“This team is no joke”, Trevor Immelman defended “his” Internationals after the match. “And I’m sick of people talking about this. We were 8-2 behind Friday night and we made a game out of it. Strong language, and not unfairly, but those words couldn’t hide the fact that the Presidents Cup with America 12-1 in favor (once there was a …
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US unveils new privacy shield on October 3
Three insiders told POLITICO that the White House will introduce the long-awaited successor to the Privacy Shield as early as October 3. The new Privacy Shield aims to address European complaints about US surveillance methods. According to sources from POLITICS the decision will be signed and announced by President Joe Biden as early as October 3. Peter Swire, former Clinton …
Read More »Turkish banks block Russian payment system Mir after US pressure
Photo: ANP Turkish banks have stopped supporting the Russian payment system Mir. This happened under pressure from the United States, which warned the banks not to enter into new agreements or enter into new contracts with Mir. Two Turkish banks had previously indicated that they would stop using Mir. Now public banks Halkbank, TC Ziraat Bankasi and Vakiflar Bankasi are …
Read More »Putin gives US whistleblower Snowden a Russian passport | Technology
Whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted Russian citizenship. It happened on Monday after President Vladimir Putin signed a special decree. Snowden, 39, a former CIA agent and NSA secret service system administrator, has been charged with spying in the United States. He provided journalists with confidential documents in 2013. His revelations showed that the NSA was collecting citizens’ internet and …
Read More »Should we grant rights to nature? “It is an effective remedy”
Pollution, climate change, buildings – nature often struggles because of human intervention. Some countries therefore grant rights to nature. How does it work exactly? And is it a good idea? Monday evening, Radboud Reflects organized a conference on the subject. Five questions for legal philosopher and lecturer Sophia de Vries. In 2017, New Zealand’s Whanganui became the first river in …
Read More »How much money do you need to be in the top 1%?
(Image: Universal Images) A report from real estate consultancy Knight Frank shows how much money you need to be among the top 1% in several countries. Are you curious if you have enough wealth to belong to the richest 1%? It probably depends on the country in which you call your home. We can already say that these amounts are …
Read More »Schulting and Knegt have to get used to new national coach Kerstholt
“You have to get used to it, look for it,” said Schulting, 25, who won four Olympic medals at the Beijing Olympics earlier this year. She did this under the guidance of Jeroen Otter, with whom she, like Knegt, 33, worked together for years. “I threw everything at Jeroen. He was more than my coach, kind of a sounding board …
Read More »US justice is authorized to continue the investigation on the documents of Trump
The investigation into the more than 11,000 government documents the FBI found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in early August has been halted at the request of the former president’s lawyers. A judge previously ruled that the inquest should be postponed until an independent arbiter (special master) has had a chance to assess the items found during the searches. Last week, …
Read More »Tesla recalls over a million cars in the United States
According to the NHTSA, the cars do not meet legal safety requirements for electric car windows. (photo: Tesla) Tesla is recalling 1.1 million cars in the United States for a window mechanism software update. Firmware that causes a car window to automatically lower when an object is detected may not work properly, increasing the risk of injury. This reports the …
Read More »News from Friesland 24 and 25 September | Blue White ’34 contest derails after massive fight and Nijland’s Luuk not in Junior Song Contest prizes
The amateur football match between Blauw Wit ’34 2 from Leeuwarden and PKC’83 2 from Groningen was stopped in the 70th minute and 1-1 on Saturday due to a fight on the pitch. That and more in our news overview of the past 48 hours. President Henk Buning is stunned . ,,I have been involved in football for a long …
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