NU.nl regularly gives you an overview of the situation in Ukraine. This time: Russian troops shelled residential areas of Krivi Rih, the hometown of Volodymyr Zelensky, on Saturday morning. Ukraine’s president visited the city on Friday, while he also visited the frontline. At the same time, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on his Chinese counterpart to speak out …
Read More »Bombs in Zelensky’s hometown, US appeals to ‘neutral’ China | Now
NU.nl provides you with an ongoing overview of the situation in Ukraine. This time: Russian troops shelled residential areas in Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown of Kriviy Rih on Saturday morning. The Ukrainian president visited the city on Friday, where he visited the front line. At the same time, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called on the Chinese secretary to speak …
Read More »Disney Could Lose Copyright to Original Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse made his big screen debut in 1928 in the short film Steamboat Willie. Current copyright law in the United States states that after a period of 95 years, an invented character becomes part of the public domain. This would allow people to create their own stories or movies from 2024 with Mickey’s original design in mind. However, subsequent …
Read More »Ticks appear to be present in all types of vegetation, including short mowed grass | Science
Jul 09, 2022 at 10:11 a.m. | Update: 4 uur geleden Zie ookIk ben gebeten door een teek: heb ik nu de ziekte van Lyme? Ticks even survive the robotic lawnmower More than a quarter of ticks were found in short grass. Ticks are even caught on lawns that are maintained daily with a robot mower. Since it now seems …
Read More »Sport court: right next to the Nations Cup medal-winning track cyclists | sport
Keep up to date with all the sports news. We have set up special pages on our website for football, tennis, skating, motorsports, cycling and darts news, where the most important topics of these sports are featured. Track cyclists miss medal at Nations Cup in Bali 09:00: Dutch track cyclists Laurine van Riessen and Mylène de Zoete have just missed …
Read More »Is it a temple or a mosque? Hindus go to court in India
LIT ONS News†today, 06:34 Aletta Andre India correspondent Aletta Andre India correspondent In more than ten places in India, Hindus are trying to force the courts to often pass off ancient mosques as Hindu temples. This new wave of Hindu religious zeal is straining relations between Hindus and India’s large Muslim minority. For example, tensions are rising in the Hindu …
Read More »Antwerp Liezl (23) opens an ephemeral design clothing store in Paris: “Pomchili opposes disposable clothing to an idiosyncratic vintage collection” (Antwerp)
The pop-up store in Paris attracted a lot of people. “We are surrounded by vintage shops and small streets. There is a pleasant bustle,” says Liezl Vervloet. Pomchili started out as a hobby for her but quickly became a passion with over 6,000 followers on Instagram. “When I was seventeen, I went to New Zealand for a year. I met …
Read More »Luc van Bree spent two long years at ZZ Leiden
(Photo: ZZ Leiden Basketball). Leiden, 9 July 2022, 10:27 am By authors Luuk van Bree will play for Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden Basketball for the next two seasons. The 2.03m forward has spent the last two seasons at Leiden. Luuk van Bree moved to America in 2015 via the Canarias Basketball Academy (Spain). There he played four years for Bradley’s …
Read More »The documentary on this athlete is watched in droves on Netflix
The sport is doing well netflix† Earlier we wrote about this sports movie which was a huge hit on the streaming service, and now there is another sports documentary which is streaming in droves. It is Conor McGregor: notorious (2017), about the Irish mixed martial arts fighter. ‘Conor McGregor: Notorious’ hits Netflix Although the Conor McGregor documentary was previously released …
Read More »What is happy or sad music is not universal
As a Western DJ, you can be sure you’ll get dancers on the floor with a solid “major” song. And during the funeral, we play the music in “minor”. “Major” and “minor” refer to the key signature difference. In major, there are four semitones between the first and third note of the scale. In a minor key, this distance is …
Read More »Tim van Rijthoven leaves Wimbledon with 220,000 euros in his pocket | sport
Tim van Rijthoven won as many prizes at Wimbledon as he had in his entire career before he left for London. The world number 104 ended up with 190,000 pounds, converted into more than 220,000 euros, from the grand slam tournament. He lost in the fourth round in four series by Novak Djokovic Van Rijthoven, 25, admitted with a wild …
Read More »Why did the T. Rex have short arms? A new dinosaur revives the debate
AFP/Carlos Papolio ONS News†yesterday, 22:57 Ivo Landman online editor Ivo Landman online editor It’s a question that’s haunted people ever since the first Tyrannosaurus rex fossils were discovered: why did the terrifying predator have those crazy short front legs? Paleontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur in Argentina that looks a lot like T. rex, including clumsy arms, and …
Read More »Climate researchers: remarkable series of early heat waves | Abroad
The high temperatures are in line with predictions by the United Nations climate expert group, the IPCC. In the latest assessment report, climatologists point out that heat waves will be more frequent and intense. In June, the average global temperature was 0.32 degrees Celsius above the 30-year average. In Europe, it was even 1.6 degrees Celsius above average. This made …
Read More »Rare weather phenomenon in the United States: the sky turns green in severe weather
A derecho is a huge storm complex that can be up to 400 kilometers long. The phenomenon moves quickly across the country and can bring tornado-like gusts of wind, torrential rains and thunderstorms. This type of weather is more common inside the United States, but sky discoloration is rare. Calm before the storm According to the National Weather Service (NWS), …
Read More »Prince Harry wins libel suit against Associated Newspapers | royals
The article in question came in response to a lawsuit the prince had brought against the UK Home Office over his family’s police safety. He lost it after he and his wife Meghan stepped down from their royal duties in 2019 and moved to the United States. In the article of Mail on Sunday it was implied that the prince …
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