The US is going to send more soldiers to Taiwan to train the Taiwanese military. The Wall Street Journal reports this on the authority of anonymous US officials. The US military is sending 100 to 200 soldiers to the island in the coming months for training sessions on US weapons and maneuvers. Today, only about 30 players are responsible for …
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The 80-year-old wants to run for president again in 2024
US President Joe Biden is running for US President. “It’s perfectly reasonable for people to question my age.”Image by ANP / EPA During an interview with American channel ABC, Biden put an end to all the speculations that have been circulating for months on Saturday. “My intention was to run for office again,” he says. The president is in no …
Read More »Victim’s family ‘overwhelmed’ after Zwijndrecht’s arrest
The family of a woman shot dead in Zwijndrecht say they are “devastated” by news of suspect Minh Nghia V’s arrest. “After a very emotional week, one of our murdered Michael’s daughters made an urgent request. Opsporing Verzoeken , we could not have received a better announcement this weekend,” the family said in a press release through the organization Namens …
Read More »Bloomberg: Former ASML employee and research on linking the Chinese state
Photo: ANP Investigators are looking into possible links between the former ASML employee who misused the information and the Chinese government. This was reported by Bloomberg news agency based on insiders. Chip machine maker ASML recently announced that an employee in China had seized data on Veldhoven’s technology. According to two Bloomberg sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because …
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Text Captain Charlotte SwiftPhotograph Sergeant Major Cynthia Nijsen What goes on behind the walls of the Security Operations Center The Plein Kalvermark complex in The Hague looks deserted at first glance this Thursday evening, but if you look closely, you can see a light bulb in the back corner of the building. Here, at the Defense Operations Center …
Read More »Tesla chooses US over Germany for battery manufacturing
Tesla originally planned to build a 50 GWh battery factory at its site in Brandenburg, near Berlin, by the end of 2023. Those plans now appear to have changed, as the American manufacturer indicated that it would focus its battery production in the US. . The reason for that? The Inflationary Reduction Act (IRA) is Joe Biden’s plan to boost …
Read More »Biden nominates former MasterCard CEO to head World Bank
Photo: ANP US President Joe Biden has nominated Ajay Banga, the former CEO of credit card giant MasterCard, as the new president of the World Bank. Last week, current World Bank President David Malpass unexpectedly announced his resignation. “Banga has built and operated successful global job-creating companies for more than three decades. He has driven investments in emerging economies and …
Read More »Philosopher and university lecturer Floris van den Bergh: ‘lost sight of reality’
You’re seriously concerned about climate change, you’re a member of the Party for the Animals and you’re against waking up. At first glance, it’s hard to fit into a box. ‘It’s a pity that left-right thinking is so decisive, if you’re right, the left is always wrong and vice versa. I don’t think that’s a constructive way of looking at …
Read More »The Negev summit in Morocco was postponed as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated
February 21, 2023 – 11:00 PM – Morocco © The second Negev forum has been postponed due to the escalation of Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the occupied territories. The meeting was scheduled to take place next month in southern Morocco. A second meeting of foreign ministers of countries that have signed the Abraham Accords, or the Negev Forum, is …
Read More »Hard-working Dutchman pays the rent – Jub
• Today • Reading time is 3 minutes • 1235 scenes • shop May Li Vos Leader of the PvdA party in the Senate The hard-working Dutchman has many self-styled patrons. The reality is that the middle class is paying a lot of money. The Netherlands has become a rentier country. Roaring rhetoric and real policy are far apart. The …
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