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31 okt 2022 om 16:10 A museum in Taiwan has admitted under pressure that a bowl, teacup and plate were broken. It turned out to be three costly mistakes: the works of art were worth almost 77 million euros. Ancient tableware was created during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and the subsequent Qing dynasty (1644-1912). The British newspaper The Guardian writes …

Cats are known to be independent and thankless creatures. As the “owner”, you sometimes feel like the emperor’s lackey. But is this really the case? Cats seem to have more empathy than thought. They can distinguish between the interesting speech addressed to them and the endless chatter of people among themselves. And then they also hear the difference between the …

Ukrainian grain exports across the Black Sea have come to a halt again, as Russia withdrew from the grain deal on Saturday. More than a dozen ships will wait on Sunday until they can sail again, reports the Turkish agreement’s coordination center. The center in Turkey was appointed to keep an eye on things. He coordinates all ships carrying grain …

Nicola Marples and David Kelly, Trinity College Dublin ONS News•today, 09:59 Scientists have discovered several new species of birds on the Wakatobi Islands in Indonesia. One of these new species, the Wakatobi honeysuckle, is recognizable by its blue-yellow chest and relatively short wings. Suckers resemble American hummingbirds and live in the tropics from Africa to Australia. To discover new species …

29 okt 2022 om 16:52Update: 10 uur geleden South Africa officially crowned a new Zulu king on Saturday for the first time in more than half a century. In front of tens of thousands of Zulus, President Cyril Ramaphosa presented Misuzulu KaZwelithini with a certificate of recognition. Misuzulu, 49, is the ninth leader of the Zulus. Kingship is a ceremonial …

APE ONS News•today, 6:50 p.m. Swiss rail company Rhaetian Railways set a world record on Saturday by running a 1.9-kilometre train on a well-known route through the Alps. This means that the old Belgian Railways “longest train record” from 1991 has been broken by almost 200 metres. The images below show how the train travels through the Alps: New world …

Milorad Dodik greets a crowd protesting against the recount of the votes cast in early October.Image access point In elections 26 days ago, Dodik’s right-hand man, Zeljka Cvijanovic, was also elected one of three presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina – a rotating office. The result offers little hope for a stable, west-facing Bosnia, precisely in the very month the European …

Northern Ireland must once again go to the polls. Parliament failed to form a regional government in time. A political crisis over disagreements over Brexit deals proved inevitable. Northern Irish people last went to the polls in May. A new government was to be formed within 24 weeks. It failed. Now, by law, new elections must be called within twelve …

$44 billionElon Musk took over Twitter on Thursday night. Immediately after the $44 billion acquisition was completed, the billionaire fired current Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal. Hours later, Musk wrote on Twitter that “the bird has been released.” According The New York Times At least four members of Twitter’s senior management lost their jobs immediately after the takeover. In addition to …

Ksenia Sobchak in 2021.Statue Evgenia Novozhenina / Reuters Sobchak’s theft shows that people from Putin’s environment also feel less safe in Russia. Hundreds of thousands of Russians have fled since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine for fear of political mobilization or persecution, but those with (family) ties to Putin seemed safe. The ties between Sobchak and Putin date back to the …