The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the riot in the report recommends that Meadows be prosecuted for his refusal to fully cooperate with the investigation. It will probably be voted on on Monday. Meadows previously gave the committee a PowerPoint presentation containing plans to carry out a coup, according to British newspaper The Guardian. This presentation said, among other …
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Distinguished staff of the Psychiatric Center and former employees
President Santokhi at an award ceremony. As part of the 125th anniversary of the Suriname Psychiatric Center (PCS), a group of former employees and staff of this establishment were decorated by President Santokhi. Eleven people received the “Silver Medal of Honor associated with the Order of Honor of the Palme” and 8 the Gold Medal of Honor associated with the …
Read More »Russian invasion of Ukraine will have “major consequences”, warns G7
Russia faces “major consequences” if it invades Ukraine. It is in a joint statement of the G7. Foreign ministers from UK, Canada, France, Japan, Italy, Germany, US and an EU representative met in Liverpool over the weekend to discuss, among other things, tensions over Russia and Ukraine. The ministers did not specify in the statement what the consequences of a …
Read More »Gas explosion in Sicily: four dead and five missing
The first two victims found were a man and a woman. The identity of the third and fourth victims has not yet been established. An elderly woman was rescued from one of the damaged buildings. She suffered minor injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital. Hours later, a second woman was pulled alive from the rubble. They can be …
Read More »Why Germany and France want to talk to Putin
On Thursday, barely sworn in as German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock went to Paris to see her French colleague Jean-Yves Le Drian. Le Drian, born in 1947, could have been his grandfather. He’s an old man in the business. He became a parliamentarian in 1978. Was Minister of Defense for five years. Has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2017. …
Read More »New evidence of Trump workers’ involvement in assault on Capitol Hill
„I love it!This is how Mark Meadows, the former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, responded to a congressman’s offer to ignore the election results. The plan was simply to replace the electoral votes chosen in the presidential election, who would then vote for Joe Biden in the multilevel American system, with people who would vote for Trump. “Very …
Read More »World Bank releases 280 million euros for medical and food aid to Afghanistan | Abroad
Since the inception of the Reconstruction Fund in 2002, donor countries have provided more than $ 12 billion in aid to Afghanistan. In the past, the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund has worked closely with the Afghan government to spend the money. But since the takeover by the radical Islamist Taliban this summer, the money has been frozen. And this while …
Read More »Nicaragua breaks with Taiwan and opts for China
Nicaragua severed diplomatic relations with Taiwan and re-established those with China. This is a setback for the United States as China expands its influence in Latin America and further isolates the United States’ ally, Taiwan. Nicaragua sent its finance minister and two of President Ortega’s sons to the northern Chinese city of Tianjin to ratify the deal. The Chinese Foreign …
Read More »Anyone who already predicts a cold winter is standing on very slippery ice
It is called again: the Elfstedentocht. On social networks, meteorologists announce a rare and cold month of January. “Perhaps the coldest since 1823”, writes Marc E. Putto, who presents himself as a weather strategist. As the Earth continues to warm, the urge for ice skates also seems to increase. And then everything catches the eye. It has been unusually cold …
Read More »Court: Trump must not withhold documents on Capitol storming
Former US President Donald Trump is not allowed to hide documents about his supporters taking the Capitol from the commission of inquiry into the January 6 uprising. This was decided by a Washington appeals court, reports AP. The court rejected Trump’s argument that the documents, requested by the House of Representatives committee of inquiry, would fall under presidential secrecy. According …
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