This says Johannes Hempen, Vice Mayor of Wippingen. The 1,000 residents of that village had been worried for some time about the wolves staying nearby and showing themselves near their homes. The fact that the sports grounds are located in a forest, through which children have to ride bicycles, added to the fears. 3500 signatures […]
Haiti’s death toll adjusted again, more than 2,100 dead
The death toll from last Saturday’s earthquake in Haiti has risen again. Authorities are now talking about 2,189 deaths – 1,941 deaths were reported on Tuesday. Emergency services have recovered more bodies from the rubble in recent days. The hard-hit country was also hit by Tropical Storm Grace earlier this week. International aid workers sounded […]
Santokhi: “Sabaku Lounge should make Suriname an invitation to tourism”
“The new style of Sabaku Lounge is to promote tourism, but also to give an impression of how Suriname is decorated.” With these words, President Chandrikapersad Santokhi indicated that the facility at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport should make Suriname an invitation to tourism. The Head of State was honored to inaugurate this new VIP […]
The death toll in Haiti rises to 1941, and the storm causes additional inconvenience to the homeless
The death toll from Saturday’s massive earthquake in Haiti has risen to 1941, regional civil defense organizations say. This morning, authorities reported that 1,419 people died as a result of the natural disaster. The hard-hit country has also had to deal with Tropical Storm Grace over the past 24 hours. Rescue efforts had to be […]
Afghan women fear the future, but they are also able to fight
They are not separated by even three meters. Afghan journalist Beheshta Arghand and Taliban media official Mawlawi Abdul Haq Hamad. For example, the whole world can see that the Taliban are allowing themselves to give an interview to a woman on the Afghan news channel TOLONews. On the same day, they also invited women to […]
Taliban announces amnesty and resumes evacuation at Kabul airport
Taliban fighters ride a pickup truck near the Koht-e Sangi market in western Kabul on Tuesday morning.Beeld Hoshang Hashimi / AFP The moderate language of the Taliban, which critics say should be handled with caution, has not yet convinced Kabul residents. Despite the Taliban’s call to return to work, many residents are staying home again […]
After a day of airport chaos, the evacuation from Afghanistan begins
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: It is not in the interest of the United States to remain in Afghanistan
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 wins Zambia’s presidential election | NOS
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 […]
The Dutchwoman in Kabul: “It is heartbreaking to leave everyone behind” | The war in Afghanistan
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 […]