They are now 150, and they come from all over the world. The super-rich who signed the Patriotic Millionaires open letter. They call on governments to make the rich, and therefore themselves, pay for the crisis. Some of them also traveled to Davos, Switzerland this week, where the annual World Economic Forum is held. Not to debate inside with political …

Abdicated King Juan Carlos who secretly left Spain in 2020 has after almost two years first visited his family in Madrid. He spent 11 hours at Zarzuela Palace in the north of the Spanish capital, Spanish media reported. There, Juan Carlos saw his son, King Felipe VI, and his wife Sofia. The palace spoke in a press release of a …

Former King of Spain Juan Carlos is back in Madrid after 21 months away. The 84-year-old retired monarch said he has returned to “normalize everything” and hopes to hug his loved ones. Juan Carlos wants to visit Spain more often. In the summer of 2020, he suddenly disappeared from Spain after being discredited by financial dealings. It took some time …

A team of Japanese researchers, whose principal researcher is affiliated with Kyoto University, already claimed in 2019 in the journal Scientific Reports that cats know their own name and certain spoken words. The same team now claims, based on a new study, that cats also know the names of their feline friends. For the study, the scientists examined the behavior …

Van Boven is skeptical about the number of dignitaries who have visited Ukraine in recent months. “The Constabulary often has discussions about the need for such a visit. In the end, it is our people who are at the greatest risk.” The interests of security and dignitaries often clash; for example, the Constabulary prefers that no one knows about the …

Female presenters from major Afghan news channels appeared on television on Sunday under pressure from the Taliban, wearing face-covering clothing. In doing so, they still followed the order of jihadist leaders, after ignoring the dress code on Saturday in protest. The so-called Ministry of Promoting Virtue and Preventing Sin had called on Afghan television stations to enforce the dress code …

Female presenters from several major Afghan TV stations appeared on television on Saturday without covering their faces, despite a Taliban order to do so. Earlier this month, the supreme leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada, issued an edict requiring women to wear a burqa in public. The so-called Ministry of Promoting Virtue and Preventing Sin had called on …

The result is not yet final, as the votes are still being counted. But it is certain that the Labor Party of Anthony Albanese will win the election. The Albanian was also congratulated by Prime Minister Mark Rutte: Victory declared The new Prime Minister also declared victory. “Thanks Australia,” he tweeted: The result is a beating of Scott Morrison, the …

When the Russians invaded Melitopol, Vladyslav (16) wanted to stay with his sick grandfather. But when he died and fled anyway, the Ukrainian teenager was arrested by the Russians. The boy has been imprisoned for weeks because his father is a politician. Oleh Buryak was appointed head of Zaporizhzhya district administration by President Zelensky. The father is now at his …

The party makes the proposal in agreement with Denmark and the United Kingdom, which want to move the asylum procedure with Rwanda. But where the Netherlands would encounter other legislation in that country, reception of Caribbean safelanders may be returned under Dutch law, according to party leader Joos Eerdmans. Construction workers work in Rwanda on a shelter for asylum seekers …