Code of conduct protects walkers against cows
vienna March 11, 2019 17:32Hikers who retreat into the Austrian Alps must now behave well to prevent them being overrun by cows. The Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz...
Hikers who retreat into the Austrian Alps must now behave well to prevent them being overrun by cows. The Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz...
The history surrounding an alleged treasure of 200 kilos of gold that Napoleon would have stolen from the Kremlin in 1812 and during his dramatically delayed retreat, seated by the...
Candidate-Chief Judge Brett Kavanaugh started his hearing for the Senate committee on Thursday but could hardly control his emotions at times. Sometimes he snorted, declaring that all accusations at his address were false and that there was a political delusion of the Democrats against him to stop his appointment.
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad does not care about the attacks that three western countries have done on his country. He stays on the same course, Russian parliamentarians who were visiting Damascus and Assad reported this weekend. Assad was in a good mood and praised the Russian anti-aircraft, with which his army would have brought down the most rockets.
The leader of the largest opposition party in France, Laurent Wauquiez, has called the attacks on Syria useless. Wauquiez, of the center-right Republicans, finds it useless to attack just to get a feeling of doing something, but not to have any strategy behind the actions.
The Syrian army reports that all armed groups have left from East Ghouta, the former rebel enclave near Damascus. 'All terrorists have been removed from the city of Douma, their last stronghold in East Ghouta', reports the Syrian state press agency SANA on the authority of the army command.
The Syrian government army fully controls the city of Douma in East Ghouta. That says a Russian army official according to news agency TASS, which reports that the Russian military police are used to keep the order in its place.
Employees of the United Nations in Syria can not confirm that chemical weapons were deployed last weekend in Duma, a devastated and surrounded suburb of Damascus. According to a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization (WHO), people who have had problems with breathing have been treated in recent days. Whether or not the health problems have anything to do with chemical weapons, the WHO could not determine on the spot.
Dozens of rebel fighters have left the Syrian city of Douma in East Ghouta. This happened a few hours after the rebels reached an agreement with the government about their retreat. With buses the fighters and their families left for northern Syria.
The Turkish forces guarantee citizens who want to leave the besieged Syrian city Afrin a safe retreat. On Friday they said they had pamphlets strewn above the stronghold of the Kurdish militia YPG.
For those who are looking for a special country retreat, have a big bag of money- and do not worry about a 'wrong' historical past, there is a great opportunity: the summer house of the former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco is for sale. Estate agency Mikeli Luxury Estate offers the property, for a sloppy 8 million euros.
Warriors in East Ghouta have forced themselves to retreat to regroup. That said a spokesperson for the jihadist Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam), one of the most important forces in the besieged enclave near the capital Damascus.
Turkey has proposed to the United States that the troops of both countries be stationed together in the Syrian area of Manbij. The Kurdish YPG fighters must then retreat to the east of the Euphrates River. That is what a Turkish official said.
US President Trump once again turned against the Iranian rulers on Monday. He called unambiguously to change the regime that, according to him, 'fails on all fronts'.
Almost half of the Germans think that Angela Merkel should soon resign as Chancellor. This appears from a Saturday published poll of the newspaper Die Welt.
In the center of Brussels there is restless Wednesday wednesday. Pictures on Twitter show that a multitude of people are driving the police. Agents had to retreat when they were bullied with objects.
Turkish university student Nuriye Gülmen was transferred from a prison clinic to a state hospital in Ankara on Monday on Tuesday. She has been weakened by a hunger strike of more than six months and can hardly get into bed, according to Onur Naci Karahanci from the doctor's room in the Turkish capital.
British billionaire Richard Branson (67) puts out Hurricane Irma in his wine cellar. 'We will retreat in the concrete cellar under the main building,' the entrepreneur and adventurer wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. 'As I know my team, there will not be much wine left when we get out again.'
Presumably because of the heat, a coffin of World War II was flown on Monday in Hennef an der Sieg in western Germany. A collector kept it illegally in a garage.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Versailles on Monday afternoon. Putin talks about his work visit with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron. Macron has announced 'a demanding dialogue' with Putin. The Kremlin expects Monday, 'an interesting and honest discussion' between the two leaders, reported French media.
More than two thousand rebels and their families left Qaboun, a suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus on Sunday. That has reported Syrian state media. The exodus follows two months of air attacks and artillery shoots.
The US government is exploring the possibility of military intervention in response to the poison gas attack in Syria that killed dozens of civilians. Washington, the government of Assad responsible for the attack.
North Korea has in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday again a rocket fired after about 60 kilometers landed in the Sea of Japan. According to the US Army is a medium-range missile launched near Sinpo from the mainland.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will next month to visit his US counterpart Donald Trump. The Chinese Foreign Ministry made Thursday.
North Korea must stop nuclear tests and missile launches. Previously warned Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. At the same time he says that the US and South Korea must stop their joint military activities that cause tension in the region.
The prosecutor in France see enough clues to proceed with investigating presidential candidate Francois Fillon and his wife. Fillon has accused that he would pay his wife several hundred thousand euros for work they never did.
One appeared Tuesday that the scandal-plagued center-right presidential candidate Francois Fillon are faithful had lost, but the parliamentary group supports him. Fillons spokesman said that all parliamentarians of the party Lesson Républicains (LR) stand fully behind Fillon.
Queen Elizabeth can choose to US President Donald Trump to receive during his state visit her Scottish retreat Balmoral instead of Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle. That suggests the former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond. Balmoral is remote and therefore there is the likelihood of mass protest against the arrival of Trump smaller.
Russia fears that the new US president Donald Trump has troops from Afghanistan. The departure of the Americans from Afghanistan would worsen the situation in that country. A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday according to Interfax news agency of 'collapse.'