Both TV industry conference Seriencamp and tech-meets-content event AngaCom are situated outside the affected area and will continue. The latter regularly attracts well over 20,000 participants. Prime Video is holding an upfront event this evening in the Ehrenfeld area, which is close to Seriencamp and slated to continue. The likes of Maxton Hall scriptwriter Julia Dehne, Smallville showrunner Kelly Souders and Banijay Entertainment co-fiction chief Johannes Jensen are in town for Seriencamp. We're also on the ground for the event and will update this article as developments happen. RTL has been impacted, with the broadcaster shifting broadcasts to Berlin as the bombs are dealt with. Although unaffected, travel plans for people attending events are massively disrupted. At Seriencamp, talk of co-production and industry trends took place alongside chatter about how to get to airports and stations amid the evacuation, notably for those travelling today. Some delegates also had to move hotels and alternate plans are being made. 'The evacuation is the largest operation since the end of World War II,' City authorities said. The official info detailed affected areas and infrastructure including RTL and several cultural spaces including the trade fair center, the LANXESS arena, the Musical Dome, the Philharmonic Hall and many museums. The area close to the UNESCO-listed Cologne Cathedreal, known as the tallest twin-spired cathedral in the world, is near the radius. Specifically, there are two 20-tonne bombs and a 10-tonne bomb, the City added. All three are American. Discovering unexploded WWII bombs in German cities is not unusual, but the scale of today's impacts are by far the most dramatic since end of the war in 1945. Provided the bombs can be defused, it is expected people will return to their homes this evening. Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More Everything We Know About 'Nobody Wants This' Season 2 So Far
The Hill
22-05-2025
- Business
- The Hill
Nike to raise prices over Trump tariffs
Nike will join the chorus of companies slated to raise prices due to the onset of President Trump's tariffs. Company executives are planning to increase costs for apparel and equipment sourced from overseas. Price bumps will vary on different items, with markups ranging from $2 to $10. Footwear priced between $100 and $150 will increase by $5. Shoes priced above $150 could face a $10 upcharge, a person familiar with the matter told The Hill. Increases are set to go into effect by June 1, roughly a month prior to the onset of Trump's tariffs. A 90-day pause was implemented on reciprocal tariffs for several nations, including Vietnam, where Nike manufactures large portions of their products. The president's 46 percent tariff on imports from the country now stands at 10 percent. China, another major producer for Nike, faces a 30 percent tariff on items exported to the U.S. Levies are set to resume at full force on July 8, marking the end of Trump's 90-day pause on foreign duties. A source familiar with Nike's plans said, despite trade fluctuation, the Jordan brand, Air Force 1s and kids' items will not see price changes. Neither will products under $100. 'We regularly evaluate our business and make pricing adjustments as part of our seasonal planning,' a company spokesperson told The Hill. Walmart and Apple are also expected to raise prices due to the onset of tariffs.
Arab News
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Gunmen kill four paramilitary troops in attack on security post in Pakistan's southwest
QUETTA: Unidentified gunmen targeted a security check post and killed four members of the Levies paramilitary force in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, officials said on Saturday. The attack targeted the Samand post located some 20 kilometers from Khuzdar city in wee hours of Saturday, according to Deputy Commissioner Yasir Iqbal Dashti. Four Levies men were killed as a result of an intense exchange of gunfire. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the assault but suspicion is likely to fall on Baloch separatists who have intensified their attacks in the province over the last one year. 'The attackers managed to flee by taking advantage of the dark and the bodies of the slain troops were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Khuzdar,' Dashti told Arab News. 'Security forces have surrounded the area and a hunt for the attackers is underway.' Balochistan, Pakistan's most impoverished province, has been the site of a decades-old insurgency, where separatist militants often target security forces, police, foreigners and ethnic Punjabi commuters and workers, who they see as 'outsiders,' by wresting control of highways and remote towns. In Jan., dozens of fighters of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) separatist group launched a brazen attack on Khuzdar's Zehri town and seized control of its main market for hours. The militants had set government buildings ablaze and snatched Levies' vehicles and weapons. This month, gunmen killed three people, including two barbers from the eastern Punjab province, and set a police vehicle ablaze in Balochistan's Lasbela district, officials said. The separatists accuse Islamabad of exploiting the province's natural resources, such as gold and copper, and accuse foreigners and people from other province of backing the Pakistani state. Successive Pakistani governments have denied the allegations and said they only worked for the uplift of the region and its people.
Arab News
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Five militants killed, two apprehended in separate operations in Pakistan's northwest
ISLAMABAD: Five militants, belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), were killed and two others were apprehended in three separate operations in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Pakistani military said on Saturday. Pakistani security forces killed three militants, including a high-value target, in an intelligence-based operation in KP's Bajaur district, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military's media wing. Two TTP militants were killed in the second operation in the North Waziristan district, while security forces busted a TTP hideout in the Mohmand district and arrested two members of the outlawed group. 'Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from these khwarij (TTP militants), who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities,' the ISPR said in a statement. 'Sanitization operations are being conducted to eliminate any other kharji found in the area.' Pakistan has struggled to contain surging militancy in KP in recent years, where the Pakistani Taliban, or the TTP, have mounted their attacks against security forces and police since their fragile, months-long truce with Islamabad broke down in late 2022. Late last month, the Pakistani military said it had killed 71 militants in three days of operations in the North Waziristan district that borders Afghanistan. The number was usually high in Pakistan's battle against militancy and instability along its border with Afghanistan during the nearly four years since the United States withdrew its military support from the country and the Taliban took over Kabul. Islamabad has frequently accused Afghanistan of supporting the Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups, an allegation denied by Kabul. Pakistan is also facing an intensifying separatist insurgency in the southwestern Balochistan province. On Friday, a Levies paramilitary troop was killed in an attack on a check-post in Balochistan's Kalat district, while there were reports of militant attacks on government buildings in Mangochar city, according to a Levies official. 'One Levies soldier was killed after gunmen targeted a Levies check-post in Kot Langove, an area of Kalat district,' Levies official Muhammad Ramzan told Arab News. 'Many armed militants obstructed the Quetta-Karachi highway in Mangochar and there are reports that many government buildings were torched in Mangochar Bazaar.' The official said they were gathering more details about the incidents. In another attack, armed men targeted a passenger bus heading to Karachi from Quetta in Khad Kocha area near Mastung. 'Six passengers were injured in the attack who were later shifted to Nawab Ghosh Bukhsh Memorial Hospital,' Mastung Deputy Commissioner Raja Atthar Abbas told Arab News. 'They were the same militants who attempted to take control of the highway in Kalat, but couldn't succeed in blocking the road.' No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but suspicions are likely to fall on Baloch separatists. In March, fighters from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) separatist group hijacked the Jaffar Express train in Balochistan's Bolan region, holding hundreds of passengers hostage. The military launched a rescue operation in which 354 passengers were freed and 33 militants were killed. Officials said the hijacking killed 31 soldiers, railway staff and civilians.
Arab News
02-05-2025
- General
- Arab News
Six Indian gray wolf puppies rescued in southwest Pakistan
KARACHI: Six Indian gray wolf puppies, found in the care of local residents in Pakistan's southwestern Zhob district, were relocated to a rescue center in Balochistan province, the Wildlife Department said on Friday. The Indian gray wolf, also known as canis lupus pallipes, is a small, slender subspecies of the gray wolf found in India, Pakistan and Nepal, particularly in dry grasslands and scrublands. It has a pale brown or reddish-gray coat with short fur suited to hot climates. The rescue followed a video that went viral on social media, showing locals playing with the puppies in the Kakar Khorasan area of Zhob. Afterward, residents requested assistance from the police and Levies, prompting wildlife authorities to intervene. 'We have transferred all six to the rescue center in Zhob where they are being cared for,' Chief Wildlife Conservator Sharifuddin Baloch told Arab News over the phone. 'Once they reach an appropriate age, they will be released into the wild.' He said initial reports suggested that one wolf puppy had died, but wildlife officials later found all the puppies alive. Compared to other wolves, Indian gray wolves form smaller packs, are more elusive and less vocal. They prey on livestock, small mammals and occasionally wild ungulates. Genetically distinct and among the oldest wolf lineages, the Indian gray wolf is listed as endangered in India due to habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict and persecution.
