Harold Manning

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Soldiers help plant a vegetable garden for a children’s home

Militairen helpen groentetuin aanleggen voor kinderhuis

Soldiers help plant a vegetable garden for the children. A vegetable garden was set up at the Elim van de Heer children’s home in Suriname last week. Soldiers from the Von Freyburg agricultural company, a branch of the national army in the district of Saramacca, put the first plants in the ground with the children. Plant material was also donated. …

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“The British are training Ukrainian soldiers in kyiv” • Zelensky: more than 2,500 soldiers died

"The British are training Ukrainian soldiers in kyiv" • Zelensky: more than 2,500 soldiers died

Explosions continued overnight in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv. It is not known if there were any casualties. These may be countermeasures after the sinking of the Russian warship Moskva in the Black Sea. According to Colonel Han Bouwmeester, associate professor of military strategy at the Netherlands Defense Academy, it is difficult to say, because …

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Rwanda to host asylum seekers for UK | Abroad

Rwanda to host asylum seekers for UK |  Abroad

The British want to limit illegal immigration with this. This approach is part of broader measures to combat migration across the Channel. For example, the navy will patrol the English Channel to stop boats with refugees. The measures are partly intended to deter people from making the dangerous journey. “The possibility of being sent to Rwanda will deter a lot …

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Russian Defense Minister in intensive care after heart attack

Russian Defense Minister in intensive care after heart attack

A striking message from Russia. The former main shareholder of the now defunct Russian oil and gas company Yukos, Leonid Nevzlin, claims that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has been hospitalized due to a heart attack. ANP/EPA Yukos was once one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world. The company was nationalized at the beginning of this …

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Germans unhappy that the president is not welcome in Kyiv

Germans unhappy that the president is not welcome in Kyiv

German politicians reacted today with a mixture of annoyance and incomprehension to Ukraine’s refusal to receive German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Zelensky himself said tonight that Steinmeier had never officially approached him for a visit, without delving into the matter. German Chancellor Scholz, who has been expressly invited to visit Kyiv, will not comment on this at this time. He called …

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NYPD arrest suspect (62) for shooting on subway

NYPD arrest suspect (62) for shooting on subway

It likely happened after he called the police himself to say he was at a McDonald’s branch, AP news agency reports. It’s still unclear why James knocked. Police are also investigating his statements on social media. He had criticized the metropolis’ new mayor, Eric Adams, online. Police also said James has been arrested nine times in upstate New York and …

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Hundreds of Thais rescued from Chinese scams in Cambodia

Hundreds of Thais rescued from Chinese scams in Cambodia

It is normal for intermediaries to come and recruit workers in rural areas of Thailand. But in this case, it was a recruiter for the Cambodian scam gang. “If I had known that in this job I had to rip off my compatriots, I would never have done it,” says the anonymous Thai. “Investigation for fraud” Employees, for example, posed …

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Canada’s largest airport has a 101-year-old manager

Canada's largest airport has a 101-year-old manager

Hazel McCallion, also known as ‘Hurricane Hazel’ (‘Hurricane Hazel’), has signed the contract for her new runway at Canada’s largest airport. The Guardian writes that the former mayor is not yet ready to take it easy. “encyclopedic knowledge” Canada’s Minister of Transport congratulated the centenarian and praised her four decades of service to the state. He is confident that McCallion …

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Gas research: Italy concludes an agreement with the Algerians | Abroad

Gas research: Italy concludes an agreement with the Algerians |  Abroad

Italian Prime Minister Draghi signed an agreement Monday in Algiers with Algerian President Ambelmadjid Tebboune and the Algerian gas company Sonatrach with an impressive Italian delegation, including two ministers and the CEO of the Italian gas company ENI. Italy will import nine billion cubic meters of additional gas from the country under the deal. A general energy cooperation agreement between …

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