23 nov 2022 at 14:30Update: 25 minutes later Zie ookOekraïne begint evacuatie inwoners verwoeste zuidelijke steden vanwege winter A baby dies in an attack on the maternity ward Rocket attacks were also reported about 200 km southwest of Kyiv. In Vinnytsia and Kremenchug, “vital” infrastructure could have been damaged. Ukrainian authorities in Vilnyansk, near Zaporizhia, […]
Supreme Court not protecting Trump in tax filing case | Abroad
The US Supreme Court gave the green light last night to release former President Donald Trump’s tax records before a parliamentary committee. The court denied a request by Trump’s lawyer to block the transfer of the documents. The Democratic-led investigative committee should hurry. Because of the recent election results, Trump Republicans will regain power in […]
Germany out of Mali by 2024 at the latest, the military junta pushes back French aid organisations
France Press agency NOS News•Yesterday, 21:29 Germany also ended its military mission in Mali. All thousands of German soldiers must have left the West African country by May 2024 at the latest. Germany’s mission in Mali has been in doubt for some time: Like other European countries, the country is at odds with the military […]
Russia threatens to further cut off gas supplies to Europe | Economie
Russia’s Gazprom threatens to allow less gas to flow to Europe soon. The state-owned company reported this on Telegram. This concerns the gas that flows to the West through Ukraine: the only route through which Europe still receives Russian gas. According to Gazprom, tens of millions of cubic meters of gas destined for Moldova are […]
The search continues for survivors of the Java earthquake, and 2,300 buildings were damaged
France Press agency NOS News•Today 05:41•modified Today 07:25 Rescue workers on the Indonesian island of Java are still searching for survivors of yesterday’s earthquake, which left at least 162 people dead. Excavators and dump trucks worked all night, including cleaning the roads. The death toll is expected to rise further. There are many seriously injured […]
Banning the rhino horn trade at the Nature Conference
France Press agency NOS News•Yesterday, 23:40 The international ban on rhino horn trade was confirmed at the World Wildlife Congress in Panama. The African country of eSwatini had asked to allow trade again, but the proposal fell short of a committee vote. Early last week, the World Species Conference kicked off, where representatives of 160 […]
Pardon a classic American turkey, but they won’t live long | Abroad
President Biden will pardon a turkey in North Carolina this afternoon on Thanksgiving Day. The day on which God is thanked in the United States and Canada for this year’s harvest is also the day on which plenty of turkey is traditionally eaten. “They did nothing wrong,” an American journalist added eloquently, pardoning two turkeys. […]
The President of Kazakhstan is still in power after the reforms
France Press agency NOS News•Today 09:32 President Tokayev was re-elected in Kazakhstan with 82 percent of the vote. The polls’ victory follows reforms after violent demonstrations against the power of the ruling elite earlier this year. Former diplomat Tokayev, 69, was handpicked in 2019 to succeed Nursultan Nazarbayev, the autocrat who has led the country […]
Ukraine calms its population, but provides assistance in evacuation
Kherson residents line up for food aid.AFP photo With missiles and drones, Russia is deliberately torpedoing Ukraine’s power grid: half of the country’s energy supply has already been effectively cut off, and the Kremlin seems to want to continue until all of Ukraine is a crippled country devoid of electricity, water, and heat, and at […]
The world’s tallest president wants to stay in office longer
Reuters NOS News•Today, 4:25 p.m Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the world’s longest-serving president of Equatorial Guinea, aspires to another term as president today. Obiang has now been in charge of the central African country for 43 years and is expected to be re-elected today. On paper, it is an ordinary ballot box, with opposition parties […]