US President Biden has suspended oil and gas drilling licenses at an Alaskan wildlife sanctuary. With that, he is putting a tentative line through a controversial move by his predecessor Trump, who sold the permits in the dying days of his presidency in January. Indigenous groups and environmentalists had previously filed lawsuits, alleging that the authorization of the Arctic National …
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Florida: No transgender people in girls’ school sports | Abroad
The Republican governor called the ban a way to protect the integrity of women’s and women’s sports. By law, an athlete who was not born a woman is not allowed to participate in female sports sponsored by schools. The ban does not apply to children in primary schools. “In Florida, girls will play girls ‘sports and boys will play boys’ …
Read More »First human infection with H10N3 avian influenza detected | Abroad
As far as is known, a 41-year-old man from China was the first person to be infected with the H10N3 strain of bird flu. He ended up in hospital on April 28 with a fever and other symptoms, reports the National Health Commission. The committee did not go into details on how the man from Zhenjiang City contracted the virus. …
Read More »In Israel, a cabinet without Netanyahu seems in sight
Cabinet without Benjamin Netanyahu: It has become almost unimaginable for the Israelis after more than twelve years as uninterrupted prime minister of “Bibi”. Still, that option is getting closer this week. Two weeks ago, an alternative coalition seemed out of the question: opponents of Netanyahu halted negotiations when the rockets fell and the Palestinian and Jewish Israelis stole each other’s …
Read More »Namibian relatives find recognition of German genocide insufficient
recent recognition Because of Germany, which the country carried out mass killings in the former colony of Namibia at the start of the last century, relatives do not go far enough. Representatives of the two affected populations rejected the agreement between the German and Namibian governments on this issue, arguing that the 1.1 billion euros that the Germans will make …
Read More »Texas Democrats Block Controversial Election Law, But Looks Like Losing This Battle Anyway
Texas Democrat Nicole Collier explains her serious objections to the bill from fellow Republicans at a press conference.AP Image All Democratic delegates left the Texas lower house on Sunday night as Republicans wanted to push the bill through the legislature. As a result, there were not enough delegates present to hold a vote. Greg Abbott, the Republican Governor of Texas, …
Read More »VIDEO: Woman without a driver’s license who hit soldiers on moped arrested
Police from the Geyersvlijt office arrested 23-year-old car driver Chantal V. on Sunday 23 May. The young woman hit a moped and her duo on the Powisistraat that Sunday evening, reports the Suriname police force. A video of this can be seen below. After the report of a collision between a car and a moped at the aforementioned location, which …
Read More »New heist in Nigerian school, “200 children kidnapped”
Another school in northern Nigeria was attacked, kidnapping large numbers of students. Local media report at least 200 kidnapped children; authorities have yet to confirm this. It is not known who is behind today’s attack. They were heavily armed men. The African country is regularly plagued by attacks on schools and universities, in which children are then kidnapped for ransom …
Read More »‘Eternal’ Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Could Replace | Abroad
Opposition leader Yair Lapid received backing on Sunday from Naftali Bennett, a 49-year-old minister and former member of the Netanyahu party. Bennett heads a right-wing party league and Lapid heads the center Yesh Atid (Future Party) party. Lapid has already won the support of center-left parties. Bennett and Lapid would alternate the post of prime minister. Prime Minister Netanyahu of …
Read More »Russia agrees to fly over roads around Belarus
Last week, a French and Austrian plane was refused because they did not want to fly over Belarus. The reason was the riot over the forced landing of a Ryanair plane with Belarusian dissident Roman Petrosevich on board. He campaigned on social media against the authoritarian regime in Belarus. He was arrested after landing in Minsk. Air France said its …
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