Lidl Netherlands no longer imports fruit and vegetables by air – Wel.nl

Lidl Netherlands no longer imports fruit and vegetables by air – Wel.nl

Why would you steal apples and other types of fruit and vegetables from Chile, New Zealand or South Africa, when there are plenty of apples in the Netherlands? Lidl Netherlands is the first supermarket to focus entirely on local fruit and thus reduce its CO2 emissions. We won’t see banana, avocado and coffee plantations (yet) in our country, but apples, …

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Column: Formula 1 and quality television

Column: Formula 1 and quality television

Photo credit: Rebecca Brenneman/Netflix A while ago I brought the Netflix series to my dad month under attention. I told him that the comedy revolves around a Palestinian (played by comedian Mo Amer) who has been living in the United States for years without a residence permit. My father was immediately interested. And rightly so: how many comedy series about …

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North Korea launches ten missiles, South Korea responds with fighter jets | NOW

North Korea launches ten missiles, South Korea responds with fighter jets |  NOW

North Korea fired ten different types of missiles on Wednesday morning, the South Korean military said. One of the missiles hit less than 60 kilometers from the South Korean coast. In response, South Korea fired three missiles towards the North Korean border. The North Korean missiles were launched east and west, according to Seoul. It triggered an air raid siren …

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Turkey desperately needs Russia for money and gas

Turkey desperately needs Russia for money and gas

Turkish President Erdogan benefits greatly from his rapprochement with President Putin. At their final meeting in the Kazakh capital Astana on October 13 – the fourth meeting in four months – Putin proposed moving more natural gas through Turkey and turning the country into a gas hub. Erdogan was only too happy to accept the offer. After returning to the …

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A good researcher does not make a good manager at the university

A good researcher does not make a good manager at the university

A good researcher does not make a good manager. It sounds obvious, but if you look at how a university is organized, you will see that this is not always the case. “The quality of leadership is not really a selection criterion,” says Naomi Ellemers, who this summer wrote an advisory report for the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and …

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New Zealand Blog: Kia Ora! Good morning!

New Zealand Blog: Kia Ora!  Good morning!

I’m all ‘excited’ as I sit down to write my first ‘New Zealand News’ Phryso blog! How wonderful to have this opportunity, and what a great way to connect and share our story with Friesian enthusiasts all over the world.My name is Anna Zhigareva. I’m going to vary the topics of these blogs, but I thought I’d start with an …

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Left to win in ‘one of the most exciting elections ever’ in Denmark

Left to win in 'one of the most exciting elections ever' in Denmark

Reuters ONS News•yesterday, 9:56 p.m.•Amended today, 02:19 In Denmark, the centre-left bloc led by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen appears to retain a majority in parliament. According to Danish public broadcaster DR, Frederiksen’s Social Democratic Party has once again become the largest party, with more than 27% of the vote. This is the best result for more than twenty years. The …

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US Ho under prohibition in affirmative action case

US Ho under prohibition in affirmative action case

News | By Janneke Adema November 1, 2022 | Harvard and the University of North Carolina were sued in the US Supreme Court. The complainant was a student group called ‘Students for Fair Admissions’. The ruling could affect companies across the United States. Image: Adam Szuscik (Unsplash) In the …

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Rhino horns are getting smaller and smaller

Each chimpanzee has their own style of drumming

About the episode New research would show that rhino horns have become smaller over the past century. And the reason is most likely (and not entirely surprising): hunting. This research was made possible by a huge database of rhinos. Collected by Dutch researcher Kees Rookmaker. He was aiming for thisthe Rhino Resource Center on. Here you will find, among other …

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