Britain’s Prince William presented the Earthshot Prize for the first time on Sunday evening. It happened at a special gala in London where William and his wife Catherine were in attendance. The royal created the environmental award himself. In a video message, William looked back on the first twenty years of this century. “We live in a time which determines …
Read More »A Literary Research for Night and Nature – Writer Kester Freriks on Silence, Space and Darkness | The Swollenaer
Wednesday evening October 27, Kester Freriks will be the guest of the Zwolle and Surroundings department of the Humanist Association. Kester Freriks (1954) is an award-winning and versatile writer of nature novels, essays and books. With richly illustrated books such as Bird Watching. The three hundred Dutch bird species (2009), De valk (2010), Along the IJssel. Nature and culture in …
Read More »Fifty hours of dancing for 100,000 euros, “it’s almost assault”
One hundred participants, fifty hours of dancing and a cash prize of 100,000 euros for the couple that lasts the longest. The concept of the SBS show De Dansmarathon is simple, but lends itself to a heavy battle of wear and tear among the participants, and of astonishment among the viewers. Not everyone came out of the competition unscathed: the …
Read More »Debate in US after Petito Hype, “Missing Black Women Not Taken Seriously”
And not only in the media, but also in the police, according to critics, there is no rush when it comes to a black woman. “These things are just taken less seriously,” says the organization’s Derrica Wilson Black and missing, where they focus on cases of missing persons in black families for 13 years. “How many times do we see …
Read More »Break between allies: the French feel left behind by America | Abroad
What is the heated controversy about?About a lot of money and hurt pride. President Emmanuel Macron is furious with the United States and Australia for agreeing to a deal to supply American nuclear submarines to the government in Canberra. In doing so, they tore up a contract concluded with France in 2016 for the delivery of twelve submarines (diesel) worth …
Read More »Debate in the United States after the media scandal of the Pettito case, ‘Missing missing black women is not taken seriously’
Not only in the media, but also in the police, according to critics, there is no urgency for a black woman. “These things are taken less seriously,” says Derrick Wilson of the organization Black and missing, They have been focusing on cases of missing persons in black families for 13 years. “We often see the family being told that their …
Read More »Massive criticism of the program where participants dance fifty hours for 100,000 euros
There is massive amazement about the SBS program The dance marathon in which one hundred participants dance for fifty hours for a cash prize of one hundred thousand euros. The show has even been compared to the popular Netflix series. Squid game. Abducted on stretchers Fifty hours of dancing is very hard and several participants did not come out of …
Read More »Pedestrian area – PvdA Leiden
As the third largest city in the Netherlands, Leiden has a pedestrian policy! The city council recently approved it. Good news, we think, because this way it will be more pleasant and safer to walk and run in the city. An improvement for all of us! Because everyone walks every day: from home to your bike or car, to a …
Read More »Arrests in Athens to protest against the Beijing Olympics
Greek police have arrested activists who demonstrated in Athens against the Olympic Games scheduled for Beijing. They chanted slogans such as “Boycott Beijing 2022” and “Tibet must be liberated” at the Acropolis, the Students for a Free Tibet organization reports. Greek police say they arrested two women and a man. Officers also confiscated the flags hanging from the historic structure. …
Read More »“China also tested hypersonic missile, Americans surprised”
China secretly tested a hypersonic missile in August, reports the Financial Time. US intelligence sources told the newspaper they were surprised by the test. Although the missile did not hit its target, testing shows that China has made “incredible progress” in developing a hypersonic missile, the sources say. In fact, the Chinese turn out to be much more advanced than …
Read More »Red Lions beat Germany 6-1 at Ukel Sport
The Belgian Lions, the Belgian national men’s hockey team, returned to the professional hockey competition on Saturday night with a large victory over Germany 6-1 (first half: 2-0) on Saturday night at the sports facilities d’Uccle, in Brussels. Developed under the direction of new coach Michel van den Heuvel and finding its audience for the first time since its Olympic …
Read More »Purchasing power has increased by almost 60 percent in 40 years
The poverty rate has declined on average since 1977. “The reason for this is that the labor force participation rate has increased. The best solution is to work on doing something about poverty. Another group that sometimes falls below the poverty line are the self-employed who have had a bad year. “They can live on their reserves, but they are …
Read More »SBS6’s Dance Marathon is shit
Feedback October 17, 2021 In 1969, then-famous director Sydney Pollack made an impressive film about such dance marathons called They shoot Horses, don’t They. John de Mol once invented Big Brother, but otherwise he’s good at milking old ideas like talent shows, which are always presented in a different form. For his latest find, he plunges into the past: the …
Read More »Space probe Lucy embarks on years of travel to the rocks near Jupiter | Science
Millions of rocks fly near the planet Jupiter. They orbit the sun and are remnants of when our solar system was formed billions of years ago. For the first time, a space probe is now going there, the American capsule Lucy. It will be launched on Saturday. The launch is scheduled for 11:34 Dutch time. The Trojan asteroids are called …
Read More »| Jackie Groenen is not afraid of the United States: “The best match imaginable”
The Orange Lionesses are not afraid of the reigning world champions USA. Why the Netherlands too? The United States team certainly does not impress in the group stage of the Olympic football tournament. The Netherlands concede more goals than they would like, but have pulled the trigger no less than 21 (!) Times in their 3 group matches. The resumption …
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