Reuters ONS News•today, 20:41 The US Department of Transportation is investigating the airline Southwest, as the company continues to cancel flights due to winter weather in the United States. While most other airlines canceled no more than 2% of their flights today, Southwest canceled more than 60% of scheduled air travel. Today, approximately 2,950 flights have been canceled in the …
Read More »German companies want to invest more in Africa by 2023
A survey of members of the German-African Entrepreneurs’ Association also showed that 39% of the association’s members wanted to keep their spending in Africa stable. “Most companies want to expand their operations in the coming year,” association president Christoph Kannegiesser told Reuters. “It makes sense because the continent is still on a growth trajectory.” German companies invested around 1.6 billion …
Read More »Book Review: Women of Oblivion
Review Women who have studied the natural sciences have been around for centuries. Margriet van der Heijden honors them in this readable book. Who was the first to demonstrate the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide? Irishman John Tyndall perhaps? In 1861, he published laboratory results which showed that water vapor and CO2 absorb heat radiation. Or …
Read More »The first Dutch professional soccer player played in the American League
NewFootball The Orange team is today playing the World Cup against the United States, the country of Gerrit Visser. He was the first Dutch professional footballer there. Gerrit Visser in 1924 with an unknown woman. Photo from the KNVB collection by the National Archives A hundred years ago, it was still forbidden in the Netherlands to earn money as a …
Read More »The convicted former South Korean president has been pardoned
APE ONS News•today, 11:50 a.m. Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was pardoned by current President Yoon due to poor health. Businessman Lee, who has headed several Hyundai conglomerate companies, was elected president in 2008. It was the first time South Korea had elected a business leader. Lee, who had also served as mayor of the capital Seoul, stayed on …
Read More »Hertzberger is absent, but Rohof and Merkus are
National coach Robert Tigges has announced his training squad for the World Cup in South Africa. The group will start tomorrow (Wednesday, editor’s note) at Topsportcentrum Almere with preparations for the sixth edition of the World Cup to be held in Pretoria from February 5 to 11, 2023. Tigges begins the World Cup trajectory with a group of twenty players. …
Read More »Argentina to be inflation world champion in 2022 (if you don’t count the usual suspects) – Wel.nl
We have listed annual inflation figures for a large number of countries. Argentina also looks set to win the trophy here. The country recorded inflation of 92.4 percent in November, thus slightly above Turkey with 84.4 percent. So it’s a very bad idea for Argentine savers to keep pesos in the bank or in old socks. A year later, they …
Read More »Thousands of years old mammoth poop comes to life in a Dutch laboratory | Science
Dubbed “a sort of microbial Jurassic Park,” a Dutch researchers experiment with 28,500-year-old woolly mammoth feces. The animal had been found in perfect condition under the ice of a Siberian island, writes loyalty. The mammoth was found in 2012 on the Siberian island of Mali Liakhovsky. A special discovery, but which did not stop there. Because the mammoth turned out …
Read More »Professional footballer Johan Kappelhof devoted to America: “Positivity is a relief”
For Johan Kappelhof, the Netherlands’ World Cup game against the United States is special. The 32-year-old from Amsterdam has been playing across the ocean for years. Above all, he notices that the mood among Americans is much more positive. “It was really a relief when I came to play here.” Johan Kappelhof & Team USA – Instagram: @jkappelhof4 & Orange …
Read More »New Republican Congressman Admits Lies in Resume: ‘But I’m Not a Criminal’ | Abroad
He had yet to win the election in a New York state when reports leaked that Republican Congressman George Santos is definitely not who he claims to be. Santos, 34, also admits he did indeed lie on his impressive resume, CNN reports. He’s not talking about fabrications, by the way, but about twisting and making the truth more beautiful. ,,And …
Read More »“But I’m not a criminal”
He’s not talking about fabrications, by the way, but about twisting and making the truth more beautiful. “And who doesn’t have it on their resume,” he said in a WABC radio interview. “I’m not going to make excuses for this, but a lot of people exaggerate on their CVs. I’m not saying I’m not guilty of this,” he said. Shortly …
Read More »This year most of the Sinterklaas shopping was done a week before December 5th – de Puttenare
Tuesday 6 December, 08:00 economy putting (AP) The Dutch have done most of their Sinterklaas shopping before Dec. 5, perhaps looking to take advantage of Black Friday deals. Although last Saturday was the busiest day at checkout last week, the number of people paying with payment cards was not nearly as large as on Saturday after the shopping spree. In …
Read More »Provincial grant of €500,000 for the vision of the village of Nieuw-Dijk
new dike – The province of Gelderland provided a grant of €500,000 under the “Use of sandstone” program for the redevelopment of three sites in Nieuw Dijk. The plan is an initiative of a working group of the Leefbaar Nieuw-Dike association. Montferland had already given the green light to this plan on September 15, and provided a contribution of €250,000 …
Read More »Vera Pauw and Willem Vissers are the inventors of the catenaccio polder
NewFootball The victory of the Netherlands over the United States catenaccio of the polders Appointed. This term was first used in 2009 in the Volkskrant in a report by the Dutch women’s team. Dukla Prague already showed in 1967 what the catenaccio polder is during a training course in Amsterdam. Photo Josef Masopust by the National Archives Sport is a …
Read More »These are the 10 most beautiful space photos of 2022: chosen by you!
As tradition dictates, we are ending the year with a list of the most beautiful photos from space. What were the best space photos this year? More than 900 visitors chose the following ten photos. Not surprisingly, the list is dominated by images from the James Webb Telescope. This telescope opened its eyes earlier this year and has already sent …
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