AFP OUR Sports•Wednesday, January 11, 7:25 p.m. On Sunday, Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Australian Open, now we also know why. The former world number one will not be playing on the tennis courts for the time being, as she is pregnant. The 25-year-old tennis star broke the happy news herself. “2023 will be a year full of lessons,” she …
Read More »China’s Mars rover won’t come out of hibernation
EPA-EFE ONS News•today, 03:34 What happened to China’s Zhurong Mars rover? Many planetary scientists and space experts wonder this. The device should have come out of hibernation weeks ago, but so far the rover shows no signs of life. The Chinese space agency, meanwhile, remains silent on the status of the Mars rover. Zhurong landed on the Red Planet in …
Read More »EP President Metsola also broke gift registry rules
There was no lack of good intentions in Strasbourg this week: more transparency, an end to diplomatic shenanigans and clear lobbying rules applicable to all. But as the European Parliament tried to pick up the slack after the biggest corruption scandal in its history, it was unable to really shift the focus. In recent days, all sorts of inconvenient facts …
Read More »“Today’s hockey is speeding up for 60 minutes”
Orange in the locker room at Bhubaneswar Stadium, where they beat their Chilean opponents 14-0.Image Frank Uijlenbroek/Getty Images Whistling, the Dutch hockey team went through the group stage of the World Cup in India last week. Malaysia, New Zealand and Chile did not offer serious opposition. With a goal difference of 22-0, Orange qualified directly for the quarter-finals against Argentina …
Read More »The ECB is far from stopping interest rate hikes
economy•Jan 20 ’23 at 13:27Author of the book: Remy Cook The ECB will continue to raise interest rates for the foreseeable future and does not appear to plan to stop in the short term. ECB President Christine Lagarde said yesterday at the WEF. According to economist Edin Mujagic, the news should be seen as a warning to financial markets. The …
Read More »UvA distances itself from speaker’s statement on “the non-binary phenomenon” | amsterdam
NewsThe Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (ISW) program at the University of Amsterdam “categorically deviates” from the statements made by Professor Laurens Buijs. It was in the university newspaper, among others sheet criticism of the university’s diversity policy and the “non-binary phenomenon”. © Hannah Bults In an email to students, program director Michaela Hordijk writes that she has received reports from students …
Read More »“It’s not normal the number of balls Croon removes”
During Orange’s matches at the World Cup in India, an analyst is then asked to shed light on the performance of national coach Jeroen Delmée’s team. Today Bob de Voogd (146 international matches, 35 goals). He watched for us Netherlands-Chile (14-0). “Well, I really have a nice game to analyze,” it sounds cynical and laughing from De Voogd’s mouth. The …
Read More »Weekend Weather Forecast: Fairly dry and calm in winter | Interior
Sometime Friday evening winter showers will move south. It emerges from the northeast. This weekend we can expect mostly dry and calm winter weather. On Friday evening, precipitation, mostly rain but occasional wet snow, will move southeast. It emerges from the northeast. It is then dry and it cools quickly. During the evening, the temperature in the northeast drops below …
Read More »India score too low for a group win
India failed to finish first in Group D. England trailed the World Cup hosts on goal difference. As a result, the English are assured of a place in the quarter-finals and India is condemned to play an intermediate round. Earlier in the day Malaysia were surprisingly too strong 3-2 for New Zealand. In this match, New Zealander Sam Lane scored …
Read More »The number of Netflix subscribers at the end of last year was higher than expected
AP NOS news•Today, 10:30 Netflix gained more new subscribers in the fourth quarter of last year than the company expected. Between October and the end of December, the streaming platform gained 7.7 million subscribers. In total, the company had 231 million subscribers at the end of last year. In the first half of last year, Netflix saw another Decline For …
Read More »from the first quarter of 2023, sharing passwords will cost money
Netflix confirmed it late last year, and the company now seems to be seriously working on it: Sharing your password will cost money. When do you notice this?
Read More »Bad Adema evaluation: farmers are allowed to fertilize less land
Adema returned urgently from Berlin today because the European Commission believes that the Netherlands is not doing enough to improve water quality this year. The cabinet discussed the issue today. Estimation error The result is that from March 1, farmers will have to build buffer strips near ditches and canals where manure cannot be applied. In December, Adema indicated that …
Read More »Hundreds evacuated after fire in Seoul slum
AFP ONS News•today, 10:36 In Seoul, a fire raged in one of the last slums of the South Korean capital. About 60 homes, often no more than a hut made of wood and cardboard, caught fire. The fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. local time. Hundreds of firefighters, police and social workers helped fight the blaze and evacuate residents. Ten …
Read More »US National Debt Hits Ceiling Again, Government Takes Emergency Measures | Economy
20 jan 2023 om 12:03 US public debt has grown so much that without emergency measures, the country will soon run into payment problems. The United States is not allowed to have more than $31.4 trillion (nearly 29 trillion euros) in national debt under its own laws, but the country will reach that ceiling one of these days or the …
Read More »A refugee at home for $2,275
In the US, a new program allows citizens to sponsor refugees for the first time. By partially privatizing shelter, the U.S. government hopes to increase support for refugees. Taking a refugee under your wing will soon be possible in the United States. There, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the new refugee program on Thursday. With Welcome Corps he …
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