A final revelation, a few weeks before his death. On October 28, 2022, Benedict XVI sent a letter on October 28, a few weeks before his death, to his biographer, the German Peter Seewald.In this missive, revealed by the weekly Focus, Joseph Ratzinger, who died at the age of 95 last December, explains that the "central reason" for his resignation in February 2013 was "the insomnia which had accompanied him continuously since the World Youth Days in Cologne” in August...
He did not survive his injuries. Transported in absolute urgency to the South hospital on Friday January 20, the 2-year-old child victim of a violent road accident in Bain-de-Bretagne, south of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) died in hospital Center. The young boy was in the car with his five-year-old sister and his father, who was driving. According to our information, the dad was on his way to school when he lost control of the car at a place called La Guillaumière. According...
Status: 01/21/2023 12:04 p.m Snow and slippery roads have led to numerous traffic accidents in many parts of Germany. A woman died in Rhineland-Palatinate. There are also restrictions on public transport in some places. Temperatures below zero, heavy snowfall and black ice - especially in large parts of southern Germany, the onset of winter surprised many drivers at night. There were numerous accidents, some of them serious. An overview. Rhineland-Palatinate In the district of Mayen-Koblenz, a driver died after colliding...
air traffic Authority: Defective file caused flight chaos in the USA A major disruption had occurred at the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). photo © Jacquelyn Martin/AP/dpa Across the country, everything stood still for 90 minutes, and no plane was given permission to take off: A computer glitch paralyzed air traffic in the United States on Thursday. Now there is more information about the cause. According to the US Air Traffic Control Authority (FAA), a defective file was the trigger...
We now know a little more about the origin of the breakdown that once again paralyzed the Lyon metro line B, this Thursday morning. For four hours, traffic was interrupted between the stations of Charpennes and Stade de Gerland. This umpteenth malfunction is due to "a failure" of the company responsible for carrying out night work on the site aimed at extending the line to the hospitals in the east of Lyon.The teams working at night "did not return the...
The Bavarian Regiobahn (BRB) attributes the narrowing of one of its trains at a station in Peiting, Upper Bavaria, to a technical fault on a switch. According to this, this point could not have been placed completely on the track, but could have been placed between the two directions, so to speak, and thus lifted the front bogies of the train off the track. This was announced by a spokeswoman for BRB on Wednesday as the company's "initial state of...
Hurricanes, drought, floods Natural disasters caused damage of 250 billion euros in 2022 Aerial photo shows severe damage from Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida © Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Hurricane "Ian", the floods in Pakistan, the drought in Europe: Natural disasters again caused enormous damage in 2022. Devastating floods and devastating hurricanes caused $270 billion in damage last year. Natural catastrophes caused high damage on all continents, as the reinsurer Munich Re announced on Tuesday. "Climate...
The deaths of four crypto billionaires within a month have piqued the interest of the crypto community as these deaths occurred under suspicious circumstances. and more importantly Some of these billionaires have warned that they are in danger. 4 crypto billionaires dead in the span of a month. Just before, and during the FTX collapse. Too strange sound … pic.twitter.com/ubtpweiJcw— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) January 9, 2023 MakerDAO co-founder Nikolai Mushegian found dead on Puerto Rico beach It was only...
Garbage cans and houses in several parts of Munich have been on fire almost every day for almost two weeks. Because some fires have spread to porches and residential buildings, according to the police and fire brigade, there has been a high level of property damage. However, the investigators do not yet want to speak of an arson series.It was not until Monday night that three containers for recyclables were fully engulfed in the Hasenbergl. On Sunday morning, a garbage...
In Germany, the World Cup final also caused weaker TV ratings Argentina wins World Cup ©Getty Images Despite all the excitement and entertainment, the final of the World Cup in Germany also got significantly lower TV ratings. In Germany, interest in the World Cup, measured by TV ratings, was in some cases significantly lower than in previous tournaments. Even the spectacular final between Argentina and France could not produce any positive outliers. On Sunday evening, but also on Monday, many...
