Edwin Poots (left) is fiercely against homosexuality and abortion.AP Image The collaboration with Sinn Fein is now threatened. This radicalization can also have consequences for the Brexit deal. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is therefore worried. Poots, the 55-year-old agriculture minister, succeeds Arlene Foster, who was kicked out last month by her disgruntled colleagues. Within the pro-British party, the consequences …
Read More »New Zealand to exterminate hedgehogs | Abroad
Hedgehogs can have thorns, but thanks to children’s books, they also have a high cuddle factor. The New Zealand authorities are launching a campaign this summer to radically eliminate them from parts of the country, just like the rats. Hedgehogs were once brought to New Zealand by British settlers. Without natural enemies such as foxes or badgers, they had the …
Read More »Ewan sprints to second stage victory in Termoli, Groenewegen fails | Giro d’Italia
The seventh stage started with Attila Valter, the first Hungarian to wear the Giro leader’s jersey. Directly from the start, three riders started: Simon Pellaud (Androni-Giocatolli), Mark Christian (EOLO-Kometa) and Umberto Marengo (Bardiani-CSF). By then it was already clear that they would be riding the front all day long, with the peloton making no effort to recapture the three leaders. …
Read More »L1mburg Central: Differences in the will to prick | 1Limburg
Big differences in the will to vaccinate, the monitoring of reduction in the stomach could be closer and more topical in Limburg. View here all broadcast Big differences in willingness to vaccinateThe willingness to vaccinate is variable in Limburg and downright low in certain districts of Limburg. It is not possible to reach groups of people in certain neighborhoods to …
Read More »Another customs officer arrested; now 10 people arrested
Today, police again arrested a customs officer (a woman) in connection with illegal timber containers that were intercepted at the Jules Sedney port in Suriname. Thursdays were already three customs officers arrested and taken into custody. It is learned that the fourth customs officer, accompanied by her lawyer Maureen Nibte, registered with the anti-corruption unit of the police, after which …
Read More »Running out of gas: five questions about the colonial pipeline cyberattack
Gasoline pumps closed. Long queues for gas stations still open. Relentless motorists who are forced to go to work on a mountain bike. And panic in the Facebook group of a group of friends in Asheville, an average city of 100,000 people in the mountains of the US state of North Carolina. “Go get your essence!” “Make sure you fill …
Read More »Russia calls US, Czech Republic “unfriendly …
Russia puts the Czech Republic and the United States on the list of “unfriendly” countries. This decision has implications for the employment of Russian personnel in the embassies of countries in Moscow. The two countries have been declared “friendly” by a Russian government order signed on Thursday but released on Friday. This means that the Czech Republic has severely restricted …
Read More »Netflix is making a big deal with Sony’s entertainment division
If new parts are released in popular movie series such as Jumanji and Spider-Man, they will be added to Netflix after the films have been shown in theaters. Sony is also giving Netflix the first chance to buy non-theatrical movies. If you wish, the streaming service can also participate in its production. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. …
Read More »UvA scientists predict: ‘Jeangu will be ninth and this country will win’
With the “evergreens”, songs that we still sing after years, a “pure and repeated” melody is particularly important. “These are ‘catchy tunes’. It is important that you hear the melody of these songs at least once without intermediate accompaniment. Because the accompaniment is a distraction, ”explains the musicologist. Just dance If we look specifically at the songs on Eurovision Song …
Read More »Jan, Mark and the females
He it looks like it that Mark Parsons, a Briton from the United States, will be the national women’s football coach. If with the orange men always, really always a man is the national coach, honesty would require that the orange women become a woman. You would think that women’s football is not the Dutch business community where you have …
Read More »Study: Older people have more antibodies when they get a second injection of Pfizer later
Older people who received the second Pfizer vaccine after 12 weeks produced more antibodies than people who were three weeks between the two injections. This is evident from a study by researchers at the University of Birmingham. 175 people participated. The research has not yet been peer reviewed and has not yet been published in a scientific journal. Of the …
Read More »‘Biggest chip company invests more money in US, does not come to EU’
The Taiwanese previously announced that they would allocate around $ 10 billion to $ 12 billion for a new location in Phoenix, Arizona. But it will likely be the first of six potential new factories there, Reuters sources said. It could also involve a more advanced 3 nanometer factory. It could cost $ 23 billion to $ 25 billion. The …
Read More »The economic renaissance hides deep (vaccine) inequality
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, can only expect 1.8 percent growth. Lagos, Nigeria, September 2020. International Monetary Fund (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The global economy as a whole is performing better this year than previous forecasts. But the United Nations warns that the slow release of COVID-19 vaccines in developing countries could seriously hamper the economic recovery there. The world economy is …
Read More »Scientists call for a ‘paradigm shift’ in ventilation
According to these experts, there is ‘Great inequality’ By virtue of sanitary standards for food and water… and the lack of rules for airborne pathogens. Nearly 40 academics from around the world were summoned on Thursday, May 13 “Quantum leap” By advocating the establishment of ventilation standards in buildings, in order to better fight against respiratory infections such as Covid-19, …
Read More »Lampedusa expects hot summer with flamboyant migration debate in Italy
Under the supervision of Italian police, migrant minors await the departure of the Lampedusa ferry on Thursday.Beeld / Salvatore Cavalli / AP In the sunny streets of Lampedusa, teenagers eat a white sandwich with ice cream, a specialty of Sicily and the surrounding area. The old men sit down and talk, the women drag their laundry to dry. “Lampedusa is …
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