An investigation has been opened in Germany after a Russian journalist and activist attending a conference in Berlin reported health issues suggesting he had been poisoned. This is reported by the judicial police in the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. “An investigation has been opened on the basis of the information available,” the Berlin police spokesman told the newspaper. Russian …
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US trans student absent from graduation after demanding to wear boy’s clothes
Human rights organization ACLU appealed on behalf of the 17-year-old student and his parents, but a judge ruled in favor of the school board at the last minute. A spokesperson for the organization calls the statement “as disappointing as it is laughable”. White dress The girl graduated from Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, a city of more than 72,000 …
Read More »Wagner claims full control of Bachmut, Ukraine denies
President Joe Biden has informed G7 leaders that the United States will support a concerted effort with allies and partners to train Ukrainian pilots in the use of fighter jets, including F-16s. The White House confirms this after earlier reports to this effect appeared in US media. The training should take place entirely in Europe. However, US personnel will participate …
Read More »The climate will not be disturbed by warming. And it doesn’t move either.
At present, we can assume that the computers of the KNMI and other climate centers are recording 24 hours a day this week’s floods in northern Italy, or rather the extreme rainfall that caused these floods. Was it just extreme weather? Or can this be attributed to climate change? KNMI scientist Geert-Jan van Oldenborgh, who died in 2021, was the …
Read More »Well behaved or ridiculous? Trudeau spreads his legs in South Korea
The problem that Justin Trudeau faced will also be recognizable to some Dutch people. The Canadian prime minister was in Seoul ahead of the G7 summit, where he delivered a speech to the national parliament. Before that, he took a photo with South Korean politician Kim Jin-pyo. Bending over or on the toes Kim – jokingly – stood on her …
Read More »ChatGPT passes the Dutch exam (and fails in no time)
This is called “the ultimate test” Marc Ostendorp His experience. He asked ChatGPT to take the central VWO final exam in Dutch, and wrote about his findings on Neerlandistiek.nlan online magazine about Dutch language and literature. The exam, which was administered to thousands of pre-college students earlier this week, consisted of a number of opinion pieces from newspapers and magazines, …
Read More »People have probably been kissing for at least a thousand years longer than previously thought | Science
Door Robbert van der Linde 19 mei 2023 om 08:33Update: een uur geleden Humanity can kiss for much longer than previously thought. Historical research indicates that the ancient Mesopotamians probably did this 4,500 years ago. Previously found evidence dates back to India 3,500 years ago. Scientific journal researchers Science are based on recently discovered tablets and texts from ancient Mesopotamia. …
Read More »Passenger arrested at JA Pengel Airport who tried to smuggle a large sum of money out of the country – Dagblad Suriname
Passenger DW, who was preparing to travel abroad on Tuesday May 16, was arrested during checks by authorities at JA Pengel International Airport. The man attempted to smuggle a large sum of money in euros out of the country. Two other suspects, QL and LZ, were arrested at the airport on May 14, as they had also attempted to illegally …
Read More »Montana becomes first US state to ban TikTok
Two women record a TikTok video.Image ANP / AFP Governor Greg Gianforte signed into law the new law banning Google and Apple app stores from offering TikTok. Citizens who use TikTok are not punished. The law is due to come into force on January 1, 2024, but legal hurdles will likely need to be overcome by then. For example, lawsuits …
Read More »At least nine dead from floods in northern Italy, the end is not yet in sight | Abroad
17 mei 2023 om 21:54Update: 3 uur geleden Severe flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy has already killed at least nine people. 13,000 people have been brought to safety and more evacuations will follow. Of the nine dead, three died in Forlì, one in the Ravenna area, one near Bologna and four others in Cesena. What does the …
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