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Explosions continued overnight in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv. It is not known if there were any casualties. These may be countermeasures after the sinking of the Russian warship Moskva in the Black Sea. According to Colonel Han Bouwmeester, associate professor of military strategy at the Netherlands Defense Academy, it is difficult to say, because …

The British want to limit illegal immigration with this. This approach is part of broader measures to combat migration across the Channel. For example, the navy will patrol the English Channel to stop boats with refugees. The measures are partly intended to deter people from making the dangerous journey. “The possibility of being sent to Rwanda will deter a lot …

A striking message from Russia. The former main shareholder of the now defunct Russian oil and gas company Yukos, Leonid Nevzlin, claims that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has been hospitalized due to a heart attack. ANP/EPA Yukos was once one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world. The company was nationalized at the beginning of this …

German politicians reacted today with a mixture of annoyance and incomprehension to Ukraine’s refusal to receive German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Zelensky himself said tonight that Steinmeier had never officially approached him for a visit, without delving into the matter. German Chancellor Scholz, who has been expressly invited to visit Kyiv, will not comment on this at this time. He called …

It likely happened after he called the police himself to say he was at a McDonald’s branch, AP news agency reports. It’s still unclear why James knocked. Police are also investigating his statements on social media. He had criticized the metropolis’ new mayor, Eric Adams, online. Police also said James has been arrested nine times in upstate New York and …

Image for illustration.Image ANP / Peter Hilz On March 23, a young African bought a scratch card at Spar in the Flemish town of Zeebrugge and presented himself at the counter as the winner. There, he was advised to contact the National Lottery by telephone, as sums over 2,000 euros are not paid locally. The man then disappeared without a …

It is normal for intermediaries to come and recruit workers in rural areas of Thailand. But in this case, it was a recruiter for the Cambodian scam gang. “If I had known that in this job I had to rip off my compatriots, I would never have done it,” says the anonymous Thai. “Investigation for fraud” Employees, for example, posed …

Hazel McCallion, also known as ‘Hurricane Hazel’ (‘Hurricane Hazel’), has signed the contract for her new runway at Canada’s largest airport. The Guardian writes that the former mayor is not yet ready to take it easy. “encyclopedic knowledge” Canada’s Minister of Transport congratulated the centenarian and praised her four decades of service to the state. He is confident that McCallion …

Italian Prime Minister Draghi signed an agreement Monday in Algiers with Algerian President Ambelmadjid Tebboune and the Algerian gas company Sonatrach with an impressive Italian delegation, including two ministers and the CEO of the Italian gas company ENI. Italy will import nine billion cubic meters of additional gas from the country under the deal. A general energy cooperation agreement between …

13 years of drought lead to drastic measures in Santiago, the capital of South American Chile. Tap water must be rationed, reports the governor, because the rivers from which the city draws its water are at an alarming level. Santiago Governor Claudio Orrego announced the water rationing plan for the city of around 6 million people at a press conference: …