De Jong and Wilken complete heavy cross at World Eventing Championships

De Jong and Wilken complete heavy cross at World Eventing Championships

World Championship cross-country is supposed to be tough, and that was certainly the case at the FEI World Championship Eventing in Pratoni del Vivaro. Sixteen combinations did not reach the finish, but Dutch participants Sanne de Jong and Jordy Wilken completed the cross well, both with a disallowed scoreboard. Only 11 of the 88 combinations that appeared at the start …

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Weekly Preview: Fortune Tellers From Science

Weekly Preview: Fortune Tellers From Science

Why we’re doing this weekly overview: In our weekly Sunday preview, we as editors look back over the last seven days. We do this on the cross of our designer Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, makes a drawing and we go from there. What was the editorial talking about? What other topics caught our attention? Concretely, how do …

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You must disable these 3 functions immediately

You must disable these 3 functions immediately

iOS 16 has just been released and has a lot of great features to try out. Yet Apple also has a few features enabled by default that you don’t want to use. In these iPhone tips, we show 3 iOS 16 features that you should disable immediately.

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Biden arrives in London, one million visitors expected

Biden arrives in London, one million visitors expected

“It’s hard to say exactly how many people will travel, but we expect a potential of one million people,” TfL boss Andy Byford told Britain’s PA news agency. “Extremely busy times” Chairman Peter Hendy of UK rail manager Network Rail warns of extremely busy trains. “This is the biggest public transport commitment since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. …

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Ommen Town Hall provides space for emergency crisis care

Ommen Town Hall provides space for emergency crisis care

The town of Ommen will provide asylum seekers with reception capacity at Ommen Town Hall from 1 October 2022. The crisis emergency shelter offers space for around 40 people for a period of 3 months. There is a national need for additional emergency care locations in a crisis situation. In recent months, unacceptable situations have repeatedly occurred at the Ter …

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Climate change is forcing French winegrowers to change course

Climate change is forcing French winegrowers to change course

NOS/Frank Renout ONS News•yesterday, 6:54 p.m. Frank Renout France correspondent Frank Renout France correspondent French winegrowers are desperately looking for solutions as climate change regularly puts their crops at risk. Last year there was a heavy frost in late spring. Entire vines frozen: the harvest was largely lost. This summer, there is an unprecedented heat wave. The grapes sometimes dry …

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In the old DD | NPO Radio 1

In the old DD |  NPO Radio 1

Approximately 111 kilometers of files, 1.7 million photos and tens of thousands of video and sound recordings. In 1989, it was the legacy of the Stasi, the secret services of the former East Germany. All information about our own citizens, collected during interrogations, in public spaces and even with hidden microphones in citizens’ homes. Privacy is a fundamental right for …

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Residents of Kherson are waiting for liberation, but fear the way

Residents of Kherson are waiting for liberation, but fear the way

APE ONS News•today, 12:32 Chiem Baldouk Foreign publisher Chiem Baldouk Foreign publisher Ukraine launched with high expectations the end of august an offensive in the Kherson region, occupied by Russia. After about two and a half weeks, a few villages have been liberated, but the crucial port city itself is still out of reach. While Russia sent reinforcements to Kherson, …

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