Venezuelan opposition leader Guaidó, once recognized as president by the US and EU, leaves through the side door

Venezuelan opposition leader Guaidó, once recognized as president by the US and EU, leaves through the side door

Venezuelan interim president Juan Guaidó.ImageREUTERS Three of the four main opposition parties on Friday ended the “interim government” that Guaidó had led for four years. The parties want to take a new course due to the 2024 presidential election and are unconvinced that Guaidó can compete successfully against authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro. In 2019, Guaidó, speaker of parliament, declared himself …

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New Year’s Eve is going quietly for the time “the usual things”

New Year’s Eve is going quietly for the time “the usual things”

A police spokesman said around 9:30 p.m. that New Year’s Eve, also compared to other years, passes quietly “with the usual things”. Reports are coming in here and there, but the spokesperson is so far hoping “we can shake hands to keep it that way”. The fire department has been deployed on several occasions across the province to put out …

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Newspaper: FTX founder Bankman-Fried innocent

Newspaper: FTX founder Bankman-Fried innocent

Photo: ANP Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, does not want to plead guilty if he has to appear in court for the first time next week. The American newspaper Wall Street Journal writes based on insiders. Bankman-Fried is suspected of fraud among others. He was arrested in the Bahamas after FTX went bankrupt and later surrendered …

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Lectures for children in more than twenty museums, including six in Leiden

Lectures for children in more than twenty museums, including six in Leiden

Image of the exhibition on artificial intelligence in Boerhaave.© photo taco van der eb Erna Strasma Today at 2:00 p.m. Drive More than twenty museums will offer conferences for children next year. Six organizations from Leiden participate in the Museum Youth University. Curious children aged 8 to 112 can already register in January for one or more conferences given by …

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Venezuelan opposition deposes interim president Guaidó: too little success against Maduro | Abroad

Venezuelan opposition deposes interim president Guaidó: too little success against Maduro |  Abroad

After nearly four years, the Venezuelan opposition has withdrawn its support for self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó. MPs from three of the four main opposition parties voted overwhelmingly on Friday to oust Guaidó from the interim presidency and give responsibility for the self-declared transitional government to a committee. Guaidó, who has become internationally known as an opponent of the authoritarian …

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Russia out of the Council? ‘It will not arrive’

Russia out of the Council?  ‘It will not arrive’

International•27 December ’22 11:33Author: Mark Van Harreveld Ukraine’s foreign minister wants UN member states to exclude Russia from the UN Security Council. However, Russia is a permanent member of the Council and has a right of veto. It won’t happen, says BNR foreign commentator Bernard Hammelburg. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the Security Council. Ukraine’s foreign minister wants UN …

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Still need fireworks? Den Bleker has sufficient stock!

Still need fireworks?  Den Bleker has sufficient stock!

By • Nieuwkoops.nl • Friday, December 30, 2022 at 6:14 PM Fireworks are sold almost everywhere in the region. Fortunately, the fireworks supplier Den Bleker from Ter Aar is well prepared and there are still plenty left. The phone rang red all day. Tweeter To share “Do you have fireworks?”, is the guests question. People from all over the country …

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Old acquaintance hatches tactics to submit BC Vlissingen | Sports in Zeeland

Old acquaintance hatches tactics to submit BC Vlissingen |  Sports in Zeeland

The basketball players of BC Vlissingen suffered another defeat against the River Trotters in Hardinxveld-Giessendam (63-53) and fell to ninth place in the first division. Due to illness and injuries, BC Vlissingen could only play eight players against River Trotters, who are coached by former BC Vlissingen coach Arjan de Bruin. The defensive tactics of the River Trotters limited BC …

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UN asks International Court of Justice to review Israeli occupation

UN asks International Court of Justice to review Israeli occupation

PA ONS News•today, 02:26 The United Nations General Assembly asks the International Court of Justice (IGH) in The Hague to examine the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. The UN wants the ICJ to issue a so-called judicial opinion. The issue was voted on by the General Assembly, with 87 countries in favour. A number of …

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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Extradited to US

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Extradited to US

Sam Bankman-Fried and his team ran Bahamas-based crypto firm FTX. Until recently, he was considered one of the richest crypto entrepreneurs in the world, but his empire crumbled like a house of cards. He has just been extradited to the United States after spending a week in prison. “I am as shocked by what happened last month as many others,” …

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Zimbabwe bans export of lithium, key raw material for Green Revolution

Zimbabwe bans export of lithium, key raw material for Green Revolution

A welder at a lithium mine in Goromonzi, Zimbabwe.Good pictures The Zimbabwean government believes that with its lithium mines operating at full capacity, the country can meet 20 percent of the world’s lithium demand. At the moment, the country in South Africa is losing billions because it only exports raw lithium and not the final product. Lithium is used to …

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$1m in 2018, but nothing in 2020: Trump’s tax returns made public | Abroad

$1m in 2018, but nothing in 2020: Trump’s tax returns made public |  Abroad

The United States House of Representatives has released Donald Trump’s tax returns for the past few years. It shows that the former president only paid $750 to the taxman in 2017. In 2020, he didn’t even pay any taxes at all. Democrats believe that the US tax authorities did not sufficiently verify the declarations. What has now been released is …

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