Harold Manning

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Neighbor arrested with one leg for attempted burglary

Buurman met 1 been aangehouden voor poging inbraak

Police in Latour arrested a man with one leg who was trying to enter a house. This is the 34-year-old GS who, after denouncing his neighbor CL on Friday, January 15, 2021, was arrested by the police from the Latour office for attempted burglary. According to the declarant’s statement, she lives with her 8-year-old daughter on the Noordpoolweg in Suriname. …

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Authorities Fear Death Toll (70) in Sulawesi Earthquake Rises Again | NOW

Authorities Fear Death Toll (70) in Sulawesi Earthquake Rises Again |  NOW

Friday’s earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi killed at least 70 people. Authorities fear the official death toll will continue to rise in the coming hours. Rescuers are still looking for survivors among the fragments of collapsed buildings on Sunday. Most of the deaths occurred in Mamuju. There, a hotel and a shopping center collapsed. Several victims were removed …

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Mountaineers reach summit of K2 for the first time in winter | NOW

Mountaineers reach summit of K2 for the first time in winter |  NOW

A team of Nepalese climbers managed to reach the highest point of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, during the winter on Saturday. These were the last eight thousand that had never been successfully climbed in winter. The ten Nepalese climbers reached the climax around 5:00 p.m. (local time). It took them almost a month to climb. The …

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Ally Navalny detained in Moscow, the day before the opposition leader’s return

Ally Navalny detained in Moscow, the day before the opposition leader's return

Navalny is also a staunch critic of President Putin. He described to the European Parliament End of november the current Russian government remains as “a bunch of criminals” who have temporarily taken power. More than three months earlier, Navalny had escaped death after being poisoned. The politician was admitted to an Omsk hospital in August after falling ill on a …

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Palestinians allowed to vote again for the first time in 15 years | NOW

Palestinians allowed to vote again for the first time in 15 years |  NOW

Palestinians are back at the polls for the first time in fifteen years, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Friday. The legislative elections will take place on May 22, with the presidential elections on July 31. A few months ago, rival parties of Fatah, of which Abbas is a member, and Hamas had already agreed to hold new elections. Abbas …

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Pilot cancels departure due to refusal of Dutch traffic jams

Pilot cancels departure due to refusal of Dutch traffic jams

A pilot in Germany aborted a take-off from a flight because a Dutchman on board refused to put on a face mask. The captain turned to a location at Munich airport where four officers removed the Dutch passenger from the plane. An indictment has been filed against the refusal, German media report. The flight to South Africa was still delayed. …

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EU freezes millions in aid to Ethiopia, ‘PM must honor his Nobel Prize’

EU freezes millions in aid to Ethiopia, 'PM must honor his Nobel Prize'

The European Union demands that the Ethiopian government give aid agencies access to the northern Tigray region, where millions of people have fled their homes because of fighting between the Ethiopian army and the rebels. Until such access is granted, the EU will withhold some € 88 million in aid to the country, Foreign Chief Josep Borrell said. The EU …

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British break free for speeding in Europe | Car

British break free for speeding in Europe |  Car

One of the few positive side effects of Brexit is that Britons are likely to receive fewer foreign fines in the years to come. The agreement between EU countries to collect flash fines from each other has lapsed as the UK is no longer a member of the EU. At the moment, this is an almost entirely moot situation, as …

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Seven dead and hundreds injured after severe earthquake in Sulawesi | NOW

Seven dead and hundreds injured after severe earthquake in Sulawesi |  NOW

A massive earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, killed at least seven people on Friday. Hundreds of people were injured, the country’s relief agency reported. The epicenter of the earthquake was six kilometers northeast of the town of Majene, some 300 kilometers from Makassar. Four deaths occurred in Majene. Three people died in …

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French meal delivery cell (19): “I do not deliver to the Jews” | Abroad

French meal delivery cell (19): "I do not deliver to the Jews" |  Abroad

Two restaurant owners from Strasbourg took legal action after the courier canceled orders for “Israeli food”. “I don’t deliver to Jews,” the delivery man reportedly told one of them. “French law prohibits discrimination of any kind,” said the judge. “In this country you have to respect everyone.” The Algerian had used an acquaintance’s Deliveroo account for the work. He admitted …

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