Typhoon Mawar has been slamming the island of Guam, they`re experiencing the worst storm in decades.
The horrific rise of xylazine, the flesh-destroying drug making fentanyl even deadlier
The horrific rise of xylazine
No sex on the beach, please: Dutch town tells nude sunbathers to put a lid on lust
The local authority in Veere has put up warning signs after a wave of complaints about frisky visitors to the nature reserve A town in the south of the Netherlands has started a campaign to dissuade nudist beach visitors from sex on the beach and in the dunes. On Thursday, Veere municipality put up amended beachside boards […]
Drunk man found napping on major Amsterdam expressway
It was a difficult night for one drunk pedestrian, who police officers found sleeping on the shoulder at the junction of two major expressways in Amsterdam on Friday night. The man was on his way to Amsterdam-Zuidoost, but police said he was “so under the influence” that he decided to plop down on the shoulder […]
Christian school won’t be prosecuted for forcing LGBT students out of the closet
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) will not prosecute the Gomarus School Community in Gorinchem for discrimination against LGBTQIA+ students and forcing at least one student to come out to their parents. While the OM believes the Christian school is punishable, the school has changed its policies, and no further victims came forward. So the OM [&h
Mock-up the famous Dutch gedoogbeleid (tolerance policy) actuality or legacy of the past ?
Mock-up XTC store in the centre of Utrecht demonstrates how drug might be sold if regulations change The health minister, Ernst Kuipers, was instead visiting a mock-up of how an ecstasy retailer might look from the outside – with three models inside of how the drug might be sold in practice depending on the level […]
Germany hits back at Elon Musk after he wades in on migrant debate.
Germany has hit back at Elon Musk after the billionaire businessman waded into the country’s debate on migration. Musk reshared a post on the platform X, formerly Twitter, that criticized German NGO operations in the Mediterranean for “unloading illegal immigrants” in Italy. The post also called for a victory for the far-right Altern
‘Potheads, go giggle elsewhere’: public weed ban begins in Amsterdam
Tourists and residents now face €100 fine for public smoking in De Wallen, but some business owners are worried about impact Thick fumes of cannabis smoke were noticeably absent from the air of Amsterdam’s red light district on Thursday, the familiar smell replaced by dank canal water and rats on the first day of a ban on smoking marijuana in publi
EU agrees radical reforms on migration and asylum laws
EU agrees radical reforms on migration and asylum laws. After years of infighting, 27-state bloc sets out new policies including charge of €20,000 a head for members that refuse to take refugees