“After careful consideration, I am announcing my retirement from club and international football with immediate effect,” the 33-year-old striker wrote. “I feel extremely privileged to have been able to achieve my dream. I have been able to play the sport that I love. The heights I have experienced over the past 17 years are impossible to match, no matter what …
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Reuters ONS News•today, 03:15 Lawyers for US President Biden found a dozen classified documents in November in his private office at a Washington think tank. The documents date from when Biden was vice president (from 2009 to 2017) of the United States, a White House lawyer reports. The documents were found the day before the start of the midterm elections. …
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Secret documents were discovered in a former private office of President Joe Biden late last year. This was confirmed by the US President’s lawyers last night after reporting by CBS News. It concerns ten documents. What exactly it contains is still unclear. The US Department of Justice said it was investigating the documents, according to CBS News FBI help The …
Read More »First successful rocket launch from Western Europe – Wel.nl
LONDON (AP/RTR) – A space rocket has been launched from Western Europe for the first time. During the night from Monday to Tuesday, the space company Virgin Orbit launched a rocket carrying satellites from the southwest of England. When a rocket goes into space, it usually takes place from a well-known launch pad such as Cape Canaveral (USA), Baikonur (Kazakhstan) …
Read More »Free VPN Services: Do They Work?
Mon, Jan 9, 8:34 PM General Read 108 times About 10% of the Dutch population regularly uses a VPN. The reasons vary from mandatory use when working from home, to security when connecting to public networks and of course to be able to watch more movies and series through streaming services. As a nation, we are technically advanced, but …
Read More »Mayor Bats remains proud of Steenwijkerland, but also sees room for a new word in 2023 | Steenwijkerland
Mayor Rob Bats van Steenwijkerland mentioned a lot of things to be happy about in his New Year’s speech, such as “nature has become what it is today thanks to many organisations, but certainly also thanks to our farmers and to our reed cutters”. But: the word “pride” may not only be suitable for the municipality, because “pride must not …
Read More »Possible first Ronaldo at Al Nassr against PSG
“His debut won’t be for Al Nassr, it will be a combination of Al Hilal and Al Nassr players,” Garcia told L’Equipe of the friendly against PSG. The French coach was unhappy with the timing of the exhibition game as Al Nassr will play a league game against Ettifaq three days later. “As the coach of Al Nassr, I cannot …
Read More »Artificial intelligence can imitate any voice after 3 seconds
Artificial intelligence (AI) and other software can mimic voices that have been around for a while. But that normally requires a lot of source material for the software to learn exactly how someone pronounces each sound. But the new VALL-E from Microsoft only takes three seconds. After such a short and random sound fragment of a voice, VALL-E can imitate …
Read More »Former President Bolsonaro suddenly hospitalized in US; senator asks the court for an arrest warrant | Abroad
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to a US hospital. The Brazilian newspaper Oh Globe writes that Bolsonaro suffers from severe abdominal pain. The former president has been in Florida for over a week. A source close to the family confirmed the news to Reuters news agency and said his situation was “not worrying”. The news comes a …
Read More »The digital economy requires investment
‘Invest in our digital future’ is the Social and Economic Council’s recently published report on the digital economy by VNO-NCW and MKB-Nederland. Citizens increasingly live and work in a digital economy and society, the report says. Companies are also doing business digitally and have digitized their processes. Business environment The authors cite digitization as the key to a better society. …
Read More »Referees Overtoom and Van Boekel at the FIFA Players’ World Cup
Dutch referees Franca Overtoom and Pol van Boekel will be present at the FIFA Players’ World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this summer. Overtoom was selected as assistant referee, Van Boekel as video referee. The world football association FIFA has selected 33 referees, 55 assistants (line judges) and 19 video referees. Van Boekel was also active in that role …
Read More »David Goffin wins for the first time in 2023: “My comeback was decisive in the duel against Boeblik” | ATP-Auckland(Aus)
David Goffin (53) Alexander Bublik (37, crown5) David Goffin has qualified for the second round of the Auckland ATP Tournament ($642,735 on hard court) in New Zealand. Our compatriot (ATP-53) eliminated Kazak Aleksander Boeblik, 5th seed and world number 37. He won in 2 sets: 6-3, 6-4. It was their 2nd head-to-head match and Goffin won a 2nd time. Boeblik …
Read More »How long can Jair Bolsonaro stay in the US? “We must not be a haven for someone who promotes domestic terrorism.”
Either way, Bolsonaro won’t be eager to return to his homeland any time soon. Now that he is no longer president, his immunity has been lifted. At least four criminal investigations are underway in Brazil against Bolsonaro, including for fraud and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. So Bolsonaro is likely to be arrested on Brazilian soil. If he is …
Read More »You Really Want To See These Movies About Broken Friendships
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) In Inisherin, a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, the friends for life Padraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson) hits a stalemate when Colm suddenly decides to end their friendship. Padraic falls completely out of the blue and can handle the situation Do not accept. With the help of his sister Siobhan …
Read More »Traveling around the world observing the climate
It is not only a great sailing competition, but also an impressive scientific operation. The Ocean Race, which kicks off next weekend, will collect a huge amount of data on climate, pollution and the state of the oceans. The competition is a grueling 60,000 kilometer sailing race around the world. The teams will depart from Alicante, Spain on January 15. …
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