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Эксперимент, проведенный в Оклахоме в начале 1960-х годов, стал одним из самых тревожных примеров испытаний на животных, связанных с периодом холодной войны. Исследователи пытались изучить агрессивное поведение слонов, вводя молодому слону в зоопарке огромную дозу ЛСД.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the test launch of the new strategic nuclear missile Sarmat, describing it as “the most powerful in the world”. State TV showed Sergei Karakayev, commander of Russia’s strategic missile forces, reporting to Putin on what he said was a successful Sarmat test-launch on Tuesday. Putin said Russia will deploy Sarmat for “combat duty” by the end of this year. The planned deployment of the missile — designed to deliver nuclear warheads to strike targets thousands of miles away in the United States or Europe — follows years of setbacks and delays. Putin, in televised comments, said the yield of the warhead was more than four times greater than any Western equivalent and its range exceeded 35,000 kilometres (21,750 miles). “It has the ability to penetrate all existing and future anti-missile defence systems,” he said. “The deployment of launchers equipped with the Sarmat missile system will significantly enhance the combat capabilities of the ground-based strategic nucle...

De groei van de Nederlandse economie zakt dit jaar naar 1 procent en mogelijk lager. Dat is gelijk aan of iets onder het Europees gemiddelde. Vooral structurele problemen, zoals de vastgelopen huizenmarkt, zitten Nederland dwars, stelt het Internationaal Monetair Fonds (IMF) in een advies.

Het monetair fonds is kritisch over de belastingplannen van het nieuwe kabinet. Den Haag leunt te veel op maatregelen die de lasten op arbeid verhogen, vinden de economen in Washington.

Romania annual inflation rate in April 2026 jumped to 10.7%, after eight months with price increases of above 9%, data from the country's statistics office INS showed on Wednesday, May 13rd.

Спутниковые снимки NASA показали, как мощное цунами в одном из самых популярных туристических мест навсегда изменило ландшафт.

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Tot dinsdag, de dag dat Trump naar China reisde, ontbrak ceo Jensen Huang op de deelnemerslijst.

Romania’s economy shrank in the first quarter of 2026 by 1.7% in unadjusted data from the year-earlier period and by 1.5% in seasonally adjusted data, the country’s statistics office INS said on Wednesday, May 13rd.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday vowed that illegal constructions would be “completely eradicated” from Islamabad. He made the remarks during a special meeting he and Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry were chairing, the interior ministry said on the social media platform X. “Land-grabbing mafia and illegal constructions will be completely eradicated from Islamabad,” the ministry quoted Naqvi as saying. He vowed, “Operation Clean-up would continue without any pressure until it achieves its final result.” For the past two months, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has been conducting anti-encroachment operations in Islamabad, with a special focus on katchi abadis (informal settlements), whose residents have strongly protested the actions. According to CDA’s rules, 34 societies/schemes were supposed to transfer amenity land in the name of the civic agency for further utilisation. However, despite the passage of years, CDA has failed to get the land. There are reports that many societ...

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Revolut-oprichter Nikolay (‘Nik’) Storonsky zet de bankwereld op zijn kop. Alleen al in Nederland scoorde zijn online bank in no time 1,5 miljoen klanten. En het einde is nog niet in zicht. Profiel van een Europese Jeff Bezos die het liefst cijfert en kitesurft. „Ik hou gewoon niet van banken.”

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday discussed preparations for the upcoming federal budget and the country’s broader reform agenda with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visiting Islamabad, the finance ministry said. He briefed the delegation on the country’s macroeconomic outlook, fiscal strategy, reform priorities, and the government’s ongoing efforts to ensure sustainable economic stability and long-term growth, the ministry said on the social media platform X. The ministry said that the discussions focused on the country’s “macroeconomic stabilisation efforts, preparations for the upcoming federal budget, and the broader reform agenda aimed at strengthening fiscal and external sustainability while fostering sustainable economic growth”. “Both sides exchanged views on maintaining reform momentum, preserving macroeconomic stability, and advancing structural reforms to promote investment, productivity, and export-led growth within a balanced and forward-looking policy framework,” the ministr...

Wouter Koolmees is herbenoemd als president-directeur van NS. De voormalig D66-politicus begint op 1 november 2026 aan een nieuwe termijn van vier jaar.

12 мая на сайте президента была зарегистрирована петиция о недопущении принятия нового Гражданского кодекса. Уже через сутки, 13 мая, она имеет более 28 тысяч подписей.

После ночной атаки российских дронов-камикадзе "Шахед" и других типов в течение дня состоятся новые удары, заявил президент Украины Владимир Зеленский. Ночью россияне ударили по восточным, центральным, южным областям. Воздушные силы информируют о нескольких группах беспилотников, которые кружат над центральными регионами, над Киевской областью и направляются на запад.

CON-A Operations, controlled by entrepreneur Mircea Bulboaca, in association with UTI Construction and Facility Management, owned by businessman Tiberiu Urdareanu, and Poland’s Zue Spolka Akcyjna, have won a contract of around EUR115 million with Cluj-Napoca city hall to design and execute Cluj metropolitan train stations.