2022 World Cup in Qatar? A very bad idea if we are to believe Toni Kroos, a Real Madrid midfielder who plays the role of master of the German national team. For three reasons, he said in a podcast on March 30: “The first is the unacceptable working conditions in the stadiums (…), then the fact that homosexuality is punishable …
Read More »Distribution of Philip Roth biography ceased, biographer accused of sexual misconduct
Distribution and promotion of author Philip Roth’s authorized biography has been temporarily suspended because the book’s author, Blake Bailey, 57, has been accused of sexual misconduct by former students. Publisher WW Norton announced to US media on Wednesday as The New York Times. Two women accuse Bailey of sexual assault. One of the two incidents was said to have been …
Read More »Celebrate King’s Day with Voyago, the beers of the world and get a discount!
Willem-Alexander is not complete without Máxima and King’s Day is not complete without Voyago, the beers of the world! This is why you now benefit from a 10% reduction with the code: MAXIMA10. Order your beers for the King’s Day now in our shop! What are you going to do? Because all these beers and the trips around them have …
Read More »Will the Uyghur issue hit the Philips deal?
According to The Telegraph, Uyghur could link a Chinese investor who wants to acquire Philips’ home appliances division with human rights abuses. The newspaper writes this based on its own research. Hillhouse Capital, an investment firm owned by businessman Lee Jong, will pay around சுமார் 4.5 billion to acquire the Philips division, which operates six factories and 7,500 employees from …
Read More »Diversity and inclusion are fun as long as they are fun
Massih HutakApril 22, 2021, 8:51 The municipality of Amsterdam decided that art and culture should be “stimulated” in the districts of Zuidoost, Nieuw-West and Noord. And she asks residents to participate. One of the best examples of the distance between government and the citizen is the definition given to art and culture. Where the municipality formulates it poorly according to …
Read More »Athletes rise to their feet under global sport governance, opinion and blog news
The governance of sport in the world is the result. However, local and international sports officials are slow to understand the extent of their injury. The tectonic plates that underpin sport’s guiding principle that sport and politics are irrelevant have changed, driven by the fight against racism and the pursuit of human rights and social justice. This principle has been …
Read More »Mars rover produces oxygen for the first time on a planet other than Earth | NOW
The US rover Perseverance has extracted oxygen from the carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere of Mars, reports the US space agency NASA. According to the space agency, this is the first time such a thing has been successful on another planet. The MOXIE device (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment) generated enough oxygen in a few hours, according to NASA, to make …
Read More »Israel launches airstrike after Syrian missiles land on nuclear power plant | NOW
The Israeli military responded with an airstrike on Thursday to the detonation of a Syrian missile about 30 kilometers from a nuclear power plant. The country attacked Syrian missile launch facilities. The Israeli attack was reportedly repelled by Syrian anti-aircraft guns. Four soldiers were reportedly injured and property damage reportedly occurred. It is not known exactly what was damaged. Nothing …
Read More »Zeeland customs officers work with new uniform
Door: Editorial office, Thursday April 22 10:00 – 2021 Customs will put into use a new uniform on Thursday April 22 that will improve visibility and recognition of employees along the border and in other surveillance areas. This also applies to Zeeland customs officials. The new uniform was designed by Mart Visser and the most notable change is that the …
Read More »Brussels presents a quality label for sustainable investments, but reports sensitive points such as nuclear energy
A nuclear power station located in the port of Antwerp, along the left bank of the Scheldt, near the village of Doel.Sculpture Arie Kievit Europe wants to become a world leader in sustainability. To this end, green targets have been set in recent years. For example, yesterday the EU accepted the CO2emissions by more than half by law by 2030. …
Read More »Live | Ajax win from Groningen after trouble-free afternoon
Leader Ajax now has a 9-point lead over second-placed PSV. Both teams played the same number of games. PSV will still play the game at Fortuna Sittard on Sunday. Final score: 3-1 6 ‘: 1-0 (Gravenberch, assist Tadic) 54 ‘: 2-0 (Haller, assists Neres) 76: 3-0 (Tadic) 84 ‘: 3-1 (El Messaoudi) ANP image Discover the new updates Show all …
Read More »Navalny allies arrested before protests | Abroad
Police raided or arrested activists in at least 20 towns, according to observation group OVD-Info. Among other things, agents searched Navalny’s offices in St. Petersburg, the country’s second largest city. Officers reportedly pulled lawyer Sobol out of a taxi. Spokeswoman Yarmish reported on her arrest on Twitter. Events in more than a hundred cities Navalny employees hope Wednesday will be …
Read More »The United States wants to once again take the lead in the fight against the climate crisis. Who is waiting for this?
“If America fails to lead the world in tackling the climate crisis, there won’t be much left of this world.” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke big words last Monday, ahead of the virtual climate summit to be held today and tomorrow at the initiative of the United States. “Countries that remain dependent on coal for a significant portion …
Read More »Our trade allows China to do what it wants
Too bad for Wisconsin. That changed this week because the $ 10 billion factory that Chinese Foxconn will set up there will be canceled. Foxconn, which is in the hands of Taiwan but based in China, has agreed to invest with the Donald Trump administration. See here the extent of his ‘transactional’ way of doing politics. Trump is gone, the …
Read More »Watch Nordmann’s new concert film ‘In Velvet’ live here – Music
Nordmann from Ghent presents his latest album Velvet then at least for the public. With the help of a concert film, of course. Nordmann’s third album was released in September. With the discreet Velvet the Ghent quartet has definitely shed its stubborn jazz-rock jacket. Seven months later, however, Nordmann has still not been able to present the album live. Saxophonist …
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