Author: Daniel Obrien

Two days after the Taliban captured Kabul, there is still a lot of uncertainty about the situation in Afghanistan. The chaos at the airport, which claimed many lives yesterday, seems to be declining. Evacuations are now slowly beginning. An overview of the latest developments on the evacuations from Kabul, the situation at the airport, and […]

President Biden vigorously defended his decision to leave Afghanistan in an address to the nation. He said it was not in the Americans’ interest to stay there. “I will not repeat the mistakes of the past,” he said. Biden stressed that “he cannot allow his forces to fight endlessly in another country’s civil war. This […]

Opposition leader Hakende Hechilema won the presidential election in Zambia. The Election Commission announced that he had won a major victory over incumbent President Edgar Longo. He admitted his defeat. The 59-year-old Hichilema is a former businessman who tried unsuccessfully five times for the presidency in the African country. The last time, in 2016, he […]

subordinate encircle the capital Today, the Dutch said, the Taliban said nothing could be observed from a military point of view, but that it was “absolute chaos” in the city. “I was in the office this morning. Everyone there was very nervous, because the Taliban was clearly coming. When it was rumored that they were […]

The situation in the capital is not very clear. Explosions and gunfire were heard in several places in the city, but the Afghan government claimed this afternoon that no large-scale fighting had broken out. An aid organization has taken 40 injured people to a hospital in Kabul, according to reports on social media. The patients […]

For the fourth time in two weeks, a monument to Simon Vell, one of France’s most famous politicians, was destroyed by unknown assailants. President Macron says there is “anti-Semitic” aggression. In recent weeks, vaccination and testing centers across the country have also been defaced with slogans and words such as “Nazis” and “collaborators.” As a […]

The Ebola virus re-emerged in Ivory Coast for the first time in 25 years, the World Health Organization and Health Minister Pierre Demba of the West African country confirmed. According to Demba, it will be an isolated case and concern an 18-year-old girl who entered the country from neighboring Guinea. The World Health Organization said […]

Cornwall’s beautiful coastline, rugged cliffs, and picture-postcard villages attract millions of visitors from all over the world each year. But this summer, it was the Brits themselves lounging on Cornwall’s famous beaches. Four out of five Englishmen took a test this summer staycation – Vacation in your own country – instead of popular holiday destinations […]

Exactly three years ago today, the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa collapsed. David Capello, the former Italian professional footballer, survived the drama, but the thought of it still hurt him. “I suddenly understood what life is really about.” Italian David Capello He was one of the people who drove over Ponte Morandi on August 14, […]

The yacht on which King Albert II (87) and Queen Paola (83) cruised across the Mediterranean between 2009 and 2019, Alpa IV, is for sale. Asking price: 1.95 million euros. In 2009, the Belgian royal family bought the ship for 4.6 million euros. For years it was the summer meeting place for the royal couple’s […]