Foreign affairs editor Asia + biodiversity worldwide at newspaper Trouw. Éditeur étranger Asie et la biodiversité chez le journal Trouw. En Amsterdammer.
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Mijn nieuwe boek: 'De laatste neushoorn' ligt vanaf 21 september in de boekwinkel. Het is een reis lang de laatste soorten neushoorns in Afrika en Azië. Een reis met rangers en soldaten die de neushoorns in Zuid-Afrika, Namibië, Nepal, Java, Sumatra en Kenia moeten beschermen.
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BIG | 🇫🇷🇷🇺‼️‼️ LA RUSSIE A EXPLOITÉ LES ÉMEUTES EN FRANCE POUR DIFFUSER DE LA DÉSINFORMATION ! Selon Reuters, un rapport interne de l’Union européenne révèle qu’un réseau russe clandestin a profité des violences survenues en octobre pour diffuser des récits accusant les migrants et présentant le gouvernement français comme faible.
Une évaluation distincte des autorités françaises indique que des comptes liés à Israël et au mouvement américain MAGA ont également amplifié des discours anti-immigration et anti-islam. Entre le 16 et le 18 octobre, les dix publications les plus populaires issues de comptes liés au mouvement MAGA ont totalisé 49 millions de vues, contre 35 millions pour les publications liées à Israël et 2,8 millions pour celles provenant de comptes prorusses.
L’Union européenne souligne toutefois qu’aucune preuve ne permet d’affirmer que des acteurs étrangers ont provoqué les émeutes. Les investigations montrent plutôt que plusieurs réseaux ont exploité les troubles pour influencer l’opinion publique française. Cette affaire illustre la manière dont des crises intérieures peuvent devenir des instruments de manipulation informationnelle à l’échelle internationale.
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«Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.»
George Bernard Shaw
The combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to November 9, 2026.
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Unreformed communist dinosaur is planning the utter destruction of France.
The far-left candidate in next year’s French presidential election Jean-Luc Mélenchon has presented his political platform.
The most important proposals are:
- Lowered retirement age from 64 to 60
- Increased pensions
- Reduced workweek to 32 hours
- National health insurance covering 100% of medical costs
- Increase housing benefits by 10%
- Price control of certain essential products
- €1 meals for students
- Banning nuclear power
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party is the second-largest party in France after Marine Le Pen’s party and he has a chance of advancing from the first round to the second round of the presidential where he would then off with Marine Le Pen.
The winner of the second round becomes President of France.
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🤡 Yes, you heard that right: Trump accuses Zelenskyy of showing “great disrespect” to Russia
Just a reminder: Russia invaded Ukraine, not the other way around.
Trump links election defeat to growing anti-Israel sentiment in the US
“There is a tremendous amount of hostility toward Israel,” Trump said while commenting on the election results.
The US president also demanded that countries Washington protected during the war with Iran reimburse the United States for all costs associated with the conflict.
“Without us, Israel would not exist,” Trump added.
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BIG | 🇺🇦🇷🇺‼️‼️ RUSSIAN FORCES SUFFER NEARLY 3,000 CASUALTIES IN A SINGLE DAY! November 8, 2026, reportedly became one of the bloodiest days for Russian troops since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with 2,980 personnel reportedly killed, wounded, captured, or otherwise put out of action.
Russian forces have reportedly been launching repeated infantry assaults along the Dobropillia and Orikhiv axes, committing large numbers of troops against Ukrainian defensive positions. These costly attacks are believed to be contributing to exceptionally high personnel losses. The reported casualty figure has not been independently verified.
The scale of the reported losses highlights the enormous human cost of Russia’s continued offensive operations. Moscow’s reliance on repeated infantry assaults is placing substantial pressure on its manpower, while Ukrainian forces continue attempting to contain Russian advances and inflict heavy losses on attacking formations.
See the latest updates with us: @visionergeo
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The Russian oil refinery in Kirishi, Leningrad Oblast, has been attacked by drones. Everything is in flames. 🔥🔥🔥
The refinery processes approximately 20 million tons of oil annually.
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Things continue to deteriorate across Russia’s pro-war blogosphere as Russian military casualties reach new daily records.
Popular Russian military blogger Yuri Podolyaka complains that Russian forces are retreating from positions across the frontline as fallen autumn leaves expose their positions and Ukrainian strikes devastate Russian logistics.
He also acknowledges that Russia does not actually control some of the towns it claims to have captured, admitting that supposed victories were little more than staged flag-planting propaganda stunts on Ukrainian-held territory.
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Thailand’s Provincial Waterworks Authority has partly restored tap water supplies to 14 villages in Chiang Rai after arsenic contamination and unusually cloudy water in the Sai River disrupted production.
Many families are buying bottled water for drinking and household use after cloudy, reddish tap water left them afraid to use it for bathing.
Authorities have prepared emergency water reserves and plan to draw water from other rivers, including the Mekong once a treatment plant in Chiang Saen is completed.
#TheNationThailand #TheNation #Arsenic #WaterSupply #ChiangRai
Read more: nationthailand.com/news/gene…
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This election showed that the American people want BOLD change:
- Medicare for All
- A wealth tax on billionaires so that we can build affordable housing, have universal childcare and free tuition at public colleges and universities.
- Raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour.
- End the war in Iran and U.S. military aid to Israel
LET’S DO IT
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UK ex-Armed Forces minister Carns: A Russian division commander with 500,000 drones a month sees Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia as an opportunity.
NATO's only deterrent is its response. With enough ambiguity, little green men in 2014 become little green drones in 2027. 1/
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Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden plan to fight as one force with 250 fighter jets.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are coordinating HIMARS and building a shared defense line. Europe could deter Russia with less US help — Matti Pesu, Foreign Affairs.
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Bij de Rode Lijn-demo zijn openlijk pro-Hamasspandoeken te zien, met teksten als ‘Al-Qassam Brigades is resistance’ en ‘We support Hamas’. Van sommige demonstranten zijn alleen de ogen zichtbaar. De groep trekt de aandacht door ook rookbommen af te steken
telegraaf.nl/binnenland/live…
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In 2025 interviewde ik postdoctoraal onderzoeker Joe Place die zelf als Brit woonachtig is in Hongaarssprekend Oekraïne. Ook hij constateerde een slechts flauwe interesse aan de Britse universiteiten voor onderzoek in Oekraïne.
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"Is dat nog een vraag dan?", tegenover me in de hotellobby in Kyiv zit een Canadese wetenschapper die onderzoek doet naar de Russische oorlogsmisdaden. "Natuurlijk is dit een genocide" geagiteerd neemt hij een slok koffie.
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Het is opvallend dat er überhaupt nog geen debat gaande is over de kweste in Oekraïne in Nederland. Het raakt me, en hier is waarom.
Draad👇🧵
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We cannot forget or forgive this administration for their cover-up of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, which 11 women have now tied Donald Trump to.
We need an independent special counsel to investigate and prosecute all of Epstein’s enablers and co-conspirators.
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“You’ve lost, Putin!”: Retired Russian general calls for an end to the war in Ukraine
Retired Russian Colonel General Leonid Ivashov has publicly acknowledged the failure of Putin’s Ukrainian adventure and urged the Kremlin to put an end to the bloodshed.
According to Ivashov, continuing the war is pushing Russia toward militarization and economic and social stagnation, destroying every civilian sector – from education to culture.
“You’ve lost. You failed to foresee absolutely anything,” Ivashov stated, recalling how the Kremlin’s promised easy military operation turned into a catastrophe.
The longer Putin clings to this war, the more lives and future prospects he destroys solely to preserve his own political power. Russia has already become one vast cemetery. Putin is sending Russians to their deaths at an unprecedented rate, clearing the way for Chinese people and other populations to move into Russia. More than 1.5 million Russians have been killed or seriously wounded in pursuit of Putin’s and his oligarchs’ interests.
#Russia #Army #Kremlin #Putin #Ukraine #Politics #Europe