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Dutch hiker seriously injured after slipping in Austria | Abroad

Dutch hiker seriously injured after slipping in Austria |  Abroad

A 33-year-old Dutchman was seriously injured on Sunday while hiking in the mountains near the Austrian Filzmoos. He descended on an icy snow field and slid about 40 meters. Despite the bad weather, the man had gone with another Dutchman (42) for a mountain hike in the Dachstein massif in the Salzburg Alps. Things went wrong in the high mountain …

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Wreckage of crashed plane and 20 bodies found in Nepal

Wreckage of crashed plane and 20 bodies found in Nepal

Wreckage of the plane of the private airline Tara Air. The bodies of the occupants were also found in the area.ImageAFP “We are busy recovering the bodies of the victims and taking them to Kathmandu,” said a spokesman for the airport in the Nepalese capital. Poor weather conditions and persistent cloud cover make it difficult for rescuers to search for …

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Russian troops enter the crucial city of Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine | NOW

Russian troops enter the crucial city of Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine |  NOW

Russian troops entered the important city of Severodonetsk on Monday. This is reported by the Ukrainian governor of the Luhansk region. Severodonetsk is the largest city of the Donets basin remaining in Ukraine. Heavy fighting has been going on around the town for days. Governor Serhiy Gaidai reported that Russian troops are now on their way to the center of …

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Under pressure from Hungary and Slovakia, the European boycott of Russian oil is weakening

Under pressure from Hungary and Slovakia, the European boycott of Russian oil is weakening

Protest environmental activists from Greenpeace, who blocked a tanker carrying Russian oil in the port of Antwerp.BELGA picture Imports through the Druzba pipeline will remain unchanged for the time being, otherwise Hungary and Slovakia would not accept this punitive measure against Moscow. On Monday morning, EU ambassadors will discuss the weakened oil boycott, while heads of government will discuss the …

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Turkish President Erdogan unhappy with talks with Sweden and Finland | NOW

Turkish President Erdogan unhappy with talks with Sweden and Finland |  NOW

The talks Turkey had last week with Sweden and Finland about their desire to join NATO were not at the “expected level”. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said so, according to the state TV channel TRT Haber said. According to Erdogan, Turkey cannot accept the membership of “countries which support terrorism”. Erdogan strongly opposes Finland and Sweden joining NATO. According …

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Plane missing in Nepal: 22 people on board

Plane missing in Nepal: 22 people on board

It is a plane of the private airline company Tara Air. We still don’t know what’s going on. It has been raining heavily in the area for the past few days, but so far other planes have not been affected. mountainous area The plane would make a journey of about 70 kilometers over a mountainous area, reports the AP news …

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“Biomass as an alternative to Russian gas? The dumbest thing you can do is build more nuclear power plants! † The question

“Biomass as an alternative to Russian gas?  The dumbest thing you can do is build more nuclear power plants!  † The question

According to the reader J-eelman biomass produces too many CO2 emissions. “It destroys flora and fauna – because if you destroy a forest and replace it with young trees, it’s not yet a forest – and the calorific value of wood is low compared to other fuels.” Also Angle511 emphasizes the damage it can cause: “Forests provide evaporation and therefore …

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UN human rights chief says visit to China not official investigation | NOW

UN human rights chief says visit to China not official investigation |  NOW

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said she had the opportunity to speak ‘frankly’ with the Chinese about the human rights situation in the country during her visit six days in China. It did not have the status of an official investigation, she said. The tour program included a visit to the Xinjiang region. According to observers and Western countries, …

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