According to state media, prosecutors in Belarus are asking for 19 years in prison for expatriate opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who claimed victory after the 2020 presidential elections. She is charged with, among other things, high treason and of founding and leading an extremist organization. Besides Tikhanovskaya, 40, four of her supporters have been charged. They too are in exile …

27 feb 2023 om 06:12Update: 2 uur geleden China sharply increased its coal production in 2022. The country approved four times as many new coal-fired power plants last year as in 2021. China has given permission in 2022 to increase coal-derived power capacity by 106 gigawatts. This is the largest increase in capacity since 2015, according to a study released …

International•26 Feb. 23 17:43Author: Remy Cook The French government plans to introduce water restrictions. This reports Bloomberg. France is experiencing one of the driest winters ever and it threatens to jeopardize water supplies for next summer, Ecology Minister Christophe Bechu says in Le Journal du Dimanche. The French government plans to introduce water restrictions. This reports Bloomberg. France is experiencing …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits earthquake-hit Hatay province.ImageAFP The UK broadcaster spoke to a freelancer who had to report to the police station due to a possible breach of a disinformation law. Turkish journalists have been facing a controversial new law since October last year. This allows journalists to be arrested for sharing what the government considers disinformation. According …

Photo: AFP/Stefani Reynolds The sailor who was lost at sea for weeks in January and lived largely on ketchup can get a new, modern boat. The gift is due to the famous ketchup producer Heinz who is trying to find the man named Elvis François. The company posted a social media appeal last month, hoping to find the elusive Dominican …

Several Turkish journalists who have been covering the earthquakes in this country since the beginning of this month have been arrested by the police, reports BBC News. Turkish journalists have been grappling with a controversial new law since October 2022. It makes it possible to arrest journalists for sharing misinformation. According to the press freedom organization CPJ, at least three …

Sylvia WhitemanFebruary 24, 202309:00 Everything has been said and written about Roald Dahl: yes, the changes in his books are ridiculous, no, these changes are not imposed on us by the state, but by Netflix, and yes, it is because of the “zeitgeist” , a narrow spectrum who thinks erasing “ugly” words leads to the disappearance of ugly thoughts; one …

Mexico’s Senate on Wednesday night approved a bill to significantly change the country’s electoral law. The reform is presented by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as an austerity operation, but its detractors speak of an attack on democracy. This would fit into a broader trend of casting doubt on electoral integrity in the Americas, as recently seen by Presidents Trump …

Winter sports enthusiasts heading to the Alps this weekend or returning from a week in the snow should expect traffic jams along the way. Lots of snow is expected, which can lead to further delays, warns Weeronline. The first week of spring break has been mild in the Alps, but the weather is turning. The mercury will drop and 5 …

23 feb 2023 om 07:25Update: 34 minuten geleden Scientists have found evidence in a cave in southern France that Homo sapiens in Europe used bows and arrows as early as 54,000 years ago. This is thousands of years earlier than previously believed. The new discovery was made in Grotte Mandrin, a cave on the Rhone. Neanderthals and Homo sapiens lived …