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‘Sabotage’ Hits France’s High Speed Rail Network Hours Before Olympics

France’s high-speed rail network was hit by an act of vandalism on Friday, disrupting the travel of tens of thousands of passengers, a vicious attack that came at a time when tourists were expected to flock to the capital ahead of the opening of the Paris Olympics. A source close to the investigation told AFP […]

Saboteurs paralyze French high-speed rail network hours before start of Olympics

France’s high-speed rail network was hit by widespread “criminal” vandalism, including arson, on Friday, paralyzing travel into Paris from across France and Europe, just hours before the Olympic Games opening ceremony. French authorities described the attack as a “criminal act” and said they were investigating whether it had links to the Olympics. With the world’s […]

HealthPartners leaving UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage network – Star Tribune

HealthPartners said it will drop out of UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage plan network next year, accusing the nation’s largest health insurer of excessively high rates of denials and frequently delaying payments for services used by seniors. Bloomington-based HealthPartners, one of the Twin Cities’ largest hospital and clinic operators, sent letters this week to about 30,000 patients […]

Major global IT network outage affecting banking services, flights, television, supermarkets – New Zealand Herald

A global IT outage is causing chaos tonight, halting banking services, disrupting flights, preventing supermarket shopping and causing chaos for public transport users. There were reports of disruptions to parts of the national bank payment system this evening, as well as global network outages for television and Microsoft services. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights […]