News December 25, 2021 Medics from Damien General Hospital in the Belgian municipality of Ostend have no explanation for the sudden increase in the number of children reporting coronavirus complaints. Within a week, ten knocked on their doors due to respiratory complaints, both infants and teens. Company spokesperson Kevin Mullet tells Public Broadcasting Corporation VRT […]
Pope Francis blesses European and European and calls for dialogue
“Our ability to maintain social contacts is being severely tested,” the pope said. “There is an increasing tendency to withdraw and do everything on our own. There is also a danger at the international level of avoiding dialogue.” Children cry in Yemen As usual, the Pope drew attention to the many tensions and conflicts in […]
RIVM: Perhaps more good news about omikron
Even before the first delta wave went off, Omikron threw a wrench into the works. The result is a closure and a massive promotion campaign. It is a race against time. Are the elderly and frail enough protected before the number of omicron infections starts to rise? Jacco Wallinga, director of the CDC and RIVM […]
Volunteers are still active in Wallonia: ‘More useful than Christmas shopping’
In the summer, tens of thousands of volunteers joined the Red Cross and other organizations to help in Wallonia. Solidarity in Belgium is still great. There are still dozens of volunteer initiatives on Facebook and people go to the affected area every week. 1000hands Foundation is one of the active organizations in the region. “The […]
Homophobia or humor? Reactions to the rumor of Rob Gettin, the Minister of Defense
Photo: Sem van der Wal/ANP The formation of the government is over, the coalition agreement is ready and soon the time will come to divide the ministries. DD6’er Rob Jetten is mentioned as Secretary of Defense, who has yet to confirm anything. On Twitter, people are collectively reacting to this speculation. Unfortunately, this also includes […]
Fatalities drop again • 200 flights canceled on Christmas Eve in the US
The traditional New Year’s Eve in New York’s Times Square has been drastically scaled back. Mayor Bill de Blasio, who announced last month that the event could continue unlike last year, made this decision due to the “staggering” number of new infections. The mayor has announced that the maximum number of visitors to Times Square […]
Tiny Island Looking for a King (and Bar Owner): “Think Before You Do It” | a job
A wonderful vacancy on the very small English island of Peel. Those who feel the desire can apply for the position of local pub manager and be immediately ‘crowned’ as king on a 20-hectare plot of land in the northwest of England. Several English media reported, Like Watchman. Neighboring Barrow-in-Furness City Council has to find […]
The departure of the “oldest person ever”, although her age is still under discussion | abroad
According to her birth certificate, Almihan Seity, a Uyghur woman, was born on June 25, 1886 in Kumukirik, a Chinese community near the border with Kyrgyzstan. In 2013, after 127 years, the Chinese Society of Geriatrics and Geriatrics officially named her the oldest person alive in the country. The authorities said that she died last […]
Time capsule of a controversial photo of General Lee disappointing
Silver coin, three books and envelope of documents. Those were the contents of a time capsule that was found last Friday during the dismantling of a statue of General Lee in Richmond, Virginia, USA. The researchers were hoping for more. A statue of the most important military leader of the Confederate states in the American […]
The guards of the Dutch embassy in Kabul feel betrayed
They sat around a campfire on their last night in early December. In a video, they showed how they warmed their hands. Now, nearly all the guards of the Dutch embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, have lost their jobs, some after more than ten years. “Fourteen,” says one of them, who wants to speak […]