06 okt 2023 om 11:10 Update: een uur geleden Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle against the oppression of women in Iran and her struggle to promote human rights and freedom for all. In total, the Iranian regime arrested Mohammadi thirteen times, convicted him five times […]
Sanchez and Sunak are feuding at the height of European unity
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) in conversation with outgoing Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the European Union summit in Granada, Spain.AP photo This will be a message of unity at the two-day EU consultations in Granada: a political fist against Putin and an outstretched hand to countries wishing to join the EU. But […]
Nine years imprisonment for a man who wanted to kill Queen Elizabeth with a crossbow
Environmental Protection AgencyWindsor Castle Noos News•Today at 7:08 pm A 21-year-old Briton has been sentenced to nine years in prison for planning to kill Queen Elizabeth on Christmas Day 2021. The court in London also sentenced Jaswant Singh Chhil to long-term treatment in a psychiatric hospital. The man entered the grounds of Windsor Castle almost […]
Two dead in the Russian bombing of Cherson • Zelensky will still join the European summit in Granada
Russia may want to use sea mines to attack civilian grain ships in the Ukrainian “humanitarian corridor” on the Black Sea. Before that The British Foreign Office warns. By using mines instead of missiles, for example, Russia can more easily shift blame to Ukraine. The deployment of sea mines would be the next step in […]
The hole in the ozone layer has never been this big: it is roughly three times the size of Brazil | climate
04 okt 2023 om 22:09 Update: 6 uur geleden The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has never been as large as it is now. The European Space Agency said on Wednesday that its area is 26 million square kilometers, almost three times the size of Brazil. It is normal for the hole to […]
Ten dead and dozens missing in India after floods
France Press agencyA street flooded with water after floods in India Noos News•Today at 5:23 pm At least ten people have died in northeastern India after floods in Sikkim state. More than eighty others are missing. The Indian Army reported that among the missing were 23 soldiers. Heavy rains caused a glacial lake to overflow, […]
After bushfires, flood warning now in Australia
A large cold front has brought winds and heavy rain to the southeastern Australian state of Victoria. Parts of Victoria have already received 150mm of rain. More rain is expected, especially in the Gippsland region. According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, “water levels in rivers in the region are rising rapidly.” The Macalister River […]
Republican Kevin McCarthy removed from the position of Speaker of the US House of Representatives | outside
03 okt 2023 om 22:50 Update: 5 uur geleden Republican Kevin McCarthy was removed as Speaker of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday. The majority voted for it. This is the first time in American history that the Speaker of the House of Representatives has been removed in this way. McCarthy lost the vote […]
Satellite owner receives first fine for waste in space: ‘A good thing’
This concerns the EchoStar-7 satellite of the communications company DISH. The US Federal Communications Service (DCC) said that the company will be fined $150,000. It was agreed that DISH would send the satellite to a “graveyard” in space at the end of its life to prevent it from posing a danger to other satellites. But […]
The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to research involving extremely fast flashes of light Sciences
03 okt 2023 om 12:19 Update: 32 minuten geleden Three scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research using extremely fast flashes of light. The most important scientific award goes to the Frenchman Pierre Agostini, the Austro-Hungarian Ferenc Krauss, and the Frenchman Anne Lhuillier. They have conducted research on the movement […]