Nineteen tornadoes hit the central United States. Photo to illustrate: Unsplash Nineteen tornadoes hit the central United States. Dozens of people in the region have been killed by the natural disaster. The governor of the state of Kentucky fears that between 50 and 100 people have been killed. Governor Andy Beshear has a press conference declared a state of emergency …
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Key gene makes crops genetically identical to mother plant
Researchers at Wageningen, together with colleagues from Japan and New Zealand, have discovered a gene that ensures that embryos can develop in the ovary of plants without the flowers being pollinated. This invention of this key gene will make it possible in the future to produce seeds for crops that are genetically identical to the mother plant. The discovery was …
Read More »Global demand for nurses increases due to crown
Beeld VK Graphics Now that the omikron variant is taking over the world, hospitals in all kinds of countries are in trouble. Due to the rapid influx of patients, but also due to the lack of sick nurses. Respirators and IC beds are no longer the bottleneck, but the availability of staff. Everyone is looking for nurses to increase capacity. …
Read More »The Mutsaers family did not receive permission for the hotel expansion: “Then we should just use migrant workers”
Janny Zoontjens-Mutsaers says she is at her wit’s end. She has been renovating the hotel behind the dike for over sixteen years. The family bought the hotel in 2000, operated it for twelve years, and have now rented it to the Fletcher Group for ten years. New modern jacket The lease expires on April 1 and the family wanted to …
Read More »“Then the migrant workers in a hotel in Nieuwvliet”
Janny Zoontjens-Mutsaers says she is at her wit’s end. She has been renovating the hotel behind the dike for over sixteen years. The family bought the hotel in 2000, operated it for twelve years, and have now rented it to the Fletcher Group for ten years. New modern jacket The lease expires on April 1 and the family wanted to …
Read More »Senior Express could be heard this week for the 1000th time: “I had never done anything with the radio” | Roosendaal
RUCPHEN – Rucphen RTV broadcast Senior Express for the 1000th time on Thursday morning. This is why Christ de Jong, president of the Rucphen Municipality Local Broadcasting Foundation, put the employees in the spotlight. The current Senioren-Express crew consists of four volunteers. Ad Nouws has presented the dialect quiz every week for five years, in collaboration with Erfgoed Brabant, and …
Read More »Van Hanegem or the flood competition: Zeeland is also represented in the new football canon
Vissers presents the 231-page book in the living room of the terminally ill Joop van der Laan in Oosterland. Van der Laan can barely speak, but he can still read a book. He carefully flips through the colorful book full of photos, anecdotes and stories. “We didn’t just want to put the real football hits in the book, but also …
Read More »Bevelanders appoints Roelse head coach
December Coaching News Pim Bruins succeeds Harro Hazelaar as coach of the Oostkapelle / Domburg second division. The Bruins are still active at SSV’65 in Goes, but will be back there next summer. Perry Snoep de Bruinisse will be the new coach of the fourth division team Smerdiek. Snoep still works at Nieuwdorp, but will be leaving the Beveland club …
Read More »Trump’s long arm threatens democracy in the United States
Charged with disinformation, supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol a year ago. Believing that it was not Joe Biden, but their husband who had won, they tried by force to have their representatives destroyed the election result. This is the daily commentary from the NRC. It contains opinions, interpretations and choices. They are written by a group …
Read More »“The United States could be a right-wing dictatorship in 2030”, thinks a Canadian professor
The United States could have fallen into a right-wing dictatorship by the end of this decade. This is what political scientist Thomas Homer-Dixon suggests in an opinion piece the Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper. Homer-Dixon warns against the idea that Donald Trump will run for re-election in 2024. That moment could become “the starting point” for “the collapse of …
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