If you are planning a road trip across the United States or a city trip to New York, you will need patience. The United States will remain closed for the time being to tourists from the Netherlands and other Schengen countries. Because of the delta variant, the United States does not want to relax the rules for tourists from the …

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has extended the national lockdown until next Tuesday. Ardern considers the extension necessary due to the contagious Delta variant and because eleven new infections were identified on Friday in connection with a cluster in Auckland. There, a 58-year-old man tested positive last Monday. A total of 31 people have tested positive in the new …

Facebook was sued by the FTC and prosecutors in 46 U.S. states late last year. In addition to buying potential competitors for years, CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s company has also done so by imposing conditions on software developers that have made it harder to compete with Facebook itself. Additionally, Facebook denied developers access to certain information. In June, however, the judge …

The 2021 Women’s World Cup qualifiers, which will determine the final three places for the 2022 World Cup, will take place in Zimbabwe later this year. The International Cricket Council has announced that the 10-team tournament will take place from November 21 to December 5 in Harare. Originally, Sri Lanka was scheduled to host the playoffs in July 2020, but …

The United States wants to impose restrictions on the export of chips, lasers, sensors, etc. This is to prevent the technology from falling into China’s hands. Especially when it comes to technologies that must be used with discretion, the US Department of Commerce would like to see measures in place regarding exports. The ministry is asking for help in defining …

The international painter Peter van der Kroef (74) who travels in a motorhome has settled in Veendam. After a professional life as a painter and potter at the Regina Pottery in Gouda, he embarked on the adventure of painting everywhere in the street. In addition to being a painter, he is also a really sociable person who is not afraid …

The Defense Ministry wants to evacuate residents of Kabul about three times a day over the coming period, Col. Peter Tankink told the ANP news agency. He is responsible for coordinating evacuations. The intention is that the evacuees fly first to an airport in a country in the region and that they are transported from there to the Netherlands in …

Outgoing Foreign Minister Kaag said on Twitter that the first Dutch have left Kabul on two evacuation flights and are heading to the Netherlands. It is not known whether this means that these Dutch are on board a plane chartered by the Netherlands or that they were taken away by others. “We are working hard with our allies on new …

The outlook is therefore much worse than in June, when the US military still assumed a period of at least six months. That’s because Taliban fighters are gaining ground on Afghan government forces faster than expected, now that the US military is gone. At least eight provincial capitals were captured by the Taliban in a week. Despite the bad news, …

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport If you are planning a trip to America in the near future, you better postpone it. The United States will remain blocked for travelers from Schengen countries for the foreseeable future. Fear of the delta variant of the coronavirus is still great in America. This is reason enough for America to continue to enforce current travel …