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• Italian state railways plans 1.3 bln euro financial investment in solar plant

  Italian state trains Ferrovie dello Stato plans to invest 1.3 billion euros ($ 1.36. billion) in a photovoltaic plant with an initial 1 gigawatt (GW). capability that would cover 19% of its energy requires by 2029, the. CEO said in a paper interview. Chief Executive Stefano Donnarumma told Il Sole 24 Ore on. Sunday the project might draw interest from industrial or. monetary players that establish and run such plants. We are not thinking about running them. However we might sign. contracts to utilize them for a set period, or we could likewise purchase. existing plants, maybe with a partner, he stated. Asked if there were any contacts with potential. co-investors, Donnarumma said the task still had to be. refined, however discussions with banks had actually begun to secure. funding. Considered that energy is not part of Ferrovie's core company,. Donnarumma said a most likely alternative was to create a committed. business lorry to perform the investment, and capacity. partners could buy a stake. The concept, he said, would be to double the job's. set up capability to 2.2 GW by 2034 and cover 35-40% of. Ferrovie's energy needs by then.

• Specialists question bird strike as reason for South Korea plane crash

  Uncertainty surrounds the deadliest airplane crash on South Korean soil, air travel specialists said on Sunday, questioning how much impact a possible bird strike pointed out by authorities might have had in lowering the Jeju Air flight. The apparent absence of landing equipment, the timing of the twin-engine Boeing 737-800's tummy landing at Muan International Airport and the reports of a possible bird strike all raised questions that could not yet be responded to. The single-aisle airplane was seen in video broadcast on local media skidding down the runway without any landing equipment released in the past hitting a wall in an explosion of flame and debris. At this point there are a lot more questions than we have responses. Why was the plane going so quick? Why were the flaps not open? Why was the landing gear not down? stated Gregory Alegi, an aviation expert and former teacher at Italy's air force academy. South Korean authorities are examining the crash of Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, consisting of the impact of a potential bird strike and the weather. 179 of 181 individuals on board passed away. Deputy Transportation Minister Joo Jong-wan stated the runway's. 2,800-metre length was not a contributing element, and that walls. at the ends were developed to industry requirements. A spokesperson for Jeju Air was not right away offered. for comment. Jeju Air declined to discuss the cause during. press conference, saying an examination is under method. Christian Beckert, a flight security specialist and Lufthansa. pilot, stated the video footage recommended that aside from the. reversers, the majority of the airplane's braking systems were not. triggered, producing a huge problem and a quick landing. Beckert stated a bird strike was not likely to have actually harmed the. landing gear while it was still up, which if it had happened. when it was down, it would have been hard to raise once again. It's really, truly very uncommon and really unusual not to lower. the equipment, due to the fact that there are independent systems where we can. lower the equipment with an alternate system, he stated. The probe ought to paint a clearer photo, he added. Under global aviation guidelines, South Korea will lead a civil. investigation and involve the National Transportation Security. Board in the United States where the airplane was made. Specialists say air accidents are generally brought on by a cocktail. of factors which it can take months to piece together the. sequence of occasions. The flight data recorder was discovered at 11:30 a.m. (0230 GMT),. about two and a half hours after the crash, and the cockpit. voice recorder at 2:24 p.m., South Korean authorities said. Australian aviation specialist Trevor Jensen said fire and. emergency situation services would usually be prepared for a tummy landing,. so this seems unplanned. CHAIN OF OCCASIONS In the area of a couple of minutes, the control tower provided a. bird strike warning, pilots declared mayday and after that tried. to land, authorities stated, although it was unclear whether the. airplane had actually struck any birds. A bird strike is not uncommon, issues with an. undercarriage are not uncommon. Bird strikes occur much more. often, but generally they do not cause the loss of an aircraft by. themselves, stated Airline company News editor Geoffrey Thomas. A bird strike might have impacted the CFM International. engines if a flock had actually been sucked into them, however that would not. have actually shut them down straightaway, offering the pilots a long time to. respond, Australian airline company security expert Geoffrey Dell said. After the bird strike caution and the mayday statement,. the pilots attempted to arrive at the runway from the opposite. direction, a transport ministry official said. That modification of plan raised more questions for detectives,. said Marco Chan, a senior speaker in aviation operations at. Buckinghamshire New University and a previous pilot. It was changed to the opposite direction relatively late as. well, which contributed to the work, Chan said. It's a great deal of. guessing video games at this stage. The captain of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft had actually operated at that. rank since 2019 and logged 6,823 flight hours, the South Korean. federal government stated. The first officer had actually worked at that rank since. 2023 and had actually logged approximately 1,650 flight hours. The 737-800 is one of the world's most flown airliners with. a typically strong safety record. It was established well before. the MAX variation involved in a current Boeing safety crisis. Birds hitting the aircraft alone were unlikely to discuss the. scale of the catastrophe, stated Italian aviation specialist Alegi. Naturally there may have been a bird strike, he said. However the consequences are much too big for that to be the direct. reason for the mishap..

• Professionals question bird strike as cause of lethal South Korean airliner crash

  Uncertainties surround the deadliest crash on South Korean soil, experts stated on Sunday, questioning initial ideas that a bird strike might have lowered Jeju Air flight 7C2216. The obvious lack of landing gear, the timing of the twin-engine Boeing 737-800's belly-landing at Muan International Airport and the reports of a possible bird strike all raised concerns that could not yet be addressed. The single-aisle aircraft was seen in video broadcast on regional media skidding down the runway with no noticeable landing equipment before knocking into a wall in an explosion of flame and debris. Why didn't fire tenders lay foam on the runway? Why weren't. they in presence when the aircraft touched down? And why did the. airplane touch down up until now down the runway? And why was there a. brick wall at the end of the runway? said Airline company News editor. Geoffrey Thomas. South Korean authorities stated they were investigating the. reason for the crash, including a possible bird strike, which. eliminated practically all the 181 individuals on the airplane. The flight information recorder was discovered at 11:30 a.m. (0230 GMT),. about 2 and a half hours after the crash, and the cockpit. voice recorder was found at 2:24 p.m., according to South. Korea's transportation ministry. That gives you all the specifications of all the systems of the. aircraft. The heartbeat of the airplane is on the flight information. recorder, Thomas said. The voice recorder will probably. supply the most fascinating analysis of what went on this. tragic crash. Within a few minutes, the control tower issued a bird strike. caution, pilots declared mayday and then attempted to land,. authorities said, although it was not clear whether the aircraft. had hit any birds. Experts stated it seemed unlikely a bird strike would have. triggered the landing gear to malfunction. A bird strike is not unusual, issues with an. undercarriage are not uncommon. Bird strikes occur even more. often, however normally they don't trigger the loss of a plane by. themselves, Thomas stated. Australian airline safety professional Geoffrey Dell stated, I have actually. never ever seen a bird strike prevent the landing equipment from being. extended. Australian air travel consultant Trevor Jensen stated fire and. emergency situation services would generally be ready for a belly-landing,. so this appears to be unexpected. A bird strike might have affected the CFM International. engines if a flock had been drawn into them however that would not. have shut them down straightaway, offering the pilots some time to. deal with the circumstance, Dell said. It was unclear why the airplane did not slow down after it struck. the runway, Dell and Jensen stated. Normally in a tummy landing, You are going to land on your. engines and you're going to have a bumpy ride, Thomas said. You come in with minimum fuel, you have fire tenders in. presence, covering the runway with foam and you land at the. furthest end of the runway and normally it winds up being an OK. circumstance.

• Cyber attack on Italy's Foreign Ministry, airports declared by pro-Russian hacker group

  Hackers targeted around 10 main websites in Italy on Saturday, consisting of the websites of the Foreign Ministry and Milan's 2 airports, putting them out of action briefly, the country's cyber security agency said. The pro-Russian hacker group Noname057( 16) claimed the cyber attack on Telegram, stating Italy's Russophobes get a well was worthy of cyber reaction. A representative for Italy's cyber security firm said it was possible that the so-called Dispersed Denial of Service ( DDoS) attack might be linked to the pro-Russian group. In such attacks, hackers try to flood a network with abnormally high volumes of data traffic in order to paralyse it. The representative stated the company supplied quick support to the institutions and companies targeted which the attack's. impact was alleviated in less than 2 hours. The cyber attack has actually not caused any interruptions to flights. at Milan's Linate and Malpensa airports, a spokesperson for SEA,. the company which handles them, stated. While the sites were unattainable, the airports' mobile. apps continued to work, the SEA representative added.

• Russia's Medvedev accuses Norwegian-flagged vessel of declining to assist sinking ship

  Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, on Friday accused a. Norwegianflagged ship of refusing to rescue sailors from a. sinking Russian cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea in what he. said was an unforgivable act. The Ursa Major cargo ship, part of the Russian Defence. Ministry's military construction operations, encountered trouble on. Monday and after that sank between Spain and Algeria with 14 of its. crew of 16 taking to a lifeboat. 3 surges tore through the vessel breaching the hull. in an act of terrorism, the ship's owner, Oboronlogistika,. told state news agency RIA on Wednesday. Spain's Maritime Rescue Service said on Tuesday it had. got a call for help from the Ursa Major on Monday and. that 2 vessels and a helicopter had actually been sent out to the scene. Medvedev implicated a Norwegian-flagged ship of refusing to. assistance when the ship was sinking. A Norwegian-flagged vessel, Oslo Carrier 3, declined to take. aboard distressed Russian sailors from Ursa Major as it was. sinking in the Mediterranean. What more exists to explain? That can not be forgiven!, Medvedev composed on his authorities. Telegram channel. Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov stated on Friday: If. indeed no help was rendered to those in distress at sea,. this was contrary to all maritime laws and was an outrageous. case that deserves overall condemnation. The company which lists the Oslo Provider 3 as part of its. fleet, Oslo-based Bulkship Management AS, did not right away. reply to an ask for comment from Reuters. Medvedev, Russia's previous president and a close ally of. President Vladimir Putin, cast the vessel's alleged behaviour as. part of a broader pattern of anti-Russian actions from Europe. which he said Moscow would require to penalize by all ways. readily available, consisting of hybrid ones. Finnish authorities on Thursday took a ship bring. Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it harmed an. undersea power cable television connecting Finland and Estonia a day. previously, which it also harmed or broke four web lines. From our side we are investigating serious sabotage, said. Robin Lardot, director of the Finnish National Bureau of. Investigation.

• Serbian trainees march in Belgrade to protest train station disaster

  Hundreds of university trainees rallied in Belgrade on Wednesday to oppose the policies of President Aleksandar Vucic and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), whom they blame for a railway catastrophe last month in which 15 individuals died. The concrete awning of the just recently refurbished roofing of the train station in the northern city of Novi Sad caved in on Nov. 1, killing 14 and hurting 3. Among the injured passed away later on. Students at universities in Belgrade and across Serbia have been opposing given that, demanding publication of documents pertinent to the station renovation and the prosecution of those responsible for the catastrophe. After a 15-minute quiet vigil to honor the victims of the Novi Sad accident, trainees marched to the State District attorney's head office in Belgrade to deliver 1,000 identical letters of protest to the workplace of Zagorka Dolovac, the chief state district attorney. Students require that you defend the law and justice, with no political or corrupt malpractices, the letter stated. Students, opposition and civic groups blame Dolovac and prosecutors for the slow investigation into the train station catastrophe, something they deny. Trainees brought banners portraying a bloodied hand, which they say symbolises the federal government's responsibility for the awning collapse. These (protests) are the way (to win), the one and just method, stated Zaklina, 22, a law student. Opposition parties and civic groups have actually likewise required to the streets, blaming the accident in Novi Sad on substandard construction resulting from corruption and nepotism. The ruling coalition rejects this and Vucic has stated those accountable for the station collapse need to be held to account.

• Snowfall leaves thousands without power in Bosnia, halts traffic

  Heavy snowfall left thousands of homes without power across Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday, obstructing roadways and disrupting traffic, with gain access to to some towns and villages totally cut off. The authorities banned heavy lorries from primary roads and interested people to avoid traveling, warning that fallen trees and automobiles without appropriate winter season devices were posing a. risk. The snowdrifts had to do with 2 m (6.56 feet) high in some. locations. Bosnia's two power utilities reported that more than 170,000. homes, mainly in the northern and western parts of the. Balkan nation, had no electrical energy due to power line failures,. impacting the heating and water materials. The train traffic was halted and schools and kindergartens. closed in many locations due to inaccessible roads and power cuts. The northwestern town of Drvar was completely cut off from. the outside world on Tuesday, according to the town's local. council's president Jasna Pecanac. On Monday night, dozens of. automobiles were stuck in the snow for hours and travelers rescued. in early hours on Tuesday.

• Rome finishes marquee project in contentious city overhaul for Catholic Holy Year

  Rome has actually finished the most ambitious of thousands of building and construction works that have disrupted life in the Eternal City in preparation for the millions of travelers expected throughout the 2025 Catholic Holy Year that starts this week Mayor Roberto Gualtieri opened a major new roadway junction near the Vatican on Monday, marking completion of an 85 million euro ($ 88.4 million) centrepiece project amongst 3,200 public building works ahead of the Holy Year, otherwise known as the Catholic Jubilee. The brand-new underpass near the medieval Castel Sant' Angelo. redirects traffic underground and produces a pedestrian zone from. the Tiber River towards St. Peter's Basilica, the centre of. Catholicism and one of the world's most visited tourist sites. The craze of work, nevertheless, has actually irritated citizens and left. some visitors feeling short-changed in current months due to the fact that. lots of tourist destinations have actually lagged scaffolding. The Vatican anticipates 32 million tourists to descend on the. Italian capital for the Holy Year, which will be opened by Pope. Francis during Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's on Tuesday and. will run up until Jan. 6, 2026. The very first Holy Year was declared in 1300 as a chance. for pilgrims pertaining to Rome to get unique indulgences, or. remission of their sins. The occasion now usually takes place every 25. years and is thought about a time of peace, forgiveness and pardon. Gualtieri said building employees, who began the. underpass in August 2023, worked 24 hr a day for 450 days to. win a race versus time to complete it on schedule. The Jubilee will now give Rome a brand-new beautiful public. square, he informed press reporters. Under the new design, much of the Via della Conciliazione,. the main boulevard leading towards the Vatican, will end up being a. traffic-free pilgrims' path expected to be strolled by as much as. 100,000 travelers daily. Beyond the new road construction, Rome has actually pooled 3.7 billion. euros of state and European funds to revamp traveler sites,. parks and even rubbish bins. The Trevi Fountain has actually likewise been brought back and was resumed on. Sunday.

• Rome completes marquee task in contentious city overhaul for Catholic Holy Year

  Rome has actually completed the most ambitious of thousands of building and construction works that have actually disrupted daily life in the Eternal City in preparation for the millions of travelers anticipated throughout the 2025 Catholic Holy Year that starts this week Mayor Roberto Gualtieri opened a significant new roadway junction near the Vatican on Monday, marking completion of an 85 million euro ($ 88.4 million) centrepiece task among 3,200 public building and construction works ahead of the Holy Year, otherwise called the Catholic Jubilee. The brand-new underpass near the medieval Castel Sant' Angelo. reroutes traffic underground and produces a pedestrian zone from. the Tiber River toward St. Peter's Basilica, the centre of. Catholicism and among the world's most checked out traveler sites. The frenzy of work, nevertheless, has irritated residents and. left some visitors feeling short-changed in current months. since lots of tourist destinations have lagged scaffolding. The Vatican anticipates 32 million tourists to descend on the. Italian capital for the Holy Year, which will be opened by Pope. Francis during Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's on Tuesday and. will run until Jan. 6, 2026. The very first Holy Year was announced in 1300 as an opportunity. for pilgrims coming to Rome to acquire unique extravagances, or. remission of their sins. The occasion now usually happens every 25. years and is considered a time of peace, forgiveness and pardon. Gualtieri said construction employees, who started the. underpass in August 2023, worked 24 hours a day for 450 days to. win a race against time to finish it on schedule. The Jubilee will now give Rome a brand-new stunning public. square, he informed reporters. Under the brand-new layout, much of the Via della Conciliazione,. the main boulevard leading towards the Vatican, will become a. traffic-free pilgrims' course anticipated to be walked by as much as. 100,000 travelers daily. Beyond the new road building, Rome has pooled 3.7 billion. euros of state and European funds to upgrade tourist websites,. parks and even rubbish bins. The Trevi Fountain has also been brought back and was resumed on. Sunday.

• Russia's Rusagrotrans forecasts record high wheat exports in 2024/25 season first half

  Russia will export a record 29.4 million metric tons of wheat in the very first half of the 2024/25 exporting season, experts from rail carrier Rusagrotrans stated on Monday, after raising their December export quote. The country has actually exported wheat at a record speed, in spite of low global rates in the existing exporting season, ahead of the intro of a quota on Feb. 15 that becomes part of steps to improve domestic supply and fight inflation, presently at 9.5%. For the 2nd half of the season from Feb. 15 to June 30, the government has set the wheat and meslin export quota at 10.6 million heaps. Rusagrotrans raised its December export price quote to 3.7-3.8. million loads from 3.4-3.5 million loads, listed below last year's volume. of 4.06 million heaps. The estimate consists of exports to ex-Soviet. nations forming the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). In the first half of the 2023/24 exporting season, Russia. exported 27.7 million lots. Russia approximates this year's wheat. harvest at 83 million lots, below 92.8 million in 2023.

• British Company - Dec 23

  The following are the leading stories on business pages of British papers. Reuters has not validated these stories and does not attest their accuracy. The Times - A previous consultant to a UK prime minister has actually been accused of being a co-conspirator in the U.S. Department of Justice's. prosecution of Gautam Adani in the $250 million bribery case. - Swisscom's planned acquisition of Vodafone Italia. in an 8 billion euro ($ 8.36 billion) offer has actually been. cleared by Italy's competitors watchdog and its industry. ministry. The Guardian - Diageo's leading stout beer Guinness has robbed. its reserves in Ireland to increase shipments to the UK, where a. social media-fuelled surge in need has actually left some bars facing. shortages. - The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) stated that lots of. exporters are still struggling with post-Brexit trading guidelines as. it urges the federal government to push ahead with an EU reset in the. brand-new year. The Telegraph - Britain's Thames Water is at a threat of defaulting on its. financial obligations no matter a proposed 3 billion pound ($ 3.77. billion) bailout, credit ranking company S&P Global stated. - Yodel CEO Mike Hancox has actually released a claim versus Jacob. Corlett, who had sought a merger with the business earlier this. year, after the business owner's rescue deal stopped working. Sky News - Electric cargo bike logistics company Zedify has actually launched. an urgent hunt for new backers and is working with Interpath. Advisory on an evaluation of its financing alternatives. The Independent - UK's House of Commons leader Lucy Powell stated British. Prime Minister Keir Starmer might present a brand-new law to obstruct. Elon Musk from contributing to Reform UK, guaranteeing the UK electoral. system is secured from the concerns that undermine democracy.

• Parry secures Mauritius Open title with fantastic back 9

  England's John Parry sunk an eagle and four birdies on his back nine to card a 64 on Sunday and declare the Mauritius Open title at Mont Choisy Le Golf with 14 underpar, his very first triumph on the DP World Tour in 14 years. Parry started the final round five shots back, but his birdie blitz on the back nine saw him haul in joint overnight leader Dylan Naidoo (71) and win by two shots. Naidoo's South African compatriot Christo Lamprecht (65) likewise connected for second put on 12 under-par. Today the course felt a bit softer. It was a chip in on 12 (for an eagle) that gave me the momentum. I had a glimpse at the leaderboard and believed I would be further back, Parry stated. It is enormous (to win), five or 6 years ago I was close to quiting golf. It has been a long battle, but worth it. Parry's previous win on the elite European circuit came at the Vivendi Cup in 2010, however he has three wins on the Difficulty Tour this year. Naidoo began his final round with 3 bogeys in his very first 4 holes before recovering to sink 4 birdies, however by then he had actually fallen too far behind. England's Eddie Pepperell