Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he does not want to leave yet, despite mass protests against him. Rajapaska wants to complete his term. This means that he will leave in two years. “After that, I will not run for office again,” he told the Bloomberg news agency. earlier left his older brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Violent protests have …
Read More »Van Dongen skeptical of darts breakthrough in US: ‘They’d rather watch air guitar competitions here’
Jules van Dongen was knocked out in the first round of the US Darts Masters at Madison Square Garden. Still, the Dutch American enjoyed the experience. Van Dongen lost 6-4 to Michael van Gerwen. “It’s always nice for Americans when an American is on stage, especially against a world-class player. And I’ve embraced that atmosphere myself. That Michael didn’t see …
Read More »Chinese taxi service flies on Wall Street
Photo: ANP Didi Global rose more than 56 percent on Monday in stock markets in New York. Investors have welcomed a report in the business newspaper The Wall Street Journal that Chinese officials will end their investigation into the taxi service this week. Uber’s competitor was, among other things, suspected of illegally collecting personal data from users and violating competition …
Read More »You can catch these top 3 movies on HBO Max and Netflix starting this week
Three films, not five. We can already announce a lot this week in our weekly preview. Sadly, no titles from Disney+ and only 1 movie from HBO Max. We also have two films appearing on Netflix. In short: a somewhat mediocre week. Besides, this is the first time in 42 weeks that we can’t give 5 tips. Probably better next …
Read More »The Hague sees the yellow of the detour signs, the impatience of the contractors
In The Hague, there is growing concern about all the road works in the city taking place at the same time. Because of the diversions, it sometimes takes more than an hour and a half for a motorist to get from one end of the city to the other. Cyclists and pedestrians also have to make long detours. Entrepreneurs claim …
Read More »Apps of the week: keep memories of your loved ones | NOW
Keep memories of loved ones together and more opportunities to find your next Airbnb stay. These are the apps of the week. lalo The Lalo app aims to preserve your family history by saving memories with your friends and family. You can do this in the form of voice messages, videos, photos and texts. You can use Lalo to capture …
Read More »US Proposes Plans to Boost Solar Power Generation | NOW
US President Joe Biden wants the US to produce more solar power in the years to come. To make this possible, Biden wants to take steps to dramatically increase the production of solar panels in the United States. It also does not introduce import duties on cheap panels from Southeast Asia at this time. The press service reports that Reuters† …
Read More »Skiing legend Marcel Hirscher faces hell
New Multiple world ski champion Marcel Hirscher knows better than anyone how to descend a mountain. It remains to be seen how the Austrian sporting hero emerges during the Erzbergrodeo. Hirscher certainly didn’t step aside. Despite fifteen world titles and two Olympics, he has extremely realistic expectations for his first participation in the macabre Erzbergrodeo. “Every checkpoint is a success …
Read More »Russian newspaper: Agreement on the supply of grain to Ukraine via Odessa
Photo: ANP Ukraine will supply grain via the Black Sea from the hitherto banned port of Odessa. According to the Moscow-based newspaper Izvestia, according to Russian government sources, an agreement has been reached with Russia on distribution. Russia and Turkey are said to have agreed on a road map. In doing so, Turkey will clear the coastal area near Odessa …
Read More »Irma Vep S01E01-02: beautiful game with stories
Photo credits: Warner Media In 1996, filmmaker Olivier Assayas made the feature film Irma Vepiabout an actress (Maggie Cheung) chosen for a remake of the French classic The vampires (1915). Cheung played a sort of fictionalized version of himself at the time. The eight-part Irma Vepi – which recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival – is another remake of …
Read More »A moon time capsule
After 50 years of waiting, researchers began opening and examining a special sample of the moon last March. Apollo 17 mission astronauts rammed a cylinder into the remnants of a landslide on the northern half of the moon in 1972 and safely returned the soil sample to Earth. Now, researchers are beginning to uncover the secrets of this lunar story …
Read More »I’m Just Going Away: The Geurts Family vs. The Mensing Family – I’m Going
In Ik Vertrek Even Weg, former contestants can inspire each other, can they learn something from each other or will it be a real test? This week, the Geurts and Mensing families hope to learn from each other how to balance family life and working from home. Geurts family In 2017, Dirk, Feikje and their children Jep and Siem leave …
Read More »New sea cadet corps Veere brings training ship Lacomblé to Zeeland | Walcheren
The over sixty year old wooden minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy was used for many years by the corps in Den Helder. When they wanted to get rid of them, Commander Ruud Willems saw his chance to breathe new life into the Sea Cadet Corps in Zeeland. The preparations lasted more than six months, but on Sunday the time …
Read More »Donna Blue portrays a unique and idiosyncratic sense of time and space
Rarely has a band name been so well represented in images and music as Donna Blue. “Donna is a character from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. And Blue is the feeling of melancholy and sadness, longing. You could also see the blue hour, the mystical transition from light to dark. And that is allowed, because Donna Blue represents a unique and …
Read More »Hindu replacements of slaves commemorated each year: that’s how it is | NOW
Every year on June 5, the Hindu-Surinamese community in the Netherlands and Suriname commemorates Prawas Din, Hindu Immigration Day. Here you can read why. On June 5, 1873, the first indentured laborers arrived from India† Pakistan and Bangladesh †former British India) by boat in Suriname. The Netherlands needed these “Hindoestanen”, a population group and not by definition followers of the …
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