Harold Manning

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Fight ants? Sweep the ant’s olfactory trail | Romke van de Kaa

Fight ants?  Sweep the ant’s olfactory trail |  Romke van de Kaa

her own garden firstGardening expert Romke van de Kaa is angry about the fight against ants this week. Fighting them is useless, he thinks, because they are good for biodiversity. I am an addicted newspaper reader. I’m completely upset when the newspaper isn’t delivered. I read several daily newspapers, including loyaltya good journal, not one of those, but which uses …

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VIDS issues ultimatum: ‘withdraw all concessions by Friday’

VIDS issues ultimatum: ‘withdraw all concessions by Friday’

Image (c) Association of Indigenous Village Leaders of Suriname (VIDS) The Association of Indigenous Village Leaders of Suriname (VIDS) has issued an ultimatum to the Surinamese government. All land and concessions in the residential and habitat of Pikin Saron in Para must be removed by Friday. Muriël Fernandes, President of VIDS, announced this today during a meeting with residents of …

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Mystery surrounding the theft of a Dutch government plane: Was Zelensky taken care of? | Policy

Mystery surrounding the theft of a Dutch government plane: Was Zelensky taken care of?  |  Policy

President Zelensky is making a surprise visit to Helsinki today. He talks there, among others, with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto about the Russian invasion. The Prime Ministers of Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland are also present here. Prime Minister Mark Rutte is not in Helsinki. And Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra is not in the Finnish capital either. And that’s …

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Dead and injured in shootout with Surinamese police after riots | Abroad

Dead and injured in shootout with Surinamese police after riots |  Abroad

Two people were killed and several injured in an exchange of fire between civilians and police in the Surinamese village of Pikin Saron, about 60 kilometers southwest of the capital Paramaribo. This is reported by the Surinamese news site Waterkant, which describes the villagers involved in the shooting as “insurgents”. Video footage and photos circulating on social media show shots …

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Tunisia can no longer handle the stranded bodies of dead migrants

Tunisia can no longer handle the stranded bodies of dead migrants

On April 8, 25 people drowned off Tunisia; a week later 27 people; 70 other people on April 24. These are not isolated examples and only relate to the last month. Every day, refugees attempt to cross the Mediterranean. People are boarding boats, especially from the North African countries of Libya and Tunisia. But hundreds perish in the attempt. Overcrowded …

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Jaap Seidell on detox: “Our body is a detox machine”

Jaap Seidell on detox: “Our body is a detox machine”

May 01, 2023 Cleanse your body of waste and toxins with colonic irrigation, hot water baths, or detox. Denise Ermes, 37, had such a cure in Mexico, but it ended in complete disaster: she ended up in a coma. Marjan van Hessen, spokesperson for Friends of Denise, has already raised 90,000 euros for medical costs in Mexico and nutrition and …

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20,000 Russians killed in Ukraine since December, US estimates

20,000 Russians killed in Ukraine since December, US estimates

The Vatican is involved in efforts to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This is what Pope Francis said on Sunday on the plane that brought him back to Rome from Hungary. He did not provide further details on the church’s involvement. “There is a mission at work now, but it is not yet public. As soon as it …

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