During the national strike in Brussels on October 12, several incidents were reported, including the arson of a car and scooters, near the South station. #Bruxelles #GrèveNationale #Incendies (translated)
This week, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung stated that there is evidence that hackers have launched attacks on South Korean banks using AI models. #Cybersecurity #AI #Cyberaanvallen (translated)
North Korea has fired several ballistic missiles towards the sea, with the South Korean military reporting that they were launched from the vicinity of Pyongyang. #NoordKorea #ballistischeRaketten #spanning (translated)
A South Korean container ship, the Panstar Acro, has successfully completed a round trip of fifty days via the Northern Sea Route to Europe and back, becoming the first South Korean vessel to do so, while avoiding dangerous ice areas. #NoordelijkeZeeroute #Containerschip #Klimaatverandering (translated)
A new expedition of American scientists arrives tomorrow at the remote coral island of Nikumaroro in the South Pacific, hoping to find the wreckage of the plane of the missing aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, who disappeared without a trace in 1937 along with her navigator Fred Noonan. #AmeliaEarhart #luchtvaart #mysterie (translated)
President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency for Georgia, after it was previously done for Florida and Alabama. #StormIsaias #ZuidOostenVS #Noodtoestand (translated)
Storm Isaias has caused four deaths, significant damage, and a power outage for hundreds of thousands of households in the southeast of the United States, while the risk of flooding remains. #StormIsaias #ZuidOostenVS #Noodtoestand (translated)
Two people have died due to Hurricane Isaias in the United States, causing 800,000 residents in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia to be left without power. #OrkaanIsaias #Noodweer #ZuidkustVS (translated)
The storm Isaias has claimed at least two lives in the southern United States, leaving hundreds of thousands of households without electricity after the passage of the post-tropical cyclone. #TempêteIsaias #Inondations #Alabama (translated)
The storm Isaias has claimed two lives in the southern United States and left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity, as wind speeds rose to 165 km/h. #TempêteIsaias #Ouragan #ÉtatsUnis (translated)
Hurricane Isaias has made landfall in Florida near Destin and has hit the southern US with heavy rainfall and wind, causing significant damage and leaving nearly 800,000 people without power. #OrkaanIsaias #Florida #Noodweer (translated)
An independent journalist was shot dead in southern Mexico on Friday, bringing the number of journalists killed in the country since the beginning of the year to nine, according to the organization Artículo 19. #Journalisme #Mexique #LibertéDeLaPresse (translated)
The Brazilian public prosecutor's office has filed a lawsuit against Shell's subsidiary for $108 million in damages following the deadly floods in the south of the country in 2024, attributing the company's responsibility to its contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions. #Brésil #Shell #ChangementClimatique (translated)
A powerful earthquake of 7.7 in the south of Panama caused damage and panic on Friday, with thousands of people searching for safety in the streets, but so far there have been no reported fatalities. #Aardbeving #Panama #Natuurrampen (translated)
Maarten van den Berg wrote that the economic position of the EU would change significantly in the near future. According to him, Germany, France, and Italy accounted for 13.8% of the world economy based on purchasing power parity in 1992, compared to 6.9% now. He stated that the share of the G7 would decrease from 47% to 26% by 2031 according to the IMF, and that the BRICS countries had already surpassed the G7 around 2020. Van den Berg wrote that the growth of the BRICS countries mainly came from India. He noted that China remained around 20%, with Russia, Brazil, and South Africa not far behind; he pointed out that these countries did not participate in Paris2030 and the Green Deal. He argued that economic weight was not automatic and had to be earned through growth. #Economie #EU #WereldwijdeGroei (translated)
In a drone attack on a refugee camp in southeastern Sudan, at least thirty women and children were killed, carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who are involved in the ongoing civil war in the country. #Soedan #burgeroorlog #droneaanval (translated)
Hurricane Isaias is approaching the southern coast of the United States with expected wind gusts of up to 195 kilometers per hour, prompting Florida, Alabama, and Georgia to declare a state of emergency and start evacuations. #OrkaanIsaias #Florida #Noodtoestand (translated)
During the national manifestation on October 9, four buses were damaged by rioters near the South Station in Brussels, but no one was injured. #Manifestation #Bruxelles #TransportsPublics (translated)
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to South African judge Navi Pillay is a powerful signal from the Nobel Committee in support of the International Criminal Court, especially now that the Trump administration is intensifying its attacks on the international legal order. #NaviPillay #InternationaalRecht #Vredeprijs (translated)
The choice of Pillay as a Nobel Prize winner is a 'tribute to courage, integrity, and lifelong commitment to justice,' said Cyril Ramaphosa, president of the country where Pillay grew up and took her first steps on the path of law, South Africa. #NaviPillay #Mensenrechten #Apartheid (translated)
