Harold Manning

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Illegal refugee shelters discovered at Europe’s external borders | Abroad

Illegal refugee shelters discovered at Europe's external borders |  Abroad

08 dec 2022 om 17:42 Refugees are locked up in secret places on the external borders of Croatia, Hungary and Bulgaria, according to research carried out, among others Lighthouse reports. The most basic facilities are lacking on the premises, let alone that people get a fair trial. The pitches are co-financed by the European Union. Although rumors of lawless detention …

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group of Belgians wins the jackpot of 142 million euros: ‘I will please the children and grandchildren’ | Abroad

group of Belgians wins the jackpot of 142 million euros: 'I will please the children and grandchildren' |  Abroad

In a newspaper store in Olmen, Belgium, a big jackpot of 142,897,164 euros fell on Tuesday evening. 165 people bought a lottery ticket at ‘Euromillions’ and shared the prize. This means that they all won almost 870,000 euros. “It’s a surprise for everyone,” said the owner of the newsagent. “We won with a very large group,” Wim Van Broekhoven, the …

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Peruvian president arrested after trying to dissolve parliament | Abroad

Peruvian president arrested after trying to dissolve parliament |  Abroad

07 dec 2022 om 20:35Update: 23 minuten geleden The Peruvian parliament on Wednesday voted to dismiss President Pedro Castillo. Shortly before this, Castillo attempted to prevent this vote by dissolving parliament. The now ousted president was arrested shortly after the “rebellion” vote. Castillo announced in a televised address Wednesday afternoon (local time) that he wanted to dissolve parliament. He wanted …

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Peruvian president dissolves parliament and blocks new impeachment process

Peruvian president dissolves parliament and blocks new impeachment process

AFP ONS News•today, 19:32•Amended today, 8:20 p.m. The Peruvian president dissolved parliament to make impeachment proceedings against him impossible. The right-wing opposition planned to debate the impeachment of socialist Pedro Castillo, elected president last year, for the third time in a short time. He then defeated Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori by tens of thousands of votes. The former teacher and …

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Georgia Senate seat to Democrat Raphael Warnock

Georgia Senate seat to Democrat Raphael Warnock

Democrat Raphael Warnock won the deciding round of the election for a Senate seat in the US state of Georgia won, reports the AP news agency. That gives Democrats a 51-seat majority in the Senate, compared to 49 seats for Republicans. Read also: Democrats’ Senate stay a boost for Biden Incumbent Senator Warnock defeated Republican Herschel Walker, a former American …

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Ex-mistress can only sue Juan Carlos for post-royal indiscretions | Royal family

Ex-mistress can only sue Juan Carlos for post-royal indiscretions |  Royal family

The former King of Spain Juan Carlos can only be prosecuted for possible faults during the period when he was no longer monarch. The 84-year-old former king, who reigned until 2014, was sued by an ex-mistress. He accuses him, among other things, of years of misconduct and defamation. With the appeal decision, part of the charges against his Danish-German ex-girlfriend …

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Prince Harry and Daily Mail publisher want to settle libel case | Royal family

Prince Harry and Daily Mail publisher want to settle libel case |  Royal family

Britain’s Prince Harry and publisher Associated Newspapers are trying to settle the libel case Harry brought earlier this year. Both parties agreed to postpone the matter until mid-January to give them time to reach a mutual solution. Youngest son of King Charles complained the editor because of an article written about the safety of the prince and his family. According …

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Dozens of bus passengers killed in landslide in Colombia | Abroad

Dozens of bus passengers killed in landslide in Colombia |  Abroad

At least 34 bus passengers have been killed in a landslide in northwestern Colombia. Eight minors are also among the victims, authorities report via Twitter. The bus was carrying a total of 37 people when the vehicle was hit by the landslide Sunday on the highway in Pueblo Rico, Risaralda Department, and was buried under a six-foot mass of dirt …

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South African president receives backing from his own party in corruption case

South African president receives backing from his own party in corruption case

APE ONS News•yesterday, 10:42 p.m. South African President Ramaphosa, accused of corruption, has the support of the top of his own party, the African National Congress (ANC). He is under fire in a case involving the theft of a large sum of money from his game farm. A parliamentary commission of inquiry wrote a critical report on this subject. It …

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The first arrests for the South Korean Halloween drama are two former officers | Abroad

The first arrests for the South Korean Halloween drama are two former officers |  Abroad

05 dec 2022 om 19:10 Two senior South Korean police officers were arrested on Monday for their roles in last October’s Halloween drama in the capital Seoul, in which 158 people died of oppression. The former officers would have withheld the information. According to the warrants, the two officers were involved in suppressing an internal intelligence report warning of possible …

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