The man, Mark Forkner, who has been out of work for Boeing for years, was the only person facing criminal charges over the plane’s problems. Guide the pilots During the development of the plane at Boeing, Forkner was an important interlocutor of the American aeronautical authority Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Among other things, it was to indicate how pilots should …
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“NATO chief Stoltenberg stays another year because of the conflict with Russia” Abroad
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will stay on for another year. The extension until September next year will be announced at the NATO summit on Thursday, according to two sources. The military alliance could use a foreman trained amid a heated conflict with Russia, NATO countries believe. Stoltenberg, 63, was due to step down as NATO secretary general at the end …
Read More »Suriname abolishes visa requirement for five countries
Travelers from the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Canada will soon be able to travel to Suriname without a visa. Minister Albert Ramdin of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and International Cooperation (BIBIS) announced this yesterday during a press conference. Naturally, passengers at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport will have to pay an entrance fee. The Minister says that …
Read More »Julian Assange marries in prison: four guests, two witnesses and two guards | Abroad
Assange and Moris, who have two children together, announced their engagement in November and were cleared to marry in Belmarsh prison in London, where he is in police custody. The wedding will be celebrated by a clerk, with only four guests, two witnesses and two guards. Guests must leave immediately after the ceremony. British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, an outspoken …
Read More »Kremlin critic Navalny gets nine years in prison for ‘fraud and contempt of court’
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (left) with two lawyers during the trial.ImageREUTERS According to the court, Navalny stole more than 4 million euros from his own anti-corruption organization FBK, now banned by the authorities. The charges were based on controversial statements by four people who allegedly donated money to FBK. Navalny was also found in “contempt of court” in an …
Read More »Dozens of Russian planes seized following sanctions
In total, there are 780 leased aircraft in Russia, of which 515 are from foreign companies. Fearing that these companies will claim the planes if they land outside Russia, the country has called on airlines to stop flying leased planes outside of Russia and Belarus. These planes were also often registered abroad. For example, almost all Boeings and Airbuses used …
Read More »Dozens of babies from Ukrainian surrogates trapped in kyiv shelter
Hundreds of couples are expecting their babies in the UK. Sam Everingham, owner of the Growing Families Foundation, attempts to evacuate the babies. Difficult process Everingham is currently switching back and forth between the UK, Poland and Georgia. In recent weeks he has managed to get a number of newborns out of Ukraine, but it’s an incredibly difficult process, he …
Read More »Cold weather plagues Marine Corps: Exercise camp attendees with frozen limbs | Interior
It was a four-day course where, for example, medical personnel learn to survive in extreme cold. During training, according to Marine Corps spokesman Matthias Spaans, there was a rapid drop in temperature. The mercury went from minus six to minus nineteen in a short time. This broke some of the participants. They mainly suffered from frostbite on their feet. The …
Read More »Extreme heat at both poles just as IPCC talks begin
Ice floes on the Grandidier Channel in Antarctica.Image Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In Antarctica, it became as much as 40 degrees Celsius warmer than normal at one monitoring station last weekend, and at another station the heat record for the time of year was broken by 15 degrees. Around the North Pole, in Spitsbergen and Lapland, it became 30 …
Read More »A parliamentarian from Sint Maarten wants his salary in bitcoins
Brison says he has been following developments around cryptocurrencies for several years. He calls bitcoins “innovative, easy, and fast-growing.” The politician applauds the growth of this and sees asking for his salary in bitcoins as a logical step. So far, no other politician in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom has indicated that they want to receive their salary in …
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