Thai police arrest CNN journalists who filmed in a nursery | Abroad

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 …

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The US offers additional guarantees to the EU on data privacy

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 …

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Austria chooses its current president again according to an exit poll | NOW

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, …

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Scottish Prime Minister believes in another independence referendum

Schotse premier gelooft in nieuw onafhankelijkheidsreferendum

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 …

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Kanye West returns to Twitter after Instagram suspension

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 …

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Older adults with sharp minds have bigger neurons than most | Science

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 …

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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

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 …

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Four new Google Pixel 7 camera features tested | Comments

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. …

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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 …

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Earnings season and IMF meeting start in picture for investors

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. …

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His son Will Smith is furious with Kanye West after a very controversial t-shirt

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 …

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Towards even more quality

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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