According to Nikkei Asia, Nikon plans to stop developing DSLRs. Due, among other things, to competition from smartphones, the Japanese manufacturer would like to focus on mirrorless, smaller and lighter solutions. Canon would also stop producing DSLRs within a few years. The Nikon F (1959) was the company’s first SLR camera. Early mirrorless cameras generally couldn’t match the image quality …
Read More »New footage of Texas school attack shows delay in police response
Reuters ONS News†today, 1:22 p.m. A local Texas newspaper has published new footage of the fatal shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde on May 24. These are recordings from security cameras hung around the school. Footage shows police waiting in the school for 77 minutes before deciding to confront the shooter. This information is not new, but the debate …
Read More »World Cup look: clash of styles in classic Argentina
No less than 44 matches will be played during the Women’s World Cup in Amsterdam and Terrassa. Every day we select a gripping confrontation between two foreign teams. Today: Argentina – England. Why is this duel special?Argentina – England is not only a clash of styles, but also a classic of women’s hockey. Two world superpowers, who have met for …
Read More »Iranians have evaded sanctions for years by financing bitcoin exchanges
Since 2018, Iran has once again come under heavy US sanctions. Yet apparently a group of Iranians managed to circumvent these restrictions through Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Iran seizes crypto writes that ReutersHe spoke to seven different Iranian traders. Sanctions were first lifted in 2015 after the country pledged not to develop nuclear weapons. Subsequently, it was again …
Read More »Doctors place pig hearts in brain dead people, research pays off NOW
New York researchers placed pig hearts in two brain-dead people in June† This means science is one step closer to the future possibility of saving human lives with animal organs, the news agency writes. PA† The transplants followed the historic attempt earlier this year to sustain a dying man in Maryland† Doctors from the medical team themselves removed the hearts …
Read More »Interview | Sepp Kuss: ‘I still regularly remember the Armstrong era’
For the Wieler Revue-Tourspecial, he looks back on his victory last year. “When I won a stage in the Tour de France, I got more attention than I thought. It’s also because as a cyclist you live in a small world and you lose the signals what it means for the fans in your country. I had a lot of …
Read More »Sri Lankan president flees country ahead of resignation announcement
AFP ONS News†yesterday, 11:29 p.m.†Amended today, 00:50 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled, international media have reported. Saturday stormed angry protesters his residence. He had been in hiding ever since. The president flew with his wife and two bodyguards to Malé, the capital of the Maldives. Sri Lanka has been unstable for some time and there are regular large …
Read More »Podium Reimerswaal big loser in coalition battle Reimerswaal
Sixty supporters of Podium Reimerswaal in the public gallery and outside the council chamber are deeply, deeply disappointed with the phasing out of subsidies to the cultural platform – around 30,000 euros a year. “With the stroke of a pen, forty years of work have been done,” the spokesperson addressed to the city councilors. “Respect for others must remain the …
Read More »PepsiCo rises on lower Wall Street after results
PepsiCo was up 0.3 percent in New York trading on Tuesday. The US maker of soft drinks and snacks posted better-than-expected sales and profit last quarter. The group raised its full-year revenue forecast for the second year in a row due to continued strong demand for its products. The mood on Wall Street was calm after the previous day’s defeat. …
Read More »Residents unhappy with Florapark-Westeinde projects: “And the whole neighborhood with me”
The municipalities of Enkhuizen and Stede Broec expect more than 100 interested people this evening, during a meeting on the development of the Florapark-Westeinde plan. In times of shortage in Enkhuizen and Bovenkarspel, this should result in hundreds of new homes. But not everyone expects that. Housing plans for Florapark-Westeinde have been in place for years. South of Westeinde in …
Read More »“He likes to go deep”
Jill Roord (right) in a duel with Caroline Seger during the pool match against Sweden (1-1).ANP/EPA picture Jill Roord (25) likes to be important. Standing in the base, in a place where a lot is expected and demanded of her. She feels pressure, but above all she feels confident. “And it’s a nice feeling, it triggers me.” On Saturday, she …
Read More »Eight potential successors to British Prime Minister Johnson after Conservative Party vote | NOW
Eight members of Britain’s Conservative Party secured enough votes on Tuesday and are now candidates to replace outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The next step is rounds of voting among MPs until the two most popular candidates remain. The parliamentarians have received the necessary support from at least twenty other deputies and therefore continue to compete for the presidency of …
Read More »Wim lives and works in Stockholm: “I am considered very frugal here” | NOW
About 40,000 Dutch people emigrate abroad every year. Do you enjoy working in their new (temporary) home country? And do they really want to return to the Netherlands? This time we talk to Wim in Stockholm. Who: Wim Timmermans Function: Director of Global Key Accounts at technology company Vertiv Where: Stockholm, Sweden Since: 2017 (since 1988 abroad) How did you …
Read More »Croatia will pay with the euro from next year | Now
Croatia and the European Commission approved the Balkan country’s entry into the eurozone on Tuesday. That means scientist Nikola Tesla’s portrait will be on the country’s euro-adoption coins on January 1 next year. Croatia has been a member of the European Union since 2013 and wants to replace its own currency, the kuna, with the euro. EU countries wishing to …
Read More »Shoulder injury ends goalkeeper Van Veenendaal’s European Championship
AFP Football OUR†yesterday, 11:15 a.m.†Amended yesterday, 2:56 p.m. Sari van Veenendaal left the selection of the Dutch national team in England. During the match against Sweden, the Orange keeper suffered a shoulder injury, which means that she cannot pursue the European Championship in England. “Terrible news,” says national coach Mark Parsons of Van Veenendaal’s failure. “Sari is so much more …
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