Nieuws Buitenland – 10

Chris Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger have taken to Instagram to announce the birth of their second child, a daughter.... Read more »

Dane and Love Island star Laura Anderson rekindled their romance in 2020 when they reconnected after signing up for MTV reality TV show Ex on the Beach and decided to give their relationship another shot... Read more »

Make-up billionaire Kylie Jenner looked flawless as she posed in a silver, figure-hugging dress, as she and her family visited Italy for her sister Kourtney's wedding to Travis Barker... Read more »

Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts gives a confident smile as she poses on the cover of a magazine, with her stoma bag on show, after she was diagnosed with stomach cancer and had a tumour removed... Read more »

Justin Thomas captured his second major championship after winning the US PGA Championship, with Will Zalatoris finishing runner-up after a dramatic play-off... Read more »

Countryfile star Helen Skelton announced that she and her rugby league player husband are no longer together following an emotional statement on her Instagram story in April and took a break from presenting until Saturday... Read more »

McIlroy declined to speak to waiting reporters before quickly collecting his belongings from the locker room and heading to his car... Read more »

Both McIlroy and Power finished within the top ten... Read more »

Superstar singer Harry Styles looked comfy and stylish in spotty pyjamas, in snaps from his appearance on CBeebies Bedtime Stories, airing today... Read more »

Coronation Street star Alan Halsall is due to go head-to-head with Jamie Kenna on wet concrete next week as the pair, who play Fiz’s ex Tyrone and her current squeeze Phill, face-off after it is revealed the latter is writing a book about her murderous ex-husband John Stape... Read more »

Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley and her husband Tom Pitfield welcomed their second child together in April. They have finally revealed their daughter's name... Read more »

Travis' daughter Alabama - who he shares with ex-wife Shanna Moakler - shared a mirror selfie on her Instagram Stories. She soon deleted the post... Read more »

Gardai and Emergency Services were called to the scene at an apartment in the Abbey Court complex in Tralee shortly after 7pm on Sunday... Read more »

Scott Disick is understood to have not been invited to the wedding of his ex-partner Kourtney Kardashian, who tied the knot with Travis Barker in nuptials that took place in Italy this evening... Read more »

Christian Borys founded Saint Javelin before the war began, with a t-shirt reaching President Zelenskyy. Image Credit: Viktor KvashenkoChristian Borys, a former journalist, began a charity effort five months ago by producing $10 stickers based on a meme amid mounting evidence of Russian troops mobilizing on Ukraine's border.Borys is planning a... Read more »

Sniper soldiers are seen during a tactical drill in Tambov Oblast (Tambovskaya), Russia, On February 9, 2022. Image Credit: Russian Defence Ministry / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.According to reports, Russia has lost one of its best snipers in Ukraine, as their death toll continues to rise three months into the... Read more »

Mercedes-Benz seems to have a market for its electric vehicles with the EQ line, which includes E- and S-Class sedans and SUVs, but the AMG section of the electric range has been kept secret until now.Mercedes-Benz revealed the Vision AMG on Thursday in Affalterbach, Germany, with the proportions and wheels... Read more »

Singer/songwriter veteran Dave Matthews released a new song to "join in" and help "turn the tide" of Russia's war in Ukraine.The song, titled "Something To Tell My Baby," was first performed by Dave Mathews Band leader Dave Mathews on CNN's "State of the Union."https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8348973737410713 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Dave... Read more »

3 Missing ChildrenAuthorities in Pittsburg County are seeking the public's help and support in their search for three children.Officials issued an Amber Alert for three children from Pittsburg County on Friday morning.Officials with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol are looking for two suspects – Alexandria Aranda, 36, and Moises Aranda, 33... Read more »

US President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, On Friday, May 20, 2022. Image Credit: AP Photo/Lee Jin-man.Two US Secret Service staff have been returned to the United States from South Korea and placed on administrative leave following an alleged off-duty... Read more »

In December 2014, a McDonald's restaurant is seen in the center of Dmitrov, a Russian town 75 kilometers (47 miles) north of Moscow. Image: ApMcDonald's announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to sell its Russian business to Alexander Govor, its current licensee in the market.Govor will purchase all... Read more »

 Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, is trying to buy Twitter while also managing multiple businesses.As the Tesla company's stock price continues to fall, billionaire Leo Koguan, the third-largest individual shareholder in Tesla stock is advising the carmakers to announce a $15 billion stock buyback.Koguan said in a tweet to... Read more »

Epic is making donations to Frogwares in order to "soften the financial blow of the war and keep us on our feet."Frogwares, the Ukrainian developer behind the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series, has announced that it is relocating some staff out of the war-torn country with funds provided by Fortnite... Read more »

Thousands of people have been asking Google how to remove their personal data and information from the company's web search results for the past decade or so. Google has made it nearly impossible to remove things like your phone number, email address, or physical address for the past decade or... Read more »

Xi JinpingIn recent weeks, as the exorbitant cost of "zero-Covid" lockdowns has highlighted China's rising economic vulnerability, a swarm of stories has appeared speculating on Chinese President Xi Jinping's potential political weakness.For several months, The Wall Street Journal has argued that there are "widening grievances within the party over Mr.... Read more »

Outfielders Austin Meadows and Victor Reyes returned to the Detroit Tigers lineup in the final game of their series against the Baltimore Orioles.Meadows was out of the first two games of the series at Comerica Park due to an inner-ear problem and vertigo symptoms. Reyes was placed on the 10-day... Read more »

On Saturday, May 14, 2022, the Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine will perform in the Palaolimpico Arena in Turin, Italy, for the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. Image Credit: Luca Bruno/ ApAfter playing in the Eurovision Song Contest final on Saturday night, the Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra made an impassioned plea... Read more »

Harrods has been scouring its customer database for those who have a Russian phone number or have stated that they live in the country. Image Credit: Jeff Spicer/Getty ImagesTheir yachts were sanctioned first, and then their assets were frozen. Now, in what may be the most painful blow yet, Russians have... Read more »

The “Girls” star rose to fame playing heightened versions of herself. In “Conversations with Friends,” she’s entering a different mode.... Read more »

The director of “The Deer Hunter” and “Heaven’s Gate” was uncompromising as an artist and fiercely private in his personal life.... Read more »

The racist killings showed the horror of firearms; the Supreme Court may be about to make the problem worse.... Read more »

Mean girl failing to avoid work by faking sickness (8).... Read more »

The photographer uses her own body without straightforward interest in either masochism or self-love.... Read more »

From the magazine’s archive: a selection of pieces about notable figures early in their rise to prominence.... Read more »

Amendment XVII: Investors can’t say that they love you, truly love you, and then disappear.... Read more »

Doug Mastriano, who won the Republican nomination, has pushed Trump’s lies about the election and sent busloads of supporters to the Capitol riot.... Read more »

New York and Pennsylvania shopkeepers recount their interactions with Payton Gendron, and the fears of civil war that have run rampant in his community since 2020.... Read more »

The new No. 1 player in women’s tennis brings a five-tournament, twenty-eight-match winning streak to the French Open—and she may be the best clay-court player on the tour since Chris Evert.... Read more »

In the course of a well-lived century, he established himself as the most exacting of editors, the most agile of stylists, a mentor to generations of writers, and baseball’s finest, fondest chronicler.... Read more »

Physicians caring for transgender youth are at the center of a political storm; one pediatrician speaks out about the battle. Plus, a live performance from Florence and the Machine.... Read more »

An import ban on Russian energy may be the most effective way to stop the war in Ukraine. But could the E.U. handle the shock?... Read more »

You might discover that he needs a minor surgical procedure.... Read more »

In a surprise visit to Kyiv, Andrzej Duda said that only Ukraine should decide any terms upon which it pursues peace with Moscow.... Read more »

China’s use of state-directed funds, cheap loans and incentives surpasses other major economies.... Read more »

The Biden administration is weighing the desire to avoid escalating the military presence against the security of U.S. diplomats in a conflict zone.... Read more »

Arab lawmaker with left-wing party agrees to return to ruling coalition, allowing Israel to at least temporarily avoid fifth election in about three years.... Read more »

The live-streaming of a shooting rampage at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., demonstrated the strengths and limitations of a global agreement to counter the spread of terrorist content online.... Read more »

‘We can’t just plug everything up and act like there’s not going to be ramifications.’  Related StoriesDOXA Opener Takes the Gig Economy to Task (in Presents)... Read more »

Fiction, phantoms and what haunts us now are the stuff of a new Richmond art show.  ... Read more »

What is gained, and forfeited, when pushing the limits of compassionate coercion to the edge of death?  ... Read more »

The man behind Montecristo Jewellers is fighting big fines for alleged violations of Canada’s anti-money-laundering act.  ... Read more »

Alacrity Foundation was awarded the business training work without open competition to ensure value for money.  Related StoriesBC Tech Project Far Over Budget, Late, Minister Confirms (in News)Come Clean on Bungled BC Bid System, Say BC Liberals (in News)FOI Reveals a Problem-Plagued BC $8.9-Million Tech Project (in News)... Read more »

Attorney General David Eby says ‘dated’ legislation will get a ‘significant modernization.’  Related StoriesStay-the-Course BC Budget Offers Few Big Measures (in News)... Read more »

New data show fewer kids in many neighbourhoods. What’s the impact? Where are families moving? The latest in Hot, Hot Housing.  ... Read more »

A Vancouver law firm will look into three incidents of alleged unprofessional conduct from Tyler Shandro.  ... Read more »

President Peter Scott of the large virtual school rebuffs pressure to move staff to the town that bears its name.  ... Read more »

This time he’s invading planet Twitter. Expect plunder and retreat.  Related StoriesEnough with Toxic Musk-ulinity (in Analysis)... Read more »

The inaugural Lieutenant Governor’s BC Journalism Fellowship will fund an in-depth Tyee project.  ... Read more »

The comments were insensitive to the effects of colonialism, says Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation.  Related StoriesThe Coming Indigenous Power Play (in News)Report Offers First Nations a Blueprint for Reclaiming Mining Sovereignty (in News)Canadian Banks Have Provided $911 Billion in Fossil Fuel Financing Since the Paris Agreement (in News)... Read more »

The government was briefed on the raid the same day police denied any action was coming.  Related StoriesCoastal GasLink Fined $72,500 for Environmental Infractions (in News)BC Approved Wet’suwet’en Police Enforcement During Flooding (in News)Rumours and Allegations, but No Arrests After Mystery Pipeline Attack (in News)... Read more »

The province proposes requiring businesses to secure funding for remediation. You’ve got until May 28 to weigh in.  Related StoriesLiving Near Fracked Wells Increases Adverse Birth Outcome Risk, Study Suggests (in News)One BC Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reached $1.2 Billion Last Year (in News)BC’s Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Second Highest in... Read more »

Tokyo [Japan], May 23 (ANI): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his two-day Japan visit on Monday, he underscored the importance of closer India-Japan cooperation and said this partnership is a key pillar of a stable and secure Indo-Pacific region. The Prime Minister arrived in Tokyo today at the invitation... Read more »

Tokyo [Japan], May 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Tokyo for a two-day visit, on Monday morning interacted with children here waiting to welcome him outside the Hotel New Otani. During the interaction, the Prime Minister was impressed to see the Hindi fluency of a kid, Ritsuki... Read more »

Tokyo [Japan], May 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Tokyo, received a rousing welcome on Monday from the Indian diaspora at the Hotel New Otani where he will be staying during his trip. "Har Har Modi", "Modi Modi", "Vande Mataram" and "Bharat Mata... Read more »

Tokyo [Japan], May 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tokyo on Monday morning (local time) to participate in the Quad summit on May 24 at the invitation of the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. After landing in Tokyo, the Prime Minister tweeted, "Landed in Tokyo. Will be taking... Read more »

Tokyo - President Joe Biden on Monday is expected to come out with a list of places that will join a long-anticipated Indo-Pacific trade pact, but Taiwan won't be among them.White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed on Sunday, en route to Japan with President Joe Biden, that Taiwan... Read more »

U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in Japan on the second leg of his first trip to Asia as president.Biden will have a busy two days. On Monday, he is set to meet with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Emperor Naruhito, as well as promote a U.S.-led, multination trade initiative.... Read more »

ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced Sunday he would lead a massive anti-government 'peaceful march' on the national capital, Islamabad, later this week to press his demand for fresh elections.Khan asked supporters of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and Pakistanis at large to reach the city to... Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C.: Due to the inability of businesses to hire enough workers, the U.S. has announced that it will grant employers 35,000 visas for seasonal guest workers, with jobs starting between 1st April and 30th September.Despite concerns over potential economic issues, the issuing of the H-2B visas, used to employ... Read more »

On 8 March 2022, Ugandan politics was sent into a spin by 49 words tweeted by President Yoweri Museveni's only son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba.The tweet announced Muhoozi's retirement from the Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF), which he had formally served in since 1999. Since his most recent promotion in... Read more »

General Mark Milley, chair of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, named China and Russia as the global powers America is vying againstThe likelihood of a military conflict "between great powers" is growing, the chair of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, has warned.Speaking in front of... Read more »

Tokyo [Japan], May 22 (ANI): US President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday, to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries and to reaffirm cooperation over Russia's war in Ukraine, local media reported. During Biden's visit to Japan, he will be meeting the Emperor of Japan, Naruhito at... Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C.: U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren and Mike Rounds have introduced a bipartisan resolution requesting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate U.S. beef companies for potential price fixing.The resolution is the latest effort by politicians to hold meat companies accountable for high food prices, blamed in part by critics... Read more »

New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplaned for Tokyo, Japan on Sunday evening to participate in the Quad summit at the invitation of the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Ahead of his scheduled visit to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that during the... Read more »

Poland's president addressed Ukraine's parliament Sunday.Andrzej Duda is the first foreign head of state to speak to Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Poland has accepted more than 2 million Ukraine refugees.There will be no cease-fire or concessions to Russia, Ukraine's lead negotiator said Saturday as Russia upped... Read more »

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.... Read more »

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.... Read more »

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.... Read more »

Cristian Mungiu's Cannes Film Festival entry "R.M.N." is set in an unnamed mountainous Transylvanian village in Romania, but the conflicts of ethnocentricity, racism and nationalism that permeate the multi-ethnic town could take place almost anywhere. Of all the films competing for the top Palme d'Or prize at Cannes, none may... Read more »

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.... Read more »

Scott Dixon used a breathtaking run of more than 234 mph to post the fastest Indianapolis 500 pole run in history. The New Zealander will lead the field to green in "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" for the fifth time in his career. Considered the best driver of his generation,... Read more »

The usual trophies and prize money will be on the line for Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and other top players at Wimbledon, but there is a significant change there this year: No one will earn ranking points, a valuable currency in tennis, when play begins June 27. The women's and... Read more »

Malawi is facing acute shortages of foreign exchange currency, forcing two international airlines to suspend some of their services in the country. The situation has negatively affected the operations of many more local and international cross-border businesses. The latest monetary policy report by the Reserve Bank of Malawi indicates the... Read more »

Nigerian Christians on Sunday held a national remembrance for a student who was killed in northern Sokoto state this month over allegations of blasphemy. The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, said Sunday's protest for Deborah Yakubu was a reminder of the many threats to religious freedom in the country. Timothy... Read more »

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.... Read more »

Colin Cantwell, the man who designed the spacecraft in the "Star Wars" films, has died. He was 90. The Hollywood Reporter reported Sunday that Sierra Dall, Cantwell's partner, confirmed that he died at his home in Colorado on Saturday. Cantwell designed the prototypes for the X-wing Starfighter, TIE fighter and... Read more »

Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his spiritual closeness to Catholics in China, voicing hope that the church there operates in "freedom and tranquility,'' but making no mention of a 90-year-old cardinal who was recently arrested in Hong Kong. Addressing the public gathered in St. Peter's Square for the pontiff's traditional... Read more »

When a gunman began shooting at a Taiwanese American church luncheon, Shoei Su said he froze. The retired appraiser uses a walker and said he and many of the elderly congregants didn't immediately know what was happening. He said the shooter said nothing before firing on churchgoers who were snapping... Read more »

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.... Read more »

China's crackdown on Muslim minorities in the remote region of Xinjiang will return to the spotlight next week when Beijing hosts the United Nations human rights chief for the first time in nearly two decades.... Read more »

An Iranian Revolutionary Guards colonel was shot dead outside his Tehran home on Sunday, the Guards said, blaming his "assassination" on assailants linked to the United States and its allies.... Read more »

The United Nations' AIDS agency on Sunday called some reporting on the monkeypox virus racist and homophobic, warning of exacerbating stigma and undermining the response to the growing outbreak.... Read more »

Russia's lead negotiator in peace talks with Ukraine said Sunday that Russia was willing to resume negotiations but the initiative to continue them was with Kyiv. ... Read more »

Six Palestinians were sentenced Sunday to an additional five years in jail for a 2021 escape through a tunnel from a prison in northern Israel, their lawyers told Israeli media. ... Read more »

Senegalese President Macky Sall said Sunday he would travel to Russia and Ukraine soon on behalf of the African Union, whose presidency he currently holds.... Read more »

Lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, has rejoined Prime Minister Bennett's ruling coalition days after leaving it.... Read more »

The president of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Council has said that the Syrian Arab identity does not represent all of Syria's religious and ethnic communities... Read more »

An Israeli court has sentenced six Palestinian men who broke out of the high security Gilboa prison last year to five years in prison on top of their current sentences... Read more »

Normal life returns to Oman, which witnessed nearly 4 million infections and over 4,000 deaths from Covid-19.... Read more »

16-year-old Ahed Mereb was so traumatised after being forced to stand in front of an Israeli military vehicle for two hours that she had to be taken to hospital.... Read more »

A UN special envoy has welcomed a general amnesty proposed by President Bashar al-Assad that could free thousands of Syrians languishing in jail.... Read more »

Al-Rukban has been besieged since 2018, but the Syrian regime's latest crackdown on smuggling routes has brought it to the brink of famine, residents warn.... Read more »

A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has been killed in Tehran.... Read more »

Beijing (AFP) May 21, 2022 Thousands of Covid-negative Beijing residents were relocated to quarantine hotels overnight due to a handful of infections, as the capital begins to take more extreme control measures resembling virus-hit Shanghai. Beijing has been battling its worst outbreak since the pandemic started. The Omicron variant has... Read more »

Miami FL (SPX) May 19, 2022 The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and the Gulf of Mexico is already warmer than average. Even more worrying is a current of warm tropical water that is looping unusually far into the Gulf for this time of year, with the power... Read more »

Princeton NJ (SPX) May 20, 2022 A new study provides a framework to boost crop growth by incorporating a strategy adopted from a fast-growing species of green algae. The algae, known as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, contain an organelle called the pyrenoid that speeds up the conversion of carbon, which the algae... Read more »

Beijing, China (SPX) May 19, 2022 This study is led by Dr. Zhenwei Qiu (National Museum of China) and Dr. Yijie Zhuang (Institute of Archaeology, University College London). The Hanjing site is situated on the flood plains of the Mid-lower Huai River. Three seasons of field surveys and excavations were... Read more »

Oxford UK (SPX) May 19, 2022 Tropical trees in Australia's rainforests have been dying at double the previous rate since the 1980s, seemingly because of climate impacts, according to the findings of a long-term international study published in Nature today. This research has found the death rates of tropical trees... Read more »

Washington (AFP) May 22, 2022 When the pandemic forced schools into remote learning, Washington-area science teacher Rebecca Bushway set her students an ambitious task: design and build a low-cost lead filter that fixes to faucets and removes the toxic metal. Using 3D printing and high-school level chemistry, the team now... Read more »

Hamrin, Iraq (AFP) May 20, 2022 Iraq's Lake Hamrin, a once-vast reservoir northeast of Baghdad that is the sole source of water for irrigation across Diyala province, has nearly dried out, a senior official said Friday. Successive years of low rainfall and a sharp reduction in the flow of water... Read more »

Sydney (AFP) May 22, 2022 Incoming prime minister Anthony Albanese vowed to end Australia's reputation as a climate laggard and reset relations with the rest of the world Sunday, as he raced to form a government in time for a key Tokyo summit. Fresh from an electoral victory that ended... Read more »

Dublin, Ireland (SPX) May 20, 2022 Trinity scientists, along with international colleagues, have explored the importance of sea travel in prehistory by examining the genomes of ancient Maltese humans and comparing these with the genomes of this period from across Europe. Previous findings from the archaeological team had suggested that... Read more »

Leicester UK (SPX) May 20, 2022 Leicester researchers searching for a 'golden spike' to formally define humanity's current geological period - and acknowledge human impact on our planet - have announced a major step in their analysis at an international conference on Wednesday. University of Leicester Professors Jens Zinke, Mark... Read more »

Minneapolis MN (SPX) May 19, 2022 Which vascular risk factors are associated with the risk of developing dementia may vary with age. A new study shows that among people around age 55, the risk of developing dementia over the next 10 years was increased in those with diabetes and high... Read more »

Austin TX (SPX) May 19, 2022 Each winter, spring, and summer, extreme weather forecasters and researchers meet to test the latest, most promising severe weather forecast tools and innovations to see how they perform in real-world settings. These testbed experiments, orchestrated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), forecast... Read more »

Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) May 20, 2022 University of Copenhagen researchers have shed new light on how plant life became established on the surface of our planet. Specifically, they demonstrated that two genes are indispensable for allowing terrestrial plants to defend themselves against fungal attack - a defense mechanism that they... Read more »

Beijing (AFP) May 21, 2022 Protests bubbling in big cities, dismal economic indicators and rampant discontent online - China's zero-Covid policy is morphing from a propaganda victory to a political liability for President Xi Jinping. Hard lockdowns, mass testing and tight border controls had for two years batted back the... Read more »