Health minister in Nuuk condemns doctor’s presence in US delegation as ‘deeply problematic’
Greenland’s government has criticised the arrival of a US doctor in Nuuk alongside Donald Trump’s special envoy, Jeff Landry, saying that Greenlanders are not “experimental subjects”.
Joseph Griffin said he had joined the delegation as a volunteer to “assess the medical needs” of the Arctic island, which the US president has repeatedly threatened to invade.
Continue reading...Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum denies any links between her Morena party and organized crime
Pressure is mounting on Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, after two former top officials from the country’s Sinaloa state – both members of her Morena party – gave themselves up to US authorities over alleged ties to the Sinaloa cartel.
The state’s former security minister, Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, crossed the border into Arizona last week and was taken into custody by US marshals, Mexico’s security ministry said. Sinaloa’s former finance minister, Enrique Díaz Vega, was taken into custody in New York.
Continue reading...US comedian has a remarkable ability to transform amusing, if somewhat banal, anecdotes into meticulously crafted joy and preposterousness
In terms of both quality and quantity, Josh Johnson is producing standup at a more prolific rate than any other comedian on the globe. How often would you expect a professional comedian to release an hour-long filmed and edited set consisting of 100% brand new gear? Once a year? Every two years?
For Johnson, it’s every week. Every Tuesday since 2023, the American comic and rotating host-correspondent of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show has uploaded fully fledged, highly topical routines to his YouTube channel. Filmed from his own tours and club drop-ins, many have eclipsed the 5m view mark. To call him a disruptor of the conventional comedy career path would be a heavy understatement; Johnson is playing by his own rules and the comedy cognoscenti around the world are undoubtedly watching with a keen eye.
Continue reading...Red Roses showed the hunger needed to defend World Cup in 2029 by clinching an eighth successive Six Nations
If the top of the pyramid is defending their Rugby World Cup title in 2029 then this Women’s Six Nations has formed the base from which England can build. The world champions won their eighth straight Six Nations and proved they can succeed even when they have to stretch their squad to the maximum.
Blooding new talent was always the plan for the head coach, John Mitchell, but not in the manner it happened. The team knew they would be without some of the pillars of their side because of retirement or pregnancy but the sheer volume of injuries is not something they could have foreseen. Stars such as Hannah Botterman, Alex Matthews and Morwenna Talling were ruled out for either all or large chunks of the tournament with others like Sadia Kabeya and Maddie Feaunati missing the odd game.
Continue reading...‘Tank Day’ event causes outrage with ‘malicious mockery’ of deadly crackdown during dictatorship era
The chief executive of Starbucks in South Korea has been fired after the company ran a promotional event using slogans that evoked a massacre of pro-democracy protesters during the country’s dictatorship era, sparking outrage and boycott calls.
The coffee chain launched a “Tank Day” campaign on 18 May for its “Tank” tumbler series. The date coincides with one of the most politically sensitive days in South Korea’s calendar, when citizens commemorate the 1980 democratisation movement in Gwangju, 167 miles (270km) south-west of Seoul.
Continue reading...DEN HAAG (ANP) - Er is geen geld gevonden voor een nieuw, innovatief sirenesysteem en daarmee zal vanaf 2028 een einde komen aan het maandelijkse luchtalarm. Dat schrijft minister David van Weel (Justitie en Veiligheid, VVD) maandag aan de Tweede Kamer.
Twee jaar geleden nam een ruime meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer nog een motie aan om het luchtalarm voor de toekomst veilig te stellen. Toen dreigde het waarschuwings- en alarmeringssysteem eind 2025 te verdwijnen. Het kabinet liet toen weten dat het systeem sterk verouderd is en NL-Alert een effectiever alerteringsmiddel is.
Eind vorig jaar is het contract met de leveranciers van de sirenes toch nog verlengd tot 1 januari 2028. Daarna zal de "uitfasering (...) conform eerder besluit vanaf dan uitgevoerd moeten gaan worden", aldus minister Van Weel. Hij gaat overleggen met het Nederlands Instituut Publieke Veiligheid (dat zorgt voor de kwaliteit van het luchtalarm) en de veiligheidsregio's over de aanpak van de uitfasering.
Elke week legt Annemiek Leclaire een lezersvraag voor aan deskundigen. Deze week: kun je je oppaskinderen op de mond kussen?
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Tata Steel in IJmuiden kan niet meer ontkomen aan sluiting van de twee vervuilende kooks- en gasfabrieken, nu de omgevingsdienst dreigt met intrekking van de vergunningen. Tata zegt al plannen voor sluiting te hebben liggen, maar vraagt om voldoende tijd om niet in grote problemen te komen.
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