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Fox News’ Steve Hilton shared an investigation that breaks down the origins of the coronavirus, and not only links it back to U.S. commissioned research, but also to Dr. Anthony Fauci.The host of the “The Next Revolution” told his viewers that the evidence uncovered “points to the most likely cause of the pandemic and it’s worse than anything that we have heard so far.”Highlighting a study 10 years ago in the Netherlands involving ferrets, which have respiratory systems that operate similar to humans, Hilton said researchers “were trying to see if the virus that starts out without the ability to...

Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos will take control of the Deer Park refinery in Houston, Texas on Jan. 20, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) in May agreed to sell its majority stake in the Deer Park refinery, which can process up to 340,000 barrels per day (bpd), to Pemex (PEMX.UL), its long-time partner in the plant, for about $596 million.

Starbucks requiring its US employees to get vaccinated or tested for COVID-19... The US Food and Drug Administration now says that third shot "boosters' of the Pfizer vaccine can be given to 12 to 15-year-olds... Mass Monday Night Protests Against Restrictive COVID Policies In Germany Continue Tens Of Thousands Demonstrate Protests against COVID lockdowns and coerced vaccination in Germany this evening. Based on police estimates provided to various local media sources in Germany a rough estimate is that well over 40,000 people at least participated in these wintertime nighttime protests. Thousands protesting in Berlin tonight using the tactic of multiple...

More than 95% of COVID cases in Germany are among the fully vaccinated, this from a report published December 30th, showing the vaccinated are 21X more likely to get infected with Omicron than the unvaccinated. ... In the Netherlands, attack dogs were let loose on anti-mandate protesters... ...

Video has emerged purporting to show a police dog mauling a man at an anti-lockdown protest in Amsterdam. The footage, which was published on social media by an account called Guerrilla Reporters, appears to have been filmed during an anti-lockdown protest held in the Dutch capital on Sunday. In the video, a police dog is seen apparently biting a man’s arm as other officers used batons against the surrounding demonstrators. At the time of this reporting, the local police have not confirmed the veracity of the video, however, a report from the public broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) features an...

Hugo de Jonge, health minister of The Netherlands, has indicated the country could be preparing another three coronavirus booster vaccines. De Jonge wrote a letter to his country's parliament Wednesday suggesting the Netherlands should consider additional rounds of booster vaccines to fight new variants, with two of these in 2022 and another shot in 2023. The letter also said that the Netherlands has enough booster vaccines for its current booster campaign.

The Netherlands is imposing a weeks-long nationwide lockdown amid a surge of cases caused by the new omicron variant. Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced Saturday that nonessential stores, bars and restaurants will be shut down from Sunday until Jan. 14 and that schools will be shut down until Jan. 9, The Associated Press reported.

Tonight at 7 PM, the outgoing Dutch cabinet will announce new coronavirus measures. It is expected that the Netherlands will go into a “hard lockdown.”So what does this mean? This means that there is a possibility that all non-essential shops such as gyms, restaurants, cafes, museums, cinemas, theatres should close. Only essential shops like the supermarket should remain open.

It is a country where so-called "dead churches", can be viewed and purchased on the Internet, Even a synagogue became a mosque... The Catholic Church in the Netherlands has entered such an unstoppable spiral, according to research by the Trouw newspaper, that eight out of ten parishes are in the red and will have to be closed. From 1970 to 2008, 400 Catholic churches were demolished or converted. Since then, the rate has accelerated dramatically. Two churches, on average, close every week. One fifth of all the churches in Holland have already been converted. Holland still has six thousand churches....

The omicron Chinese coronavirus variant was present in Europe before it was identified in South Africa, Dutch health authorities revealed Tuesday. According to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the omicron variant was infecting the Netherlands nearly one week before the world awakened Friday to the strand experts and scientists said first originated in South Africa.

Officials in the Netherlands said Tuesday that the omicron variant of COVID-19 was present at least a week before 13 passengers on two flights arriving from South Africa were found to be carrying the variant. The omicron variant had been found "in two test samples" from November 19 and 23, the National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) said. What is known about omicron in the Netherlands? After health authorities in South Africa announced they had identified a new COVID-19 variant on November 26, officials began to shut down travel from southern Africa. Two KLM flights arrived from South Africa on...

A Dutch aqueduct which goes over a motorway in an incredible feat of engineering has been captured in surreal drone footage which appears to show cars disappearing into the water before they emerge seconds later. The Veluwemeer Aqueduct in the town of Harderwijk allows boats to sail over the 80ft bridge while cars speed along underneath them. The remarkable structure was opened in 2002 and connected the mainland of the Netherlands to Flevoland, the largest artificial island in the world. Drone footage has been captured by Rutger den Hertog, showing the optical illusion as the cars appear to vanish under...

Dutch military police say they have arrested a married couple who left a hotel where they were in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19 and were attempting to flee the country. The couple were arrested “in an airplane that was about to depart”, the police force, known as the Marechaussee, said in a statement.. The Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool reported that the couple, a Spanish man and Portuguese woman, were attempting to fly to Spain. Dozens of passengers who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving on two flights from South Africa on Friday were being kept in quarantine....

Belgium and the Netherlands are the latest European countries to implement new COVID-19 restrictions as virus cases rise, The Associated Press reported Friday. The Belgian government has reinforced past COVID-19 restrictions, including the closure of nightclubs and having restaurants and bars close at 11 p.m. for the next three weeks.

Archaeologists from the museum Huis van Hilde found evidence of a large Roman army camp in Velsen. Evidence of the Roman army's presence was already found in the 1940s, yet archeologists now discovered that the base was much larger than previously expected.The site is located near the Velsen- and Wijkertunnel. The experts estimated that the Romans built the older camp around 16 to 28 A.D. and the second around 40 to 50 A.D. The second camp was estimated to be around 11 hectares large...The camps were large enough to house thousands of soldiers, showing the strategical importance of the site....

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday lashed out at “idiot” rioters who rampaged through cities across the Netherlands this weekend when protests against coronavirus policies turned violent. More than 100 people were arrested during three nights of violence, which saw police open fire at rioters in Rotterdam on Friday. “This was pure violence disguised as protest,” Rutte said in response to the worst disturbances since a full lockdown led to widespread disorder in January.

AP News calls them "far-right," but tens of thousands of freedom-loving people marched against new tyrannical public health measures, such as partial and full lockdowns and health passports and mandatory vaccinations, across Europe. Demonstrations against new virus restrictions were observed in Austria, Croatia, Italy, Northern Ireland, the UK, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Outside of Europe, protesters were seen in several cities across Canada, Australia, Japan, and even the US. Some marked Saturday as part of a "Worldwide Freedom" rally to protest COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates.Some of the most intense rallies, which turned into riots, were in the port...

VIENNA (AP) — Thousands of protesters gathered in Vienna on Saturday after the Austrian government announced a nationwide lockdown beginning Monday to contain the country’s skyrocketing coronavirus infections. The far-right opposition Freedom Party was among those who have called for the protest and vowed to combat the new restrictions. Demonstrations against virus measures were also expected in other European countries including Switzerland, Croatia and Italy. On Friday night, Dutch police opened fire on protesters and seven people were injured in rioting that erupted in Rotterdam around a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions. The Austrian lockdown will start early Monday. Initially it...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police opened fire on protesters in rioting that erupted in downtown Rotterdam around a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions late Friday night. The Dutch city’s mayor called it “an orgy of violence.” Police said that two rioters were hospitalized after being hit by bullets and investigations were underway to establish if they were shot by police. The condition of the injured rioters was not disclosed. Officers arrested 51 people, about half of them minors, police said Saturday afternoon. One police officer was hospitalized with a leg injury sustained in the rioting, another was treated by ambulance...

Riots broke out last night in the center of Rotterdam, on and around the Coolsingel. Several hundred rioters were on their feet. Police officers felt compelled to fire. Warning shots were also fired. Here's what we know about the chaos in the heart of the city. Injured At least seven people were injured in the riots. There have been injuries related to the shots fired and there have been also been injuries on the side of the police. The severity of the injuries is not yet known. A journalist was also injured after he was attacked by rioters. Arrests Police...