US Vice President Kamala Harris temporarily succeeds President Joe Biden. The latter is currently undergoing a routine colon exam. The White House said in a statement. This makes Harris the first woman to serve as President of the United States, even if only for a short time. “The vice president will work from her office at the White House,” spokeswoman …
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Australian island roads turn red due to massive crab migration
As soon as the first drops of the rainy season fall, Christmas Island crabs know the time has come: the crossing of the island can begin. Males lead the way, females follow. 50 million crabs According to the Australian government, 50 million so-called red crabs live on the island, located in the Indian Ocean. It is also the only place …
Read More »Iranian hackers accused of false information about US elections
Two Iranian hackers are suspected of intimidating voters and spreading false information about last year’s US presidential election. The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on the two suspects, their colleagues and the company they worked for. Prosecutors say the Iranians sent emails containing fake news and threats to Democratic and Republican voters in the fall of 2020. They also released …
Read More »Migrant camps on Belarus-Poland border cleared, migrants taken to hangar
Until recently, some 2,000 people lived in appalling conditions in tent camps on the border, hoping to reach the EU. Sometimes they were without food or water and the temperatures were below freezing. Twelve people have died in recent weeks, according to a Polish aid agency, including a 1-year-old baby. According to Belarusian President Lukashenko’s spokesman, there are still around …
Read More »Belarus brings migrants to the place of reception
Migrants try to warm themselves with fire along the border.AP Image The move comes a day after the confrontation lasting more than a week at the border took violent forms on Tuesday. Migrants threw stones at the Polish army, preventing them from crossing the border into the European Union, and the Poles fired tear gas and a water cannon at …
Read More »Estonia calls in reservists, places barbed wire along Russian border
The Estonian government on Wednesday called 1,700 reservists for an unannounced exercise along the Russian border. They will install, among other things, a barbed wire fence 40 kilometers long, reports the Reuters news agency. The exercise takes place against the backdrop of the current migration crisis in Eastern Europe, in particular on the border between Poland and Belarus. The exercise …
Read More »One blue is not the other: a new flag suddenly flies in France
For more than a year, they can be admired around the French Elysee Palace of President Macron. But this week it fell to the chief of the political editorial staff of the French radio Europe1 Beware. The blue color of the flags is wrong. In addition to red and white, the flag is now navy blue instead of the lighter …
Read More »Companies donate 20 portable oxygen machines to ministry
20 oxygen concentrators were received Monday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This oxygen machines were donated by two Surinamese companies. On behalf of the Ministry of Health, Minister Albert Ramdin of BIBIS received the gesture. “Covid care takes a lot of attention from us, so we are happy with the contribution from a private company,” Ramdin said. K&K Heritage …
Read More »EU ends Russian interference in Mali, so as not to disrupt crucial elections
A truck of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group in Bangassou, a town in the south of the Central African Republic.AFP Image The decision on sanctions was taken at the meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday and will be clarified at the next EU summit on December 13. EU Foreign Affairs chief Josep Borrell said in a statement he …
Read More »President Macron (secretly) changed the color of the French flag | Abroad
It was the French radio station Europe1 which made the observation: the three colors which symbolize France are suddenly different. The change is in the color blue, which has become darker. “Emmanuel Macron touched the symbols of our country, without communicating about them”, affirms Europe1. The decision to darken the blue of the French flag, from cobalt blue to navy …
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