Football OUR•Tuesday, November 29, 10:02 p.m. See the Iran – United States summary here The United States have qualified for the Round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar. Thanks to a 1-0 victory over Iran, the United States finished in second place in Group B behind England group winner. The team of national coach Gregg Berhalter is therefore …
Read More »A tyranny of the majority threatens to emerge in Israel
Reuters Protesters fear that the reforms the cabinet wants to implement will harm democracy and harm public opinion ultra-right make it easier for the government to implement controversial plans. To what extent are these concerns justified? Supreme Court offside The most criticized reform concerns the rule of law. A majority of parliament should soon be able to pass laws that …
Read More »Not the natural disaster, but your economic position determines your climate vulnerability
Predictions don’t lie: climate change is making parts of the world unlivable. Should we move then? This is taken seriously all over the world. Particularly in the Pacific Ocean, where the water is already on the lips of the inhabitants. The VPRO documentary was recently released Does vi leve med deg?, Norwegian for ‘Can we live with you?’ In it, …
Read More »Washington now refers to Turkey as ‘Turkey’
The US State Department on Thursday accepted Turkey’s request that the country be called “Türkiye” henceforth. Henceforth, in official documents about Turkey, Washington will refer to ‘Türkiye’ and will no longer use ‘Turkey’. Ankara has long been angered by cartoons and other references associating the country with turkeys — ‘turkey’ being the English word for turkey. The US State Department …
Read More »Former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has cancer
Duran Duran will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday along with Eminem, Lionel Richie and Dolly Parton, among others. Taylor was absent from the ceremony in Los Angeles. It had to do with his illness, he explained in a letter that singer Simon Le Bon read on stage. The 61-year-old musician was diagnosed with …
Read More »Reviews | Care does not need insurers for quality
In the discussion of the impending unaffordability and shutdown of our healthcare system, Marjolein Smidt and Mathieu Weggeman suggested the idea of removing insurers from our healthcare system (“Getting insurers out of the health system”, 8/12). They could be replaced by a National Office for the Administration of Care and thus reduce the heavy administrative burden for care providers, while …
Read More »“Very fanatical and sharp on the ball”
PA Football OUR•Tuesday, November 29, 10:29 PM Louis van Gaal believes the Dutch national team will face a tough match against the United States in the Round of 16 of the World Cup. The match between the Netherlands and the United States is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. Dutch time. “I haven’t seen them yet, only in the …
Read More »Supporters of former Brazilian President Bolsonaro storm the parliament building | Abroad
08 jan 2023 om 19:59Update: 3 minuten geleden Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the parliament building in the capital Brasilia on Sunday afternoon (local time). It is not clear if people worked in the building at the time. The footage shows how a large group of Brazilians storm the building. According to Brazilian media, thousands of people …
Read More »Early Birds goes around the world!
We are going to the other side of the world, to the south of New Zealand. Lisa van Beek lives here. For several years, she has been involved in the protection of a very rare New Zealand bird: the takahe. The takahe is a kind of rail-like bird and is relatively unknown, with only a few hundred left on earth. …
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Vanja Kaludjercic, Festival Director: “Our Focus programs give us the opportunity to celebrate the remarkable work and careers of filmmakers who don’t always get the attention they deserve. We continue our search for the improbable, be it Hungarian documentaries in the countryside of the seventies, performative’extended cinemaor Japanese anime. IFFR is where the unexpected shines.” Focus: Judit Elek IFFR is …
Read More »How did this hole in space come about? Astronomers still don’t know after ten years!
One of Hubble’s masterpieces is a photo of the NGC 1999 reflection nebula. This space photo has been reprocessed and here is the final result. NGC 1999 is a so-called reflection nebula. This means that the gas and dust clouds themselves do not glow. Light from a nearby young star is scattered by the nebula’s dust, making the nebula visible. …
Read More »Live: Netherlands – United States (eighth finals of the Football World Cup) missed?
Broadcast of NOS WC Football: did you miss the first half? From 3:15 p.m. preview and at 4:00 p.m. live coverage of the match between the Netherlands and the United States in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar. The duel can also be seen on the live broadcast via Gids.tv. bad gameThe Dutch national team has …
Read More »Evacuations due to ‘record’ flooding in Australia’s northwest
Reuters ONS News•today, 08:53 Hundreds of people have been evacuated from areas cut off by flooding in northwestern Australia. The Kimberley, a sparsely populated region in the state of Western Australia, has been ravaged by the aftermath of Hurricane Ellie, which brought heavy rain. “People in the Kimberley experience flooding once every 100 years, the worst flood Western Australia has …
Read More »extremely cold in America, “up to 45 degrees below zero”
Large parts of America are currently suffering from extreme cold: “It’s not just a snowy day, it’s serious business,” clarifies President Joe Biden on the seriousness of the situation. In some places, the wind chill can drop to around 45 degrees below zero and heavy snowstorms are also expected, with all the associated traffic problems. Watch the excerpt from RTL …
Read More »Why it’s so nice to live next door to Germany
Economy•8 Jan ’23 at 14:14Author of the book: Mark VanHarveldt With an area of 357,580 square kilometers, a population of 83 million and a GDP of 3.346 billion euros, the Federal Republic of Germany is the fourth largest economy in the world. After USA, China and Japan. Germany is the world’s largest exporter of goods and services, after China and …
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