Today, NASA begins another dress rehearsal for the first launch of its new moon rocket. An earlier attempt to wet dress rehearsal to carry it out, was anything but as planned. The SLS rocket that will bring Americans back to the Moon in a few years worries NASA. After years of delays, the Space Launch System was ready in early …
Read More »Code red in some regions of France, record temperatures up to 46 degrees expected | NOW
France is experiencing a heat wave. According to the National Weather Service, this could lead to a record high temperature on Saturday afternoon. So the mercury should reach 46 degrees somewhere. The red code was issued for eleven departments. “It’s really an exceptional situation,” said Météo France. In the southwest of France, people have to take into account a temperature …
Read More »The Yellowstone Natural Area in the United States closed due to extreme weather conditions
The park last closed in the summer of 1988, due to forest fires. In any case, the park will remain closed until Wednesday, according to authorities. Evacuations are being organized for visitors and workers who were already in the park when the storm began. Melting snow The region is facing an unprecedented wet spring. Temperatures have also soared in recent …
Read More »For the first time, the Apple Store in the United States receives union representation – companies
Most employees at the Apple Store in the United States have voted to form a union, the first time a technology company has sought to promote trade union efforts. Of the 110 employees at the Downson, Maryland store, 65 voted in favor and 33 against. Broadcast live by the federal agency that oversees the turnout. A group of employees called …
Read More »After twenty years of “battle”, finally the authorization for Duinzigt Havo
The Fioretti Foundation Teylingen de Voorhout receives permission from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to establish a new school in Oegstgeest. This is the HAVO education at the Duinzigt sector of Teylingen College. This decision fulfills a long-standing wish of the school. At the school on the Wijttenbachlaan in Oegstgeest HAVO is already taught, but later three HAVO …
Read More »Yellow Tigers win in Poland Nations League | More sports
VolleyballThe Belgian volleyball players (FIVB 13) have won their seventh Nations League match. The Yellow Tigers defeated Poland (FIVB 10) in Quezon City, Philippines, 3-2. The settled positions were 25-20, 15-25, 25-22, 22-25 and 15-13. It was the Belgian volleyball players’ third match in Quezon City in the Philippines. Previously, they lost 0-3 to China (FIVB 3) and 1-3 to …
Read More »The South Korean created a tombstone for Internet Explorer: “Love-hate relationship”
Jung spent more than 300 euros for the tombstone, on which he had, among other things, the logo of the browser. He says he wanted to mark when Microsoft stopped using it because it had a “love-hate relationship” with the browser for more than a quarter of a century. “Appalling Nonsense” “It was a terrible thing,” he says of Explorer. …
Read More »Two men drowned in the North Sea off Belgium
Two men have drowned in the North Sea off Belgium, Belgian police have reported. The men of Polish nationality reportedly entered the water together near Zeebrugge, but they drifted towards Blankenberge due to the strong current. The local police chief of police tells VRT that the two men, aged around 30 and 40, bathed in an unguarded area. “A lifeless …
Read More »PP22: Crowded House’s cuddle rock is far from finished
If you see a street musician, just be careful: in nine out of ten cases, he has the Crowded House song Don’t Dream It’s Over in his repertoire. The kind of song that still holds up, no matter how badly you destroy it, and you just can’t get it out of your head. In New Zealand frontman Neil Finn is …
Read More »U.S. bill to legalize abortion shops in Senate | Abroad
The bill to legalize abortion across the United States has failed in the Senate. President Joe Biden’s Democrats bill failed to get the required 60 votes. Opposition from Republican opposition parties was strong in the 100-member Senate. In addition to the 50 Republican senators, he voted against the most conservative Democratic senator, Joe Mans. With the bill, Democrats wanted to …
Read More »No less than 19 tornadoes rage in the middle of the United States
Nineteen tornadoes hit the central United States. Photo to illustrate: Unsplash Nineteen tornadoes hit the central United States. Dozens of people in the area were killed by the natural disaster. The governor of the state of Kentucky fears that between 50 and 100 people have been killed. Governor Andy Beshear has a press conference declared a state of emergency in …
Read More »The Sowib working group pleads for a variant on the energy label
1 hour ago General Anyone who wants to buy a house can see at a glance how energy-efficient the house is on Funda. A label has been designed for this. The Working Together Growing group of Boxtel (Sowib) wants a similar label, but which specifies how suitable an accommodation is for seniors. There is not yet such a clear etiquette …
Read More »Kamminga starts chasing for world title with fastest time in 100-meter breaststroke series | NOW
Arno Kamminga made a convincing start to the World Swimming Championships in Budapest on Saturday. The Dutchman, who can become world champion in the Hungarian capital, signed the best time of the series of 100 meters breaststroke. Kamminga hit the Duna Arena after 58.69 seconds and thus qualified for the semi-finals, scheduled for Saturday evening. Sunday is the final battle. …
Read More »UK government experiments with electronic tracking of asylum seekers | NOW
The UK Home Office has launched a trial that will enable the electronic tracking of migrants who have entered the UK on board boats or in the back of trucks, according to the report. BBC Saturday. This is a year-long trial for adults awaiting deportation. The experiment started on Thursday in England and Wales. The trial aims to test whether …
Read More »Spectacular filming locations in Norway: ‘This is where Tom Cruise ran down a mountain’
The village of Sæbø, in the Norwegian province of Møre og Romsdal, has less than five hundred inhabitants. So when the Marvel movie Black Widow was filmed here in May 2019 and suddenly a film crew of two hundred people were walking around, it was big news. Scarlett Johansson at the neighborhood supermarket Mats Riise, owner of local supermarket Joker, …
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