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Liam Lawson wins the strategic F2 sprint race

Liam Lawson wins the strategic F2 sprint race

Liam Lawson wins the Abu Dhabi F2 sprint race. At the end sprint the Carlin driver crosses the line first, taking fourth place in the championship. Richard Verschoor who of pole left, crossed the finish line second followed by Felipe Drugovich who completed the podium. On the first lap, where Richard Verschoor started from pole position, Jehan Daruvala and Enzo …

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Anne van Damme brakes with her new single “Car”

Anne van Damme

“Yeah, sure, a lot happened. The feeling of being overwhelmed, having to keep all kinds of balls in the air. You actually want to hit ‘stop’, hit the brakes. And indeed with a piano, because now we have a real piano in the house. I wrote a lot about that. Some songs were really piano songs, so they also have …

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CWI spin-off DuckDB Labs on a US adventure

CWI spin-off DuckDB Labs on a US adventure

Database company DuckDB Labs, a spin-off of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), founded startup Motherduck in America with some database veterans. This young American company received $47.5 million this week from technology investor Andreessen Horowitz, among others. With this, the company is building a cloud service on top of the open source DuckDB database system. DuckDB was started in 2019 …

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EuroTier: power supply with battery or robot

EuroTier: power supply with battery or robot

At the EuroTier in Hannover, Germany, food in particular seems to be making the transition to electric drives or robotics. The demand for (more) capacity or simply for more practical work also continues to exist. Strautmann presented its fully electric mixer. The ePrimius with 400 volt battery for 80 kWh of energy was developed in collaboration with Kahu EV LP …

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Bloemendaal hockey club, main supplier of the World Cup in India: “But as unobjective as I am, I would have preferred to see Maurits Visser in goal”

Bloemendaal hockey club, main supplier of the World Cup in India: "But as unobjective as I am, I would have preferred to see Maurits Visser in goal"

National coach Jeroen Delmee of Dutch men’s hockey has announced his final selection for the world championship in India, which begins in January. Hockey club Bloemendaal are the main supplier with five players, but if it had been up to coach Rick Mathijssen, goalkeeper Maurits Visser would have been chosen as the first goalkeeper and not, again, as the second …

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VVD deputy: ‘According to the Americans, the design of the EBI is wrong’

VVD deputy: 'According to the Americans, the design of the EBI is wrong'

MP Ellian (VVD) received feedback in the US on the design of the extra secure institution in Vught. A prison for serious criminals, like the EBI, should never be housed in an existing penitentiary. Because serious criminals can come into contact with others there. by Joost van der Wegen Visit VVD MP Ulysse Ellian said this week during the Justice …

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EU opens door to ‘loss and damage’ if China pays

EU opens door to 'loss and damage' if China pays

At the UN climate summit in Egypt, the European Union nevertheless showed its willingness to discuss a new climate aid mechanism for developing countries. But then big economies like China will have to pay. Loss and damage, aid to countries severely affected by the impacts of climate change, was one of the main contentious issues at the Egyptian climate summit. …

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New consortium secures breakthrough to make business parks more sustainable

New consortium secures breakthrough to make business parks more sustainable

Growing network congestion poses a challenge to business parks in the Netherlands. Currently, businesses in business parks cannot be connected to the grid because there is no room for new connections. In addition, there is often no possibility to connect solar panels or other sustainable solutions to the grid. Smart Business Parks make it possible to sustainably connect business parks …

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Republicans win majority in U.S. House of Representatives

Republicans win majority in U.S. House of Representatives

Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy is named the new leader of the Republicans in the House of Representatives. But he has little support among Trump supporters.ANP/EPA image More than a week after the opening of the polls in the United States, the situation is finally clear: the Republicans have won the majority in the House of Representatives. A handful of neck …

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Tonga is accessible again, but is it really safe?

Tonga is accessible again, but is it really safe?

This time, our foreign correspondent interviews Ad and Jolanda from the sailboat song of the wind. They have just arrived in Tonga, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. It took a while due to a 2.5 year lockdown – due to Covid and a volcanic eruption – but Tonga (a beloved island for sailors) is accessible again. And song of …

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