PA ONS News•today, 15:01 Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Twitter that he was retiring from politics. His intention is further fueling unrest in Iraq. Hundreds of supporters of the Shiite cleric attempted to break into the government palace in Baghdad this afternoon. Protesters attempted, among other things, to pull down concrete barriers with ropes. The Iraqi army calls …

Reuters ONS News•today, 03:07 Pakistan has requested assistance from the international community in the face of heavy rains that have ravaged the country since June. Over a thousand people were killed as a result. The country’s climate change minister said it was a “serious climate disaster”. The floods caused by the heavy rains washed away entire villages and crops. 180,000 …

The cargo of water from the mountains to the north via the Indus River to the south where the province of Sindh was also badly affected.ANP/EPA picture The Pakistani government has requested international assistance as the disaster is beyond the country’s capacity. The United States, United Kingdom, Iran and the Emirates have already provided aid, but it is still far …

In India, the authorities blew up two imposing buildings. This happened after local residents started a legal battle. There was planning permission for six hundred apartments, but the construction company realized 1650. The Supreme Court of India then ruled that the apartments were not allowed to remain. They were still partly under construction. Both buildings were demolished using 3,700 kilograms …

Thousands of supporters of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner took to the streets of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires on Saturday (local time). Protesters clashed with police, injuring 14 officers. Four protesters were arrested. This is reported by local media and government officials. Fernández de Kirchner faces a 12-year prison sentence and a ban on holding public office for …

Parents’ mediation after a dispute between their children recently got out of hand in Albina. A 39-year-old mother and her 20-year-old daughter attacked another woman with a hammer and sledgehammer. The failed mediation turned into a lingering feud in which mother RL and daughter NL had already been reported to the police twice before. Every time mother and daughter met …

APE ONS News•today, 14:31 Andrea Vreede Vatican Correspondent Andrea Vreede Vatican Correspondent Can a pope decide who will be his successor? Answer: no. He can, however, do whatever is necessary with regard to the composition of the college of cardinals who will eventually elect the new pope. By appointing cardinal men (“to create” in ecclesiastical jargon) who, in his eyes, …

German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke expects long-term damage on the Oder, hit by an environmental disaster. The fish are huge deceasedbut “much more damage has been caused in the Oder as an ecosystem than just killed fish”, underlines the minister in an interview with the German RND. According to Lemke, the causes are still not entirely clear, although she assumes …

AFP ONS News•yesterday, 22:03 Morocco immediately withdrew its ambassador from Tunisia and expelled the Tunisian ambassador to Morocco. The reason for this is a visit to Tunisian President Saïed by the Polisario leader. It is the Western Sahara independence movement with which Morocco has been in conflict for almost half a century. “Shameless and hostile”, Morocco qualifies the visit of …

26 aug 2022 om 11:59Update: 4 uur geleden Sleep deprived people are less willing to help others than when they have had a good night’s sleep. Scientists from the University of California at Berkeley have shown this. By Lennart ‘t Hart Scientists already knew that lack of sleep is bad for our health. It now seems that people are also …