Category: General
South Africa: gloom and division during voter registration for 2024
In South Africa, the 2024 general elections are approaching. High stakes elections since Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC party is threatened with losing the absolute majority, a first in 30 years of…
City council notebook: Woodstock capital budget overview focuses on 2024 projects
City councilors got their first big-picture look at Woodstock’s 2024 capital budget. Article content Presented at Thursday’s council meeting, the overview of the roughly $37.8-million capital budget presented a breakdown…
Grindavik holds its breath before the volcanic eruption: “It won’t be an ordinary Christmas this year”
It has now been more than a week since Grindavik’s 4,000 inhabitants were evacuated after a magma tunnel, a so-called rock passage, was discovered under the town. So far, no…
Prosecution employee lied to the police
Share the article Save the article full screen An employee at the Public Prosecutor’s Office loses her job after she lied to the police. Archive image. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT A…
Crown Princess Victoria gives a speech in German in Berlin
This is how Crown Princess Victoria began her speech today in the German parliament during the memorial day Volkstrauertag, which means “people’s day of mourning”. Volkstrauertag is an official holiday…
USA congratulates Argentina’s Milei
Foreign Minister Antony Blinken says in a statement that he views the large turnout positively and that the election was peaceful and democratic. The people have made their voice heard,…
Machines and magic meet in a new MMORPG – check out the trailer
In the latest trailer for RF Online Next, Netmarble shows that they have big plans for the online role-playing game. In any case, the trailer promises you lots of action…
Djokovic dominates Alcaraz and joins Sinner in ATP Masters final
Serbian Novak Djokovic dominated Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday in the semi-finals of the ATP Masters and will face Italian Jannik Sinner in the final. Djokovic, world number…
record rain for more than thirty days, Pas-de-Calais still in apprehension
Metropolitan France, which has experienced very heavy flooding in recent weeks, particularly in Pas-de-Calais, was affected between mid-October and mid-November 2023 by unprecedented accumulations of rain over a long period,…
Banco do Brasil asks for forgiveness for its role in slavery
Banco do Brasil, the country’s largest public bank, apologized on Saturday (November 18) for its role during the period of slavery, as Brazil celebrates November 20 black consciousness day “.…