NC picture Tuesday was D-Day for Donald Trump: the former US president was due to appear in New York court to hear 34 charges. Bee One today The American journalist Tom van ‘t Eind offered an overview: under exciting music, he explained between a tangle of red threads in which possible Trump legal proceedings could become entangled. It was right …
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Search of the EPP headquarters in Brussels due to a corruption investigation against a German Christian Democrat | Abroad
On Tuesday, Belgian and German police raided the headquarters of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Brussels. According to German media, this happened in the context of a corruption investigation against CDU leader Mario Voigt (43) from the state of Thuringia. Investigators were looking for information and documents about Voigt’s work as head of digital election campaigning for the 2019 …
Read More »More dead in Israeli airstrikes on Syria
ONS News•today, 01:57 Once again, Israeli airstrikes have claimed lives in Syria, reports Syrian state television. The victims are said to be two civilians killed in attacks south of the capital Damascus. Israel has yet to respond to the news, but almost never does in cases like this. The country regularly carries out attacks in Syria against targets that Israel …
Read More »The Netherlands does not opt for the famous Himars missile system, but for an Israeli alternative | Policy
The cabinet will not opt for the American Himars, the missile system which has proven itself in Ukraine. The Netherlands buys the Israeli Puls system for more than 500 million euros. This will be available sooner and will eventually be able to launch European missiles. The cabinet already announced last October that the Netherlands is buying artillery rockets again for …
Read More »Scientists have never seen a fish swim so deep underwater | Science
03 apr 2023 om 17:05Update: 11 minuten geleden A team of Japanese and Australian scientists filmed a fish exactly 8,336 meters deep. Never before had a fish been seen swimming so deep. According to lead researcher Alan Jamieson, the discovery showed that fish can live even deeper than we previously thought. The fish was filmed in the Izu-Bonin pit in …
Read More »British Intelligence: ‘Alcohol abuse caused heavy Russian losses in Ukraine’ | Abroad
“A very large part” of the approximately 200,000 dead and wounded on the Russian side since the start of the invasion of Ukraine are not due to fighting but to excessive alcohol consumption, according to the British Ministry of Defence. Reference is made to a Russian news channel which posted the message on Telegram last week. He said, according to …
Read More »Former minister Jakov Milatovic becomes president of Montenegro | Abroad
02 apr 2023 om 23:33Update: 4 uur geleden Pro-Serbian Jakov Milatovic becomes the new president of Montenegro. By Sunday evening, two-thirds of the votes had been counted. Milatovic remains ahead of current President Milo Djukanovic with 60.1%. He had to settle for 39.9%. Djukanovic admitted defeat on Sunday night. On May 21, Mijatovic will succeed him. Milatovic is supported by …
Read More »767 aborts takeoff after four minutes
A United Airlines Boeing 767-300 returned home on Tuesday after an engine fire. The aircraft, registration N641UA, took off at 9 p.m. local time heading southeast en route to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Already during take off problems with the left engine occurred. Pilots of a Skywest plane behind the 767 noticed a fire in the affected engine and reported …
Read More »Many aid workers injured and investigation into police brutality during French protests | Abroad
02 apr 2023 om 01:06 Protests against pensions in France have so far injured 1,093 police, gendarmes and aid workers, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. At the same time, 38 investigations into excessive use of force by law enforcement are ongoing. Since March 16, 2,579 arson attacks and 316 damage to public buildings have also been recorded, reports the …
Read More »Austrian police catch two Germans with fourteen human skulls in the trunk | Abroad
Austrian police surprised two Germans carrying 14 human skulls. Police discovered the skulls during an accidental traffic check. They were in the trunk. The skulls were stolen around 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon during a visit to a mass grave, where the remains of excavated graves are kept, in the village of Mölbling. This happened at a freely accessible memorial …
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