Turkish jewelry tycoon Dilek Ertek (71) died after falling from a cruise ship in the middle of the night. His family assumes a crime. Several jewels were stolen from his room. Ertek owned the famous jewelry brand Tiffany in Turkey. She was vacationing on a Norwegian cruise ship when she fell from her suite balcony into the sea. Ertek’s family …
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Research: Liquefied Gas Investments Jeopardize Climate Goals | climate
10 nov 2022 om 09:03 Global investments in liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure threaten to undermine climate goals. There will be far more LNG capacity than we need if we want to limit global warming. This is clear from an analysis that Climate Action Tracker will publish on Thursday during the climate summit in Egypt. With Russia having sharply reduced …
Read More »Hurricane Nicole is heading towards the east coast of Florida
APE ONS News•today, 01:16 In the US state of Florida, evacuations have been ordered in several locations due to an approaching hurricane. The hurricane previously passed through the Bahamas as a tropical storm. There, 860 people had to seek refuge elsewhere. Wind speeds of 120 kilometers per hour have been measured and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) now …
Read More »Dutchman rescued after a freezing night in the inhospitable mountains of Bosnia: “We were afraid” | Abroad
Two Dutch men have been released unharmed after getting lost in the inhospitable Bosnian mountains yesterday. After a frightening night in freezing cold, they were rescued by the huge Bosnian emergency services. Chiel de Groot and Eline Aarts (25) from Rotterdam, recent graduates, are on a trip to the Balkans. Yesterday they decided to take a walk in the Visocica …
Read More »Lunar rocket launch delayed two days due to tropical storm | Technology
09 nov 2022 om 09:59 The launch of the rocket with which the NASA space agency wants to put people back on the Moon in 2025 has been postponed for two days. Due to the arrival of Tropical Storm Nicole, the rocket will not be able to go into space until November 16. NASA and the United States Weather Services …
Read More »Hottest October on record in Europe
AFP ONS News•yesterday, 7:14 p.m.•Amended yesterday, 8:50 p.m. Last month was the hottest October on record in Europe. Temperatures across most of Europe were two degrees above average between 1991 and 2020, reports Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Only in Iceland and Turkey were temperatures just below average. Europe was 1.92 degrees warmer than the October average between 1991 and …
Read More »Former South Korean leader abandons Kim Jong-un’s dogs | Abroad
Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in has given up two dogs he received as gifts from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. The four-legged friends are back with the South Korean state because Moon would not receive any aid for care. The North Korean pungsan breed hunting dogs were given to Moon in 2018 as …
Read More »Donald Trump makes a “big announcement” on November 15 | Intermediaries United States
A formal announcement from Donald Trump about a potential 2024 presidential bid was not made on Monday night, but the former US president said in a livestreamed speech he would make a ‘big announcement’ November 15. Trump spoke on the eve of the halfway, the US midterm elections, at a campaign rally in the state of Ohio. Posted earlier today …
Read More »Swedish apartment sold with deceased resident still in it
ONS News•yesterday, 9:24 p.m. Buying an abandoned apartment in Sweden brought a macabre surprise to the new owner: the former owner. Not only did the elderly resident appear to have been dead in his home for years, but he was also missed during the assessment and viewings of the apartment. The Gothenburg home went up for sale in May after …
Read More »Eleven other bishops of the French church accused of sexual abuse | NOW
Eleven bishops of France are accused of sexual assault, the French Church announced on Monday. This concerns both the clergy still in office and the formerly active clergy. As a result, the large number of cases of abuse in the Roman Catholic Church is increasing again. One of the accused clerics is the former archbishop of Bordeaux, Jean-Pierre Ricard. He …
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