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World leaders in consultation on Ukraine situation | Abroad

World leaders in consultation on Ukraine situation |  Abroad

In the coming days, the G7 foreign ministers will also discuss the situation around Ukraine at a security conference in Munich. The conference has been held since 1963 and brings together leaders of political, economic and armed forces at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof. The conference in the Bavarian capital takes place from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon. Traditionally, the conference …

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Truckers still stuck on burning ferry near Corfu, hundreds rescued

Truckers still stuck on burning ferry near Corfu, hundreds rescued

Two truckers are still stranded on the ferry where a fire broke out last night between Greece and Italy. According to the authorities, they are in contact. Hundreds of other people on board were rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. The fire has not yet been extinguished. The rescued people were transferred to the island of Corfu. It is unclear …

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Trump and his children must testify in fraud case

Trump and his children must testify in fraud case

Former President Donald Trump and two of his children are to answer questions about the family business under oath. This was decided by a New York judge. Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. and daughter Ivanka Trump are set to testify in the civil investigation launched by New York Attorney General Letitia James. She accuses the Trump Organization of …

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Unmarked graves found in Canadian boarding schools

Unmarked graves found in Canadian boarding schools

In Canada, 54 other graves have been discovered in two former Catholic boarding schools. These are probably the graves of Aboriginal children who were put in residential schools until the end of the last century, to force them to adapt to white Canadian culture. The graves were discovered by the Keeseekoose First Nation, an Indigenous community in Canada. “They disappeared …

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Uproar around the “fascist salute” in the European Parliament

Uproar around the "fascist salute" in the European Parliament

There was an outcry in the European Parliament following the gesture of the arm made yesterday by a Bulgarian MP when leaving the room. Bulgarian Angel Dzhambazki says it was a sort of farewell salute, apologizing to the president for the provocative statements he made. Other participants clearly saw a Fascist salute or a Hitler salute. Dzhambazki is a member …

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LVV starts numbering the ears of cattle and pigs

LVV start met oornummeren runderen en varkens

The Directorate of Livestock of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (LVV) has started the implementation of a pilot project of identification, registration and traceability system (IR&T system ), which is conducted in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO ). Gerald Tjon A San, Deputy Director of LVV Livestock Research and Development, explains …

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Russia shares images of military departures, but NATO sees troop build-up continuing | Abroad

Russia shares images of military departures, but NATO sees troop build-up continuing |  Abroad

The Department of Defense released a video. This would show that tanks and other military vehicles leave Crimea via a railway bridge. State television showed footage of soldiers crossing a bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland. The peninsula belonged to Ukraine until it was occupied and annexed by Russia in 2014. More troops on the way “We haven’t seen …

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