A slumber party for five Belgian teenage girls turned into a nightmare on the night from Saturday to Sunday. About eight armed men wearing balaclavas raided Boom’s house (near Antwerp). A shot was fired during the raid. The Antwerp prosecutor’s office confirms the tragedy. “The girls’ parents were not at home during the raid,” justice spokeswoman Kristof Aerts said. Gunshot …
Read More »US begins evacuating embassy staff in Kabul, Taliban advancing again
The United States began evacuating personnel from the Kabul embassy last night. President Biden has now sent 5,000 military personnel to Afghanistan to ensure the process is “orderly and safe.” According to an embassy employee, only a small group has left and the embassy continues to function normally. The Taliban took control of the city of Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan …
Read More »Paralympic Games open with empty wings but a bigger stage
NBCUniversal, the longtime Olympic and Paralympic network in the United States, has committed to 1,200 hours of coverage on its television and broadcast platforms, with just 70 hours from Brazil in 2016 and five and a half hours from the Olympics London 2012. The show will be taped at the highlight of Time Paralympic on NBC’s main channel, four hours …
Read More »Are you inside or are you outside? In this villa it’s always the question
Across the country, threshing machines sway and cranes sway in the air. Because you have to build it. What are the architectural masterpieces? loyalty chooses from the buildings that have a chance to win the title of “Best Building of the Year”. Episode 5, the last: Villa Fifty-Fifty in Eindhoven. Harmen van DijkAugust 24, 2021, 01:00 In a neighborhood next …
Read More »Olympic Games program Monday August 2: which Dutch?
Dafne Schippers in training with the Olympic track team; behind her Churandy Martina. Photo: ANP / Robin van Lonkhuijzen With bronze for Marit Bouwmeester, the number of Olympic medals for TeamNL rose to 17. We arrived in Tokyo in Olympic week two, again bursting with sport. Which Dutch will all be in action on Monday August 2? Either way, Dafne …
Read More »Western countries race against time with one week to go in Kabul
One more week. As it stands, the Western military accompanying the evacuation of the Afghan capital, Kabul, have so far. Taliban spokespersons said on Monday that there was no question of expanding the international military presence after August 31. The question is whether Western countries will be able to evacuate all those they wish to remove from the country before …
Read More »The number of infections drops to 46
In Borsele, Hulst and Veere, the counter was at zero twice this week. Noord-Beveland keeps him at zero new infections for the fourth day in a row. By municipality do August 19 Fri 20 August for August 21 Sun 22 Aug tue 23 august Borsele 1 1 0 0 3 Goes 5 8 5 9 5 holly 1 1 0 …
Read More »G7 leaders meet to discuss situation in Afghanistan
ANP Products | Source: ANP Today at 03:59 The leaders of the G7 countries will discuss the situation in Afghanistan on Tuesday, with the aim of establishing a joint strategy and approach to the expulsion of people from Afghanistan, the reception of refugees and support for the people of Afghanistan. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and several colleagues are expected …
Read More »Bettina Holwerda is fed up with questions about the age difference: “Uninteresting”
Bettina hosts a Q&A with her followers in her Instagram Stories. When asked if she is ever sure of herself because Jim is younger, she reacts resolutely. “I always find it boring to answer it because then I have to think about it and I find it a little uninteresting and out of the question.” She compares it to if …
Read More »There is too much debris in space: Earth’s orbit needs to be cleaned up, and Finland will be the first to do so
??wearing Jennifer Mertens??published on Monday 23 August 2021 if 7:00 p.m.• ??4 read less According to the European Space Agency, there are currently more than 900,000 pieces of debris between one and 10 centimeters in size, and more than 34,000 objects larger than 10 centimeters. This number is expected to increase as more spaceships are sent into space, increasing the …
Read More »New Zealand searches for family of stranded baby orca
Off New Zealand, the search for the group of killer whales to which a baby animal belongs has been going on for days. The two- to six-month-old cub was separated from his family after a storm and washed up among rocks in Plimmerton, on the North Island near Wellington. Since then, a group of experts and volunteers have taken care …
Read More »Ukrainian President Zelensky at the Crimean summit: countdown to end of occupation
At an international summit in Kiev, Ukrainian President Zelensky stressed that the Crimean peninsula belongs to Ukraine. Now “the countdown to the end of the occupation begins,” he said on the so-called Crimean platform. Representatives from around 40 countries will attend the summit, including European ministers and heads of government and a delegation from the United States. The summit will …
Read More »Indian hockey stars nominated for annual FIH Awards
The impressive campaigns of India’s men’s and women’s teams at the Tokyo Olympics – where the men’s team won a historic bronze medal after a four-decade gap and the women’s team reached the semi-finals for the first time – a helped players and coaches get on the shortlist. In most categories of the FIH Star Awards. Gurjit Kaur and Harmanpreet …
Read More »Ambassador: Hundreds more expelled from Afghanistan, deadline uncertain
Kabul Airport has several countries Compounds Fitted to their embassy staff. The Netherlands is also at the airport. It is about a consular group, which, among others, is protected by commandos and special units of the navy. Wiggers says the Netherlands is trying to bring evacuees through the airport site to a safe place, but it has not been easy. …
Read More »3 solid movies you should be watching on Netflix right now
There are quite a few hits on Netflix. Below are three must-see movies that you absolutely must see. Or do you think otherwise?Lion Regie: Garth Davis | Hoofdrollen: Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Abhishek Bharate, Divian Ladwa, Priyanka Bose | Look now A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost in the streets of Calcutta, thousands of miles from …
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