About three months ago, Albers received a message from national coach Alyson Annan which touched me hard, Albers said after the quarterfinal victory against New Zealand (3-0). “In a one-on-one conversation she made it clear to me that if my game didn’t improve, the European Championship and the Games would be a difficult story,” said Albers. “Looking back, it was …
Read More »Unique: a female takes power in a colony of Japanese monkeys | Abroad
Yakei’s ascent to the top began in April this year, when she defeated her own mother to become the dominant female at Takasakiyama Zoological Garden Colony in Oita. This would be the highest possible position for almost any female monkey, but Yakei decided to use her 10 pounds of body weight to put the males on hold as well. pass …
Read More »EU overtakes US in vaccines, half of population fully vaccinated
EU overtakes US in vaccines, half of population fully vaccinated Half of the population of the European Union is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. This affects nearly 224 million people in 27 member states, the AFP news agency calculated. This concluded that the EU has overtaken the US in the area of vaccination. Spain is the leader among major European …
Read More »Forests planted with nothing: CO2 compensation in smoke
“We have planted forests, but they are now burning in the fire.” This is what the CO2 manager of Microsoft said at an online show Think Tank Carbon 180. Forests funded by companies such as Microsoft and PP have been burned in the US states of Washington and Oregon. In this way they try to offset their CO2 emissions. It …
Read More »The recent Alaska earthquake was the worst in the United States in more than 50 years
In the area where the earthquake occurred, the Pacific plate is moving north at a rate of over six centimeters per year, pushing under the lighter and thus covering the North American plate. During this slow subduction process, long mountain ranges were pushed upward and the volcanoes that left the Aleutian Islands chain behind also formed. But these tectonic plates …
Read More »Mirror of the medal: the Netherlands occupy an important place in Japan, the total harvest of Rio has already improved | sport
At the 2016 Games, TeamNL won nineteen medals. The counter is now at twenty and there will be a medal for boxer Nouchka Fontijn, already assured of bronze in the category up to 75 kilograms. In the closing days of the Games, it must become clear whether it will eventually be gold or silver. In Rio, the Netherlands won eight …
Read More »Alarm clock 3/8: Boeing sends spaceship to the ISS • Track runners aim for gold
What did you miss? US Secretary of State Blinken calls the recall of the athlete Kristina Timanovskaya by the Belarusian authorities on Twitter is “a new act of transnational repression” of President Lukashenko. Blinken writes that Timanovskaya had to quit the Games “simply because she used her freedom of speech”. According to him, the action is therefore a “violation of …
Read More »Bolsonaro’s Allegations of Election Fraud Investigation | Abroad
Right-wing populist Bolsonaro is set to run for a second term in the 2022 elections. The president has repeatedly asserted that Brazil’s electronic voting system is prone to fraud. Critics say his statements are intended to sow doubt among the population, so that it will be easier for Bolsonaro not to resign himself to a possible electoral defeat. A special …
Read More »Yellen takes action after US debt ceiling suspension expires
(ABM FN-Dow Jones) U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is taking further action within her department to keep the United States out of trouble after a measure to suspend the ceiling on the debt this weekend. Yellen announced this in a letter to the US Congress on Monday. In the letter, Yellen again urges Congress to take action “as soon as …
Read More »Dutch companies have more insurance against ransomware
Surprisingly, more companies are insured against ransomware in other countries. In the Netherlands, 47% of companies have insurance, 63% in India, 58% in the United States and 50% in France. Do not pay the redemption amount Defendants claim that if a Dutch organization fell victim to a ransomware attack, the perpetrators would have to recover an average of 1.1 million …
Read More »Canada beat the United States 1-0 in Olympic women’s soccer
Team Canada defeated Team United States in women’s soccer in Tokyo Olympics. The Canadians won 1-0 with a goal from 23-year-old Jesse Fleming from the penalty spot after 74 minutes. The Americans pushed for the goal but, despite many calls from the Canadians, failed to score a point before the end of the allotted time. Canada will face Sweden for …
Read More »The natural sciences are very similar to high performance sport
The authors of the article Rivalry is no good for science (7/27) are not, I suppose, practitioners of the natural or exact sciences. These sciences indeed have many similarities to top-level sport – a comparison that NWO President Marcel Levi made and which is criticized by the authors mentioned in their article. Just as in sport merit is given to …
Read More »Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard leaves Olympics
Medal or not, New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has made history. She is the first transgender athlete to qualify for the Olympics. New qualification rules Hubbard was born as a boy, but underwent gender reassignment surgery in his thirties. As a woman, she was allowed to participate in the Games, in part thanks to the new qualification rules of the …
Read More »“The Earth has more oxygen in the atmosphere thanks to longer days”
The speed at which the Earth rotates on its axis may have played a significant role in the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. This is the conclusion of German and American scientists based on research on microbes. As the days on Earth grew longer, microbes such as blue-green algae began to produce more oxygen through photosynthesis due to the …
Read More »“Healthy” panda twins born in a French zoo | Abroad
“The two babies are pink. Both are in perfect health. They look pretty big. They are beautiful, ”said the zoo director. The text continues below the photo. A nurse from the Chinese center who studies the giant panda had traveled to France for childbirth. She was already able to examine, care for, and place the firstborn panda in an incubator. …
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