🛥 Pier pressure? Dutch city to dismantle historic bridge to accommodate Jeff Bezos’ new yacht
A Dutch city has agreed to spend weeks taking down a historic bridge so Jeff Bezos’ gigantic new superyacht can reach the open seas this summer.
The Amazon founder’s 417-foot, three-masted ship that cost roughly $500 million is under construction in the Netherlands; however, the pleasure barge is too tall to pass under Rotterdam’s landmark Koningshaven Bridge, which reportedly has a 130-foot clearance.
As a work-around, the megabillionaire and the boatmaker Oceano reportedly asked Rotterdam officials to temporarily dismantle the iconic bridge, pledging to reimburse the city for expenses. Bezos’ Y721 superyacht will be one of the largest sailing vessels ever built in the Netherlands.
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A Dutch city has agreed to spend weeks taking down a historic bridge so Jeff Bezos’ gigantic new superyacht can reach the open seas this summer.
The Amazon founder’s 417-foot, three-masted ship that cost roughly $500 million is under construction in the Netherlands; however, the pleasure barge is too tall to pass under Rotterdam’s landmark Koningshaven Bridge, which reportedly has a 130-foot clearance.
As a work-around, the megabillionaire and the boatmaker Oceano reportedly asked Rotterdam officials to temporarily dismantle the iconic bridge, pledging to reimburse the city for expenses. Bezos’ Y721 superyacht will be one of the largest sailing vessels ever built in the Netherlands.
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✖️⚧ South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed a bill into law banning transgender girls from playing on female high school and college sports teams. South Dakota is the 10th US state to enact such a law. It is expected to take effect in July, but could face legal challenges.
❗️Lavrov: US statement Russia allegedly preparing video provocation to 'attack' Ukraine is nonsense
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🇺🇸The Minneapolis Police Department released body camera footage showing officers shoot and kill 22-year old black man Amir Locke while executing a warrant at an apartment.
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🇺🇸🇦🇫The Pentagon released findings of its probe of the Kabul airport suicide bombing in August that killed 170 Afghan civilians and 13 US service members. The US also released related drone footage, body cam clips, and photos.
🔹The investigation concluded there was only one blast by the Islamic State-Khorasan (terrorist group, banned in Russia) suicide bomber, and no one was killed by gunfire from US or Afghan troops.
🔹The probe also found no evidence indicating the Taliban (under UN sanctions over terrorist activities) knew about the IS-K suicide attack ahead of time.
🔹The investigation concluded there was only one blast by the Islamic State-Khorasan (terrorist group, banned in Russia) suicide bomber, and no one was killed by gunfire from US or Afghan troops.
🔹The probe also found no evidence indicating the Taliban (under UN sanctions over terrorist activities) knew about the IS-K suicide attack ahead of time.
🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 The Ukrainian military has already received weapons provided by the United States as part of the newest military aid package.
“USA-Boryspil-Military polygon. Weapons from our partners are already on the shooting range. Meanwhile, we are waiting for the next bird", Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Friday.
“USA-Boryspil-Military polygon. Weapons from our partners are already on the shooting range. Meanwhile, we are waiting for the next bird", Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Friday.
👀Twitter debates can be sparked by anything and this time it's a politician's choice of food.
Former North Carolina representative and Senate hopeful Mark Walker shared a photo of his meal: two eggs, hashbrowns and toast.
The tweet immediately went trending. with some people claim such a simple order was "grounds for arrest"
Walker later deleted the post, but the topic has reportedly seen more than 4,600 tweets.
Former North Carolina representative and Senate hopeful Mark Walker shared a photo of his meal: two eggs, hashbrowns and toast.
The tweet immediately went trending. with some people claim such a simple order was "grounds for arrest"
Walker later deleted the post, but the topic has reportedly seen more than 4,600 tweets.
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🗣"President Trump is wrong" - Former Vice President Mike Pence said about former President Trump, who has suggested that Pence had the ability to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
"Under the Constitution, I had no right to change the outcome of our election. And Kamala Harris will have no right to overturn the election when we beat them in 2024," Pence said to applause.
"Under the Constitution, I had no right to change the outcome of our election. And Kamala Harris will have no right to overturn the election when we beat them in 2024," Pence said to applause.
💻Hunter Biden's laptop saga continues as more details have been revealed by the repairman.
Hunter Biden seemed to be drunk when he appeared in the workshop to leave his laptop, and the FBI was rather indifferent toward its unseemly contents, said the former owner of "The Mac Shop" in Wilmington, Delaware, John Paul Mac Isaac.
"I could definitely tell that he was inebriated," he said, specifying that Hunter entered his shop on April 12, 2019, just before closing time.
After examining documents indicating possible fraud schemes along with the discovery of volumes of homemade pornography, the repairman contacted the FBI, but the latter did not appear to be very interested in the contents of the laptop, according to Mac Isaac.
Hunter Biden seemed to be drunk when he appeared in the workshop to leave his laptop, and the FBI was rather indifferent toward its unseemly contents, said the former owner of "The Mac Shop" in Wilmington, Delaware, John Paul Mac Isaac.
"I could definitely tell that he was inebriated," he said, specifying that Hunter entered his shop on April 12, 2019, just before closing time.
After examining documents indicating possible fraud schemes along with the discovery of volumes of homemade pornography, the repairman contacted the FBI, but the latter did not appear to be very interested in the contents of the laptop, according to Mac Isaac.
🇮🇷The Biden administration has issued a sanctions waiver for Iran’s Civil Nuclear Program for the first time since 2020.
The waiver allows other countries and firms to work with Iran’s civil nuclear program without the risk of sanctions from Washington.
"We decided to restore a sanctions waiver to enable third party participation in nuclear non-proliferation and safety projects in Iran due to growing non-proliferation concerns, in particular with respect to increasing stockpiles of enriched uranium in Iran," a State Department official told Sputnik.
After US President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, talks began on a return to the JCPOA, with the eighth round of negotiations beginning in Vienna in late December. Now, with the two sides seemingly closing in on an agreement, the White House has removed some of the sanctions early in an apparent gesture of goodwill.
The waiver allows other countries and firms to work with Iran’s civil nuclear program without the risk of sanctions from Washington.
"We decided to restore a sanctions waiver to enable third party participation in nuclear non-proliferation and safety projects in Iran due to growing non-proliferation concerns, in particular with respect to increasing stockpiles of enriched uranium in Iran," a State Department official told Sputnik.
After US President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, talks began on a return to the JCPOA, with the eighth round of negotiations beginning in Vienna in late December. Now, with the two sides seemingly closing in on an agreement, the White House has removed some of the sanctions early in an apparent gesture of goodwill.
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🤷♂️The Bloomberg news agency has mistakenly published the headline about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and soon deleted it.
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⚡️ Peskov: Kremlin may switch 'Fake news' to 'Bloomberg news' after false report on 'Russia invasion'