Orange Women close eventful year as world number eight | Football

Orange Women close eventful year as world number eight |  Football

The Orange Women end the year in eighth place in the world, according to the world rankings that the world football association FIFA published on Friday. The Netherlands also occupied this position in the previous ranking, published in October. Since the publication of the previous ranking, the women of Orange have settled amicably with Costa Rica (4-0) and Denmark (2-0). …

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“The emancipation of women in science is not happening fast enough”

"The emancipation of women in science is not happening fast enough"

The increase in the number of women at the top of science is not happening fast enough. So says the new Female Professors Monitor, which was introduced today. Over the last year (2021), the share of female professors has increased by 1%. This is the weakest growth of the last five years, underlines the National Network of Women Teachers (LNVH). …

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Peruvian president expelled until at least Tuesday

Peruvian president expelled until at least Tuesday

Reuters ONS News•yesterday, 22:41 Peruvian President Pedro Castillo is in jail until at least Tuesday, the South American country’s Supreme Court has ruled. Castillo, 53, who was impeached yesterday by the Peruvian parliament, was sentenced to seven days in pre-trial detention. The scheme took effect retroactively, yesterday counts as the first day. Castillo was charged with “rebellion”, among other things. …

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Irish women fined for singing IRA song in historic World Cup qualifiers

Irish women fined for singing IRA song in historic World Cup qualifiers

Professional shots Soccer OUR•yesterday, 2:11 p.m. Irish soccer players were fined 20,000 euros after the sing an IRA song in the locker room. They did so after qualifying for the world championship for the first time in history under national coach Vera Pauw at the expense of Scotland. Pauw then immediately took responsibility, even though she herself did not participate …

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The US has imposed sanctions on a Turkish businessman linked to Iran’s Quds Force

FILE PHOTO: Illustration shows USA and Iranian flags

According to a finance ministry report to be released later on Thursday and seen by Reuters, Ayan’s companies created international sales contracts for Iranian oil, arranged exports and helped launder the proceeds and trace the origin of Iranian oil. Iran’s Quds Force, a component of the IRGC. Ayan has established commercial contracts to sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth …

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Harry and Meghan overplay their hand with a ‘therapy session’

Harry and Meghan overplay their hand with a 'therapy session'

Prince Harry and Meghan/Netflix It’s very likely that Harry and Meghan, with their Netflix documentary, overplayed their hand. Because whoever comes to the royal family in the UK, always comes to a large number of Britons. So say former correspondent Tim de Wit and British reputation management expert James Brilliant. “Of these series they’re burning all the bridges behind them,” …

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Scientists discover the strongest material on earth | Science

Scientists discover the strongest material on earth |  Science

American scientists have discovered the strongest material on Earth. It is a mixture of chromium, cobalt and nickel. The mixture of metals, CrCoNi, was discovered by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Scientists conducted tests which showed that the mixture is about five times stronger than the strongest steel. It is also about fifteen times stronger than aluminum airliner frames. …

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Apple will store more encrypted customer files in iCloud | Technology

Apple will store more encrypted customer files in iCloud |  Technology

08 dec 2022 om 10:39Update: 9 uur geleden The security of Apple’s iCloud storage service is further improved. The tech company is going to introduce something called Advanced Data Protection. For example, photos, videos and messages are stored encrypted and only the user has the keys to decrypt the files. Until now, only health data, passwords and payment information were …

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Illegal refugee shelters discovered at Europe’s external borders | Abroad

Illegal refugee shelters discovered at Europe's external borders |  Abroad

08 dec 2022 om 17:42 Refugees are locked up in secret places on the external borders of Croatia, Hungary and Bulgaria, according to research carried out, among others Lighthouse reports. The most basic facilities are lacking on the premises, let alone that people get a fair trial. The pitches are co-financed by the European Union. Although rumors of lawless detention …

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Alderman Corniel distributes orderly action trees

Alderman Corniel distributes orderly action trees

Through: Bregje Kop 55 minutes ago General SINT-MARTENSDIJK – Alderman Corniel van Leeuwen today distributed the trees ordered by the residents. Residents could collect the trees at the municipal workshop in Sint-Maartensdijk. Last September, residents of the municipality of Tholen could order a maximum of six free trees per address via ZMf.nl. On December 8, 9 and 10, 2022, …

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Major US banks expect moderate recession in 2023

Major US banks expect moderate recession in 2023

By Neil’s ChallengePublished on December 08, 2022 Thursday to do 20:02• 4 Read less Major US banks are confident that the US will enter a recession in 2023. “But it won’t be a recession like 2008,” said Jay Bryson, chief economist at Wells Fargo. Why is this important?The Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes …

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Bregtje van der Haak new director Eye Filmmuseum

Bregtje van der Haak new director Eye Filmmuseum

This week, the supervisory board of Amsterdam’s Eye Filmmuseum named documentary filmmaker and former VPRO editor-in-chief Bregtje van der Haak as its new director. As of April 1, 2023, Van der Haak will succeed outgoing director Sandra den Hamer. In a press release, she says “in her dreams, she sees Eye, the oyster on the IJ, opening up even more …

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