Posted by Turkish mediaApril 29, 2023 Turkey in Alper Gezeravcı and Tuva Cihangir Atasever were selected as the country’s first space travelers to be sent into space in the last quarter of this year. The selection took place among thousands of interested people. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced it on Saturday at the country’s most important technology event, Teknofest. Gezeravcı …
Read More »Omroep Flevoland – News – Young documentarians pursue their dreams
Dreamchaser is the name of the documentary whose premiere was festive on Friday evening. Just under a hundred guests saw in the De Nieuwe Bibliotheek cinema in Almere how Gino Akkerman tries to fulfill his American football dream. The documentary was directed by Jason Akkerman, Gino’s brother, and Jaimy Moorman. What started as a study project by the two Almeerders …
Read More »Microsoft launches AI image generation tool
The new web app MicrosoftDesigner is free to try as a “public preview”. Users only need to be signed in to their Microsoft account to get started. According to the software company, the tool helps users “enhance their creative workflows.” Users can generate images for social media posts, presentations, posters and invitations by writing commands. Animated images can also be …
Read More »Poland confiscates school for Russian diplomats’ children | Abroad
29 apr 2023 om 13:04Update: een uur geleden Poland seized a building in Warsaw that housed a Russian secondary school. “This building belongs to the city of Warsaw,” said a spokesman for the Polish Foreign Ministry. The building is located near the Russian Embassy in the Polish capital. The children of diplomats were educated there. Footage shows how Polish authorities …
Read More »US Begins Evacuation of US Citizens from Sudan | Abroad
A bus convoy with around 300 US citizens left the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Friday heading for the Red Sea. The convoy took an escape route that is also used by the United Nations and other countries, he wrote. The New York Times. The approximately 845-kilometer journey is the first attempt by the United States to evacuate American citizens from …
Read More »If being a bully is so rewarding, why isn’t everyone?
Fighting your way through friends, bullying colleagues or even getting angry, science once again confirms that annoying behavior is rewarded. And not just in humans, but also in chimpanzees. According to a study, male chimps who bully others, are greedy and quick to anger move up the social chimp ladder and are more successful in producing cheeky little monkeys than …
Read More »Team Antwerp qualify for the quarter-finals at the first WorldTour in Japan | basketball 3×3
The difficult first cliff of the Antwerp TOPdesk in the group stage ended in defeat. Vienna were too strong with 21-15. Antwerp and Vienna are two teams that have lost their skin this season. In Antwerp, Dennis Donkor and Caspar Augustijnen were allowed to appear on the WorldTour for the first time. They could immediately get acquainted with the level …
Read More »Mainly children among 109 corpses Kenyan sect: starved and tortured | Abroad
Most of the 109 bodies found in mass graves linked to cults in Kenya belong to children. This is reported by the Kenyan Minister of Interior, Kithure Kindiki. He adds that perhaps not all of the deaths were due to starvation, as previously believed. “Other methods were also used, including torture,” Kindiki said, based on “preliminary observations.” The dead are …
Read More »Banking stocks down in Europe after further unrest in the US – Wel.nl
AMSTERDAM (ANP) – European banks ended negative on stock markets on Friday. The resurgence of unrest in the banking sector in the United States has caused a drop in investor confidence. American First Republic Bank has once again fallen on Wall Street and appears to be in need of a bailout from the authorities. ING fell 1.7% on the Damrak …
Read More »The United States has begun the process of evacuating American citizens from Sudan
In Sudan’s capital Khartoum, people are trying to flee the city by any means possible to escape the ongoing fighting between the army and the paramilitary group RSF.Image courtesy REUTERS The 845-kilometer journey was the first attempt by the United States to evict American citizens from the country, the newspaper said. The buses were followed by armed US drones. In …
Read More »Formula 1 presents a new sprint race weekend
Less training, more “real work” It was already in the air and now it’s official: Formula 1 is coming with a different sprint race weekend. The first Grand Prix with the new sprint race program will take place in Azerbaijan next weekend, with five more to follow this season. After an exceptionally long break during the season, next weekend it …
Read More »Gymnastics legend Simone Biles to marry NFL player Jonathan Owens | sport
American gymnastics legend Simone Biles can now officially call herself the other half of NFL player Jonathan Owens. The two got married yesterday. “Officially Owens,” Biles posted on social media along with a series of photos from the ceremony. Biles, 26, announced her engagement last February with the 27-year-old Houston Texans player. Simone Biles is considered one of the greatest …
Read More »European Commission reaches agreement with five member states on Ukrainian grain • At least 25 dead in biggest Russian missile attack in two months
Russia has rejected a request from the US embassy to visit imprisoned journalist Evan Gershkovich on May 11. The correspondent of The Wall Street Journal is being held on suspicion of espionage, according to the unjustified United States. A representative of the Russian Embassy in the United States was authorized to visit two Russian prisoners in New York last Wednesday. …
Read More »Van der Gragt associated with AZ until mid-2026
Published on April 28, 23, 3:59 PM ALKMAAR – International and former AZ player Stefanie van der Gragt is the official technical manager of AZ Women from the 2023-2024 season. On Friday afternoon, she signed a commitment until mid-2026. The verbal agreement and therefore her return to Alkmaar had already been announced earlier. Before Van der Gragt really gets to …
Read More »Bank stocks in Europe fell after renewed unrest in the US
European banks closed lower in stock markets on Friday. The unrest in the banking sector in the US has caused a drop in investor confidence. American First Republic Bank collapsed again on Wall Street and appeared to be bailed out by authorities. ING fell 1.7 percent on the Tamrock and was the biggest faller on the AEX. ABN AMRO also …
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