Criminal charges have been filed against Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former US President Donald Trump, for failing to comply with a summons issued by a House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the ministry said today. Bannon refused to comply with the summons aimed at seeking documents and […]
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A businessman who flew into space with Blue Origin was killed in a plane crash
Glenn de Vries, a businessman who flew into space last month with actor William Sutner on a Blue Origin spacecraft owned by multimillionaire Jeff Bezos, was killed in a New Jersey plane crash, CB reported today. citing the police. The plane crashed in Sussex County, the US state television news network reported, adding that de […]
Netherlands: Clashes between police and protesters shortly after the announcement of the resumption of some lockdown
Η ολλανδική αστυνομία ανέπτυξε σήμερα το βράδυ ένα θωρακισμένο όχημα εκτόξευσης νερού για να διαλύσει ένα πλήθος διαδηλωτών στη Χάγη που πετούσαν πέτρες και μολότοφ για να διαμαρτυρηθούν για την νέα επιβολή μερικού lockdown που ανακοίνωσε λίγο νωρίτερα η κυβέρνηση για την αντιμετώπιση της αναζωπύρωσης της πανδημίας Covid-19 , according to a journalist of the […]
Frontex: The EU must be ready to increase the number of migrants entering the bloc,
The EU must be prepared to face an increase in the number of migrants entering the European bloc, with the arrival of many people from the Middle East via Belarus expected to continue for a long time, Frontex chief executive Fabrice Legger said today. “We can see from our model risk analysis that all the […]
Poland – Belarus: Border refugee drama continues with no visible way out of crisis
The Polish border guard estimated today that 3,000 to 4,000 migrants and refugees are currently on the Belarusian side of the border with Poland and that more continue to arrive there daily. The largest camp set up, with more than 1,000 people, is located across the street from the Polish city of Kuznika. “The magnitude […]
Covid-19: Europe, Winter 2021-2022: Cases rise again, containment measures return, questions swell
Europe. Winter 2021-2022: New coronavirus infections soar again. Many countries are reinstating restrictive measures. Experts hope that the hospitalization curve will not follow the same trend, which will depend primarily on vaccination rates in the population. The questions abound. Here are five of what the French Agency poses and answers. Question: What is the epidemiological […]
Coronavirus: The Netherlands returns to a partial lockdown
LAST UPDATE: 22.42 The Netherlands will return to a partial lockdown from tomorrow, Saturday, after the government ordered restaurants and shops to close earlier and banned spectators from major sporting events, in a bid to curb a record increase in Covid-19 cases. Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the health restrictions, which the Dutch thought […]
Iraq – Turkey ‘close’ the canal for the transfer of migrants to Belarus
LAST UPDATE: 19.04 The Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced today that it was suspending direct flights to Belarus from Iraq in a bid to protect Iraqis from human trafficking gangs amid the ongoing immigration crisis on Belarus’ border with Poland. “The Iraqi embassies in Moscow and Warsaw are coordinating Iraq’s efforts to voluntarily return those trapped […]
Russia denies plans to attack Ukraine – Blinken concern
Russia today dismissed as inflammatory a report that Moscow was considering an attack on Ukraine and accused the United States of making a series of offensive moves in the Black Sea. “Such headlines do nothing but fuel a void of content and an unfounded escalation of tension. Russia poses no threat to anyone,” said Kremlin […]
ECDC for pandemic: 10 EU countries in ‘very worrying’ situation
The situation of the COVID-19 epidemic continues to worsen in the European Union and is considered “very worrying” in 10 countries and “worrying” in another 10, the European Office for Disease Control said today. “The epidemiological situation in the EU is currently characterized by a rapid and significant increase in infections and a mortality rate […]
