Snow brings deaths and travel chaos to Europe LONDON (AFP) - Snow storms brought travel chaos to western Europe on Monday closing London-Heathrow airport after one jet slid off a taxiway and at least five people were killed in storm incidents. Global economy hit by massive wave of job cuts THE HAGUE (AFP) - The world economy was hit by a massive wave of job cuts on Monday with companies announcing plans to lay off tens of thousands of workers as US President Barack Obama warned of a crisis that could become "dramatically worse."