Blog van Rhe5hu – Archief Februari 2022 (15)

Macron expected to announce withdrawal of French troops from Mali

Macron expected to announce withdrawal of French troops from Mali

French President Emmanuel Macron this week will announce that French troops will be withdrawn from Mali and redeployed elsewhere in the Sahel following a breakdown in ties with the country's military regime, concurring sources say.

Several security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that Macron's announcement to end the nine-year French mission in Mali will coincide with a European…

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Toegevoegd door rhe5hu op 16 Februari 2022 op 9.40 — Geen reacties

A ‘Titanic’ flop: lacklustre rally turns up the heat on conservative front-runner Valérie Pécresse

Valérie Pécresse’s first major campaign gathering was meant to energise a sputtering presidential bid rattled by defections and self-doubt. Instead, it exposed a key weakness of a conservative candidate ill-suited to the raucous world of campaign rallies.

Five years after snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, have France’s conservatives once again backed the wrong horse in the race for the Elysée Palace?

This nagging question has come back to haunt the mainstream…

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Toegevoegd door rhe5hu op 15 Februari 2022 op 4.02 — Geen reacties

Games testers confirm Russian skater Valieva tested positive for banned substance

Games testers confirm Russian skater Valieva tested positive for banned substance

Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance, Games testers confirmed Friday, and the IOC is now appealing against Russia's decision to allow her to continue competing in Beijing.

The case will be decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport before February 15, when the 15-year-old is scheduled to take part in the individual event at the Olympics, the…

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Toegevoegd door rhe5hu op 11 Februari 2022 op 9.41 — Geen reacties

Mandatory vaccination rules come into force in Austria

It's official: From Saturday, Austrians over the age of 18 must be vaccinated against Covid-19 or face the possibility of a heavy fine, an unprecedented measure in the European Union.

The new measure, adopted on January 20 by Parliament, was signed into law by President Alexander Van der Bellen on Friday, the culmination of a process that began in November in the face of the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

The government decided to pursue its new tougher approach despite…

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Toegevoegd door rhe5hu op 5 Februari 2022 op 9.36 — Geen reacties

Pentagon says it has evidence Russia plotted to film fake attack to justify invading Ukraine

Pentagon says it has evidence Russia plotted to film fake attack to justify invading Ukraine

The Pentagon said Thursday it had evidence of a plan by Moscow to film a fake Ukrainian attack on Russians to justify a real assault on its pro-West neighbor.

"We do have information that the Russians are likely to want to fabricate a pretext for an invasion," said Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby.

He told reporters that Washington believed the Russian government…

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Toegevoegd door rhe5hu op 4 Februari 2022 op 9.29 — Geen reacties

Texas butterfly sanctuary shuts citing threats from Trump supporters

Houston (AFP) – A butterfly sanctuary caught in the crossfire of polarizing conspiracy theories on illegal immigration to the United States said it will shut its doors Thursday, citing security concerns after receiving threats from supporters of former president Donald Trump.

The National Butterfly Center in Texas, located on the banks of the Rio Grande that separates the United States from Mexico, had filed a complaint to block construction of the border wall that became a…

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Toegevoegd door rhe5hu op 3 Februari 2022 op 9.12 — Geen reacties

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