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The family of Silvien Ritfeld, 63, in Suriname are distraught as their loved one has been missing since Thursday November 24, 2022. Waterkant.Net spoke about it with his wife Joan. She says her husband was last seen at his Satchmo club in Livorno on Thursday. He left the club around 11 a.m. that day. She understood from a resident that …

Of the more than 10,000 photos Canadian photographer Cody Evans took of raging waves earlier this month, one immediately caught my eye. He managed to take a snapshot of a wave that appears to have a man’s face. The spectacular photo therefore reminds Evans of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. For the past two years, Canadian Cody Evans …

AFP ONS News•today, 01:59•Amended today, 09:20 A few weeks after the election he narrowly lost, Jair Bolsonaro made his first public appearance. The Brazilian president attended a cadet graduation ceremony at a military academy. Bolsonaro, however, remained silent during the visit. He did not speak to the press and did not speak at the ceremony. At the end of last …

The world’s longest-serving president will remain in power for the foreseeable future. According to the official results of the presidential election in Equatorial Guinea, 80-year-old Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo won with almost 95% of the vote. His son, who is also vice president, reports it on Twitter. Obiang rules with an iron fist and there is no real opposition in …

AFP ONS News•today, 6:44 p.m. A Russian couple arrested this week in Sweden for spying allegedly worked for Russia’s GRU secret service. Indications in this direction have been revealed thanks to research by the journalistic research collective Bellingcat. Tuesday morning around 06:00, two army helicopters appeared above an upscale district of Stockholm. Witnesses saw an arrest team descend on ropes …

ANP, modify NOS ONS News•today, 07:53 Good morning! In their conferences today, ChristenUnie and the Forum for Democracy look ahead to next year’s Provincial Council elections, and protests are taking place in Friesland against gas extraction by NAM and Shell. First the weather: this morning the sun shines steadily, then the clouds increase. This afternoon will remain dry in most …

In the UK, nurses in Britain’s chronically underfunded NHS health service will go on strike in December. They demand, among other things, a better salary. On Friday, the professional association of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) called for strikes on December 15 and 20 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The strike call – on a scale not seen …

The statue of murdered union leader Cyrill Daal has secured a new spot on Pater Weidmanplein on Dr. Rue Sophie Redmond. The statue once stood on the grounds of the General Union of Trade Union Movements of Suriname (AVVS De Moederbond) on J. Lachmonstraat. The board of the Moederbond, the management of Assuria NV and the family of the deceased …

AFP ONS News•today, 08:59 The number of Ebola cases in Uganda has fallen sharply, says the Ministry of Health. In parts of the East African country, no new infections have been detected for more than two weeks. At the same time, preventive measures are always taken. For example, all primary and secondary schools close today for the Christmas holidays, when …

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaigns in 2017 and 2022. It remains to be seen whether the 44-year-old politician illegally benefited from the services of the American consulting firm McKinsey. This is indicated by a press release from the Paris financial prosecutor’s office. Public spending on external advice has increased significantly under Macron’s rule. …