Dutch water polo players will face Canada in the intermediate round of the world championships in Hungary on Sunday. The players of Greek national coach Evangelos Doudesis finished second in the group behind the United States, after a 22-1 victory against South Africa. Canada finished third in Group A. The players lost their last group game 11-7 against hosts Hungary, …
Read More »Thai police arrest CNN journalists who filmed in a nursery | Abroad
Thai police have arrested two reporters from the US news channel CNN who filmed after the nursery school massacre. Journalists are said to have entered without authorization while covering the aftermath of the tragedy, which killed 37 people on Thursday, including 24 children. A Thai reporter posted a photo on social media of CNN reporters exiting the nursery and climbing …
Read More »The US offers additional guarantees to the EU on data privacy
US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order to remove objections to the storage of privacy-sensitive data in the US. The president’s decision implements an agreement in principle between the European Union and the United States last March on data privacy. The order introduces new binding protections that give companies greater legal protection when transferring personal data to the …
Read More »Canada’s economy has room to slow with ‘unusually high’ job openings
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said there was room to slow the economy based on an “unusually high number” of job vacancies. In an interview broadcast on CBC Radio on Sunday, Macklem said the current battle with inflation is the biggest test the central bank has faced since it began pushing for inflation 30 years ago. . But he …
Read More »Cyclo-cross riders Van der Haar and Brand will start the World Cup in the United States
Cyclo-cross riders Lars van der Haar and Lucinda Brand lead the Dutch delegation at the start of the World Cup in the United States. The season begins Sunday in Waterloo, a week later the Fayetteville World Cup is on the program. Van der Haar and Brand are the reigning European champions. Brand (33) also won the World Cup last season, …
Read More »Austria chooses its current president again according to an exit poll | NOW
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen was re-elected on Sunday, local media report based on predictions of the outcome. He obtained an absolute majority with more than 54% of the votes. A second round is therefore no longer necessary. The former leader of Die Grünen was already a big favorite before the elections. Van der Bellen, 78, beat, among others, …
Read More »Scottish Prime Minister believes in another independence referendum
British Prime Minister Liz Truss disagrees. Sturgeon sees a blockade across London as proof that Scotland is part of a political system that does not respect Scottish democracy. His nationalist party (SNP) won a landslide victory in last year’s regional elections. She sees it as a clear mandate from the voter for a referendum. Scotland has been part of the …
Read More »Kanye West returns to Twitter after Instagram suspension
A spokesperson for Meta, the parent company of Instagram, confirms to the American media that the artist can indeed no longer share photos. Instagram places restrictions on Kanye’s use of his account. The company does not specify exactly which posts were deleted or what restrictions Kanye faces. According to NBC, the sanction is linked to anti-Semitic remarks. On Friday, Kanye …
Read More »Older adults with sharp minds have bigger neurons than most | Science
08 okt 2022 om 10:58Update: een dag geleden Very old people who still have sharp minds have much larger neurons than much younger people. This emerges from to research from Northwestern University in the US state of Illinois. By Linda van Beest They are people over 80 years old. With this so called super-aged something special is happening in a …
Read More »Cycling café: Discuss the Gravel World Championships, Paris-Tours and the Rik Van Steenbergen Memorial here
Cycling café: Discuss the Gravel World Championships, Paris-Tours and the Rik Van Steenbergen Memorial here Sunday October 9, 2022 at 12:50 p.m. Current leading group ☕ Welcome to the Wielercafé in WielerFlits, the place to discuss cycling races. Today is busy, with the gravel world cup in Italy, Paris-Tours, the Rik Van Steenbergen Memorial and in the evening the cyclo-cross …
Read More »Four new Google Pixel 7 camera features tested | Comments
09 okt 2022 om 12:01 Google’s new Pixel phone will officially launch in the Netherlands for the first time this year. At an announcement event in Amsterdam, we got to try out the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. Here are four new camera features that stood out. By Rutger Otto Google’s new Pixel devices look just like their predecessors. …
Read More »French philosopher and anthropologist Bruno Latour (75) has died
AFP ONS News•today, 4:30 p.m. French philosopher and anthropologist Bruno Latour (75) has died. He was considered one of France’s most important contemporary thinkers and one of the greatest innovators in the social sciences. Latour dealt with the most diverse subjects, such as the (social) construction of scientific facts, and he was one of the founders of actor-network theory. In …
Read More »Earnings season and IMF meeting start in picture for investors
Photo: ANP After a quiet few weeks on the data front, investors will once again look to corporate results from next week. Things are still quiet on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, but especially in the US, many big companies are already releasing figures. The focus will also be on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank’s autumn meetings. …
Read More »His son Will Smith is furious with Kanye West after a very controversial t-shirt
The “Black Lives Matter” movement has been around for quite some time. The international movement was born in the United States in response to police brutality against African Americans. Apparently, rapper Kanye West thinks this is all a bit of a stretch, as he wore a ‘White Lives Matter’ t-shirt during Paris Fashion Week. It’s not to everyone’s taste. For …
Read More »Towards even more quality
October 8, 2022 What method do you teach in school and can it stand the test of science? What do children learn best with? This question has been researched for some time, but the results have often not found their way into the classroom. It changes. With the advancement of evidence-based work in education, these scientific research findings serve as …
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