500 flights cancelled in Italy due to strikes
Rome: Several hundred flights were cancelled in Italy on Sunday, a peak vacation travel day, because of four-hour walkouts involving employees of low-cost airlines as well as air traffic controllers. Airline workers are seeking better pay as well as improved working conditions, including meals on long shifts. AP
Pak council bars women from visiting tourist spots
Islamabad: An all-male tribal council of of ultra-conservative Salarzai tehsil in Bajaur district of Pakistan has barred women from visiting public places for tourism and entertainment, terming it “unethical” and against the Islamic principles. PTI
Fisherman jousting
Participants try to knock each other into the lake with lances during “Fischerstechen” at Starnberger See near Munich in Germany. Reuters
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