Harold Manning

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Extraordinarily early heat wave in Spain: “Summer eats spring” | Abroad

Extraordinarily early heat wave in Spain: “Summer eats spring” |  Abroad

Parts of Spain are experiencing an extraordinarily early heat wave. The thermometer in the town of Andujar in Andalusia showed 41 degrees this afternoon. There were also record temperatures for May in other southern cities. Seville and Cordoba recorded 39 degrees. On the holiday island of Mallorca, 35 degrees were reached. In large parts of southern and central Spain, temperatures …

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Drunk Dutch (57) wants to park his car on the Düsseldorf track | Car

Drunk Dutch (57) wants to park his car on the Düsseldorf track |  Car

A 57-year-old Dutch woman caused a riot at Düsseldorf airport when she wanted to park on a runway yesterday morning so she could catch her flight to Spain. she took’park and fly‘ literally, jokes the German police. She reported to the guard at one of the entrance gates and told him to walk across the tarmac to the plane. She …

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Taliban want all women on Afghan TV to cover their faces | NOW

Taliban want all women on Afghan TV to cover their faces |  NOW

Starting Saturday, the Taliban will require all women appearing on Afghan television, including female news anchors and presenters, to cover their faces while in the photo. who reports BBC News Thursday, according to a spokesman for power in Afghanistan. Afghan media companies were notified of the decision earlier this week. “It’s an indirect way of making it impossible for us …

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Palace confirm: Juan Carlos returns to Spain | royals

Palace confirm: Juan Carlos returns to Spain |  royals

The Spanish Palace announced on Wednesday night that Juan Carlos would stay in the country until Monday to visit family and friends. With this statement, the palace confirms earlier rumors of the king’s return. While in Spain, Juan Carlos will stay in the town of Sanxenxo until Sunday and travel to Madrid on Monday May 23. In La Operetta Palace, …

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China hoards sensitive military tech in European universities

China hoards sensitive military tech in European universities

This emerges from the “Scientific Investigation of China”a major survey of 350,000 scientific publications by a group of European journalists, Follow the Money and RTL Nieuws. This concerns scientific knowledge for weapons technology, unmanned vehicles (drones), robotics and semiconductors, such as chips. Knowledge that China itself does not possess but which is necessary for the country’s ambition to be the …

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Once again, the prime Rwandan genocide suspect has been dead for years

Once again, the prime Rwandan genocide suspect has been dead for years

Once again, a major fugitive suspect in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has been dead for years. Army commander Phénéas Munyarugarama died of natural causes in early 2002 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was announced by a special court in The Hague. He was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity. Last week, another key suspect, Protais …

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Gunman Buffalo shared their plans in a chat room shortly before the attack

Gunman Buffalo shared their plans in a chat room shortly before the attack

This is what the New York Times writes. The shooter, Payton Gendron, acted out of racist conviction. Eleven of his victims were black. Calendar type Gendron used the Discord platform’s chat room for months as a sort of diary. He wrote his thoughts on it and posted pictures of himself with guns. It was unknown that he had given others …

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Borders reopen between Morocco and Spanish enclaves

Borders reopen between Morocco and Spanish enclaves

The borders will reopen today on a symbolic date, explains Zoutberg. “It was on May 17, exactly one year ago, that Morocco decided to open the border with Ceuta to allow 10,000 young Moroccan and African migrants to enter the city. This caused a humanitarian disaster. .” According to Zoutberg, Morocco deliberately wanted to sow chaos, to emphasize that it …

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OM after military statements: No evidence of shooting civilians in Uruzgan NOW

OM after military statements: No evidence of shooting civilians in Uruzgan NOW

There is no indication that civilians were unlawfully dismissed in 2007 during an incident during the mission in the Afghan province of Uruzgan. The Public Prosecutor’s Office (OM) concluded on Tuesday an investigation into the story of a soldier in the Netherlands loyalty† The veteran told the newspaper in late 2020 that he allegedly shot at Afghan homes with his …

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