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Turkmenistan wants to extinguish the “door to hell”

Turkmenistan wants to extinguish the "door to hell"

It seems that tourists will soon no longer be able to look at “the gate of hell” or a crater of fire in the Turkmen desert of Karakum. President Gourbangouly Berdimukhamedov has ordered the minister of oil and gas extraction to investigate whether the crater, which is 70 meters wide and 20 meters deep, can be extinguished. He made it …

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Stoltenberg: No concessions to Russia on basic principles and no “second-rate” NATO members

Stoltenberg: No concessions to Russia on basic principles and no "second-rate" NATO members

Formation of a Ukrainian unit near the capital Kiev.Statue Emile Ducke / of Volkskrant Stoltenberg warned that the build-up of Russian military assets along the Ukrainian border continued and that Russia had “unfortunately” failed to respond to numerous calls for de-escalation in recent weeks. “The potential for conflict is real,” he said, referring to the possible reuse of military force …

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Perhaps no acquittal for British protesters who destroyed image of slave trader

Perhaps no acquittal for British protesters who destroyed image of slave trader

Protesters throw a statue of Edward Colston into Bristol Harbor during a Black Lives Matter protest rally in June 2020.Ben Birchall / AP Statue In the UK legal system, the verdict of a jury is normally untouchable. However, in exceptional cases, the Attorney General can have him check whether the legal procedure has been properly followed. That is exactly what …

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Dogs could distinguish different languages ​​| Home & Garden

Dogs could distinguish different languages ​​|  Home & Garden

At least, that’s what researchers who recently did a study on the subject say. Mexican Laura V. Cuaya from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, who moved to Hungary a few years ago with her dog Kunkun, wanted to know if her pet noticed that he was in a new environment where the we speak a different language. To investigate, Cuaya …

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Korpschef Prade zal functie per 25 januari ter beschikking stellen

korpschef Roberto Prade

Photo: korpschef Roberto Prade (c) Korps Politie Suriname From chef van het Korps Politie Suriname, Roberto Prade, heeft gisteren een gesprek met from Surinaamse president, from minister van Justitie en Politie and from minister van Financiën in Planning gehad. Hij heeft in dat gesprek aangekondigd een schrijven te zullen richten, waarbij hij aangeeft zijn functie ter beschikking te stellen. Dit …

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Rif activists angry at Rif documentary on NTR

Rif activists angry at Rif documentary on NTR

January 6, 2022 – 7:40 pm – World © In NTR’s new documentary ‘The Story of Abdelkrim’, presenter Karim Amghar goes in search of his Amazigh roots. But many Dutch Rif activists are not satisfied with the content of the documentary. Dutch Rif Amazigh activist Ayaou’s news site Arif News writes that the first part of the three-part documentary was …

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Extremely aggressive piranhas kill four swimmers, injure 20 others | Abroad

Extremely aggressive piranhas kill four swimmers, injure 20 others |  Abroad

A 22-year-old man died after being attacked by piranhas while swimming in the Paraguay River south of the capital Asuncion on January 2. His family saw the man disappear underwater. A search by emergency services only revealed the man’s corpse 45 minutes later. A 49-year-old man also died while swimming in the same river, in the village of Puerto Rosario. …

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Gas fire installation error possible cause of explosion in Turnhout: ‘Checks carried out at 11 other places’ | Abroad

Gas fire installation error possible cause of explosion in Turnhout: 'Checks carried out at 11 other places' |  Abroad

The Belgian Turnhout will not have forgotten the last day of 2021. That morning, there was a gas explosion which not only wreaked havoc, but … also claimed the lives of four people. The cause of the explosion remained uncertain for the moment, but the public prosecutor has now announced that an error in installing a gas fireplace could be …

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“Schools in Suriname start on January 7th”

Scholen en COVID-19

Suriname’s Ministry of Education announced on Wednesday that the second term of the school year will begin on Friday, January 7, 2022. Statutory regulations of two weeks vacation have been observed for this. The Council of Ministers (RvM) has decided not to close the doors of schools for the moment, despite the increase in the number of COVID-19 infections. There …

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Congressional committee wants information from Fox News host and Trump confidant Hannity on the Capitol storming

Congressional committee wants information from Fox News host and Trump confidant Hannity on the Capitol storming

Donald Trump (right) greets Sean Hannity at a campaign rally in 2018.AFP Image In a letter, the committee asks Hannity for information “regarding the investigation.” The letter revealed that Hannity had concerns about the former president’s strategy and behavior in the run-up to January 6 and after the Capitol storming ended. The Board of Inquiry concludes this from text messages …

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