Nieuws Buitenland – 10

The remnants of former Hurricane Nigel are set to cause weather disruption today. Met Eireann has issued four separate weather warnings, including a Status Orange alert.... Read more »

The former Manchester United head coach was a rival of the legendary forward during his time in Spain but his admiration for his old foe was clear following a masterclass versus Liverpool... Read more »

Tottenham have made an impressive start to the season, but Ange Postecoglou's side needed a late fightback to see off Sheffield United at home last weekend... Read more »

Jurgen Klopp's side are beginning to silence their doubters and come into this one off the back of a 3-1 away win in the Europa League... Read more »

Son Heung-min has been appointed the new skipper at Spurs and has been hailed as the "perfect ambassador" for the club by former player Darren Anderton... Read more »

Scotland take on Tonga in an important tie in Ireland's pool.... Read more »

Warren Gatland and Eddie Jones do battle in Pool A.... Read more »

The Gunners boss knows his side must tighten it up at the back, despite two successive clean sheets, ahead of Sunday's North London Derby with Tottenham... Read more »

Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher is hungry for more first-team action this season after the Irishman attracted transfer interest from one of the Reds' league rivals last year... Read more »

Manchester United headed into Saturday night's meeting with Burnley in desperate need of a victory and it was Bruno Fernandes who stepped up to deliver for Erik ten Hag's side... Read more »

A new study suggested that one common sandwich filling could improve cognitive function, lowering the risk of dementia.... Read more »

The Little Things was recently added to Netflix and the film is leaving viewers terrified... Read more »

The song has quickly become an anthem for Irish fans during this Rugby World Cup campaign... Read more »

Tiger Woods is set to assist Team USA at the 2023 Ryder Cup next week, as Zach Johnson's 12-man group look to defend their crown against Europe on Italian soil next weekend... Read more »

Caption Kim Jong Un signaling before boarding his train for a former trip Kim Jong Un, North Korea's charismatic leader, has a knack for making captions with his rather unconventional trip choices. As he embarks on his rearmost trip to Vladivostok, Russia, aboard a bulletproof train, the world cannot help... Read more »

Chevron's Australia LNG Project Hit by Strikes Contractor Workers vacated  In a recent turn of events, Chevron Corporation has been forced to withdraw contractor workers from its Gorgon  thawed natural gas( LNG)  installation in Australia due to an ongoing strike.  This development has  transferred shockwaves through the energy assiduity as... Read more »

Daniel Abed Khalife, a British soldier, was imprisoned at Wandsworth Prison in London as he is waiting for a trial on terrorist allegations and suspected of breaking the Official Secrets Act.Khalife, aged twenty-one years old, managed to escape from the prison. Born in the English city of London on the 27th of September... Read more »

Military coups have been a recurring nightmare for several West African countries, upsetting the political landscape across the continent. Gabon has just joined the ranks of Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger in this terrible list. Nine West and Central African countries have experienced military coups or attempted coups in... Read more »

When it comes to financial modeling for startups, presentation matters as much as the underlying numbers. A well-designed financial model is a strong instrument that not only crunches data but also tells a fascinating story about your company. It explains the potential of your startup and illustrates its viability. When... Read more »

Traveling is generally seen as a stimulating way to break free of our day-to-day routines, but did you know that it can actually keep our minds and bodies healthier? There are multiple studies that have revealed the fact that traveling lowers the threat of heart attack and death from coronary... Read more »

The transfer window just ended a while ago, and the La Liga giant Real Madrid has not accomplished.Their long-time transfer target this summer. Kylian Mbappe, the French forward, has been long-time transfer target for Real Madrid. In 2017, Mbappe joined PSG on a loan deal from Monaco.Eventually end himself in PSG... Read more »

Unveiling the Secrets of Ultra-Processed Foods: A Comprehensive Guide.Image Credit: PexelsOur current era places convenience above sound nourishment choices. Busy lives cause us to resort to convenient but highly processed options more frequently than desired. Shall we investigate these widespread edibles with greater detail? Thus inquires the question, "What exaclty?"... Read more »

Final Fantasy 16's New Game+ Modes: Rewards, Challenges, and More.Final Fantasy 16, the highly anticipated installment of the beloved RPG franchise, offers players exciting new features in its New Game+ modes. The game's development team announced an option called "Final Fantasy Mode" during a pre-release livestream, which presents special challenges... Read more »

Today, Bungie will temporarily shut down the servers for Destiny 2 and Destiny in order to roll out the newest hotfix.In order to deliver a hotfix for both games, Bungie has confirmed that the company will temporarily shut down the servers for both Destiny and Destiny 2. The technology underlying... Read more »

Microsoft has announced a new Diablo 4 Xbox Series X bundle that comes with a mount and a few extra game items before the game's release.  It includes a mount and bonus items.With only a few months until the release of Diablo 4, Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox Series X bundle... Read more »

The Lightfall expansion is finally bringing the death of a cherished character in Destiny 2 to its rightful conclusion.Cayde-6 was a beloved character in the Destiny 2 community both at the time and still today. He was known for taking calculated risks, offering comic relief, and having a fondness for... Read more »

For the open beta of Diablo 4, Blizzard provides a list of ongoing technical issues and fixes, as well as a queue wait time update.The ongoing open beta for Diablo 4 has a list of significant ongoing technical issues, which Blizzard has also shared along with any real-time fixes. The... Read more »

The late voice actor for Zavala, Lance Reddick, will continue to appear in upcoming content, according to Bungie.Future content will continue to use the voice of Lance Reddick, who voices Commander Zavala in Destiny 2, according to Bungie. The Destiny 2 community was shocked this past week by Lance Reddick's... Read more »

As Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, lobbied Congress for more war-related aid, House Republicans continued to fight their own battle over government spending.... Read more »

As a Texan, as an American, I believed that I wouldn’t be able to understand where I lived unless I wrapped my head around the guns themselves.... Read more »

“Loved and Missed” is a seductive, clear-eyed account of the delights and dangers of caring for others.... Read more »

When you trade in the old car, trade me in, too.... Read more »

A two-disk set is an opportunity to appreciate underappreciated talents and the cultural policies that nurtured them.... Read more »

The liquefied-natural-gas buildout—and fossil-fuel exports—challenge progress on global warming.... Read more »

The singer tells the staff writer Hanif Abdurraqib about chronicling the end of a marriage in real time. Plus, the novelist Hernan Diaz, and Robert Samuels on figure skating.... Read more »

Although the media mogul announced that his son Lachlan will become the chair of News Corp. and Fox Corp., he was also careful to quash speculation that he would be retiring.... Read more »

Coming soon to a TV monitor in an empty airport lounge.... Read more »

The Ukrainian President warned that an escalation in the fighting in Washington could spread to neighboring regions such as Maryland and Virginia.... Read more »

“There’s four antique stores, three quirky cafés, one store that only sells socks, and one store that only sells socks and maple syrup, and nothing opens till noon.”... Read more »

Plus: Fall for Dance, a seedy new Wolfgang Tillmans show, the violinist Joshua Bell, and more.... Read more »

A flight attendant tries to conceal physical and emotional pain with a coat of bright-red lipstick, in Thanasis Neofotistos’s short film.... Read more »

Since the show’s rise during the Great Recession, it has fulfilled a pedagogical role in women’s media. The lesson it imparts is: you better work, bitch.... Read more »

Pentwater Capital predicted that FTC efforts to block big deals would fail.... Read more »

Japan’s government is on a mission to get the country’s cash-hoarding households to invest more.... Read more »

Early in the war, the West was shocked at Russia’s poor performance. But Moscow has fixed many errors and adapted on the battlefield.... Read more »

The U.S. capital grapples with the coming departure of the giant beltway insiders—that have become part of life in Washington... Read more »

The middle-of-nowhere town that could become the next Jackson Hole... Read more »

The city’s new landmarks are struggling office buildings and a shopping mall losing tenants.... Read more »

A reporter crunches the numbers after getting a lump-sum offer from a former employer.... Read more »

The Osiris-REx mission is bringing home the largest asteroid sample ever collected.... Read more »

The hedge fund meltdown that rescued your portfolio... Read more »

The New Jersey lawmaker was charged Friday with taking bribes.... Read more »

Winds and rain cause travel delays and flood warnings from North Carolina to southern New England.... Read more »

This may be the best time ever to be drinking wine... Read more »

Grace Stanke, soon to be a nuclear fuels engineer, is trying to help the industry recapture public support.... Read more »

Milan Fashion Week runway shows including Prada, Tom Ford, Gucci and Versace reworked the past to varying degrees of success. One constant? A lot of skin.... Read more »

New York [US], September 24 (ANI): Terming the ongoing standoff between India and Canada as a matter between the two countries, Portugal Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho said that both countries share friendly relations with Portugal and expressed hope that the issue between the two countries will be quickly resolved.... Read more »

Hangzhou, China - The first gold medals at the Asian Games were all won by host nation China on Sunday in rowing, shooting and wushu after President Xi Jinping opened the two-week multisport extravaganza in a colorful ceremony.China claimed the first gold when Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping dominated the... Read more »

BATAM, Indonesia: Due to mounting geopolitical tensions and protests against China's activities in the South China Sea, ASEAN member nations have initiated their first-ever joint military exercises in Indonesia's South Natuna Sea region. A statement from the Indonesian military confirmed that the five-day collaborative operation focuses primarily on enhancing military... Read more »

(Photo credit: The Cincinnati Enquirer-USA TODAY Sports) Alfonso Rivas went 3-for-5 and drove in five runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied from a 9-0 deficit to beat host Cincinnati 13-12 on Saturday and deal the Reds' postseason hopes a crippling blow. Rivas got the Pirates on the board with an... Read more »

KAMPALA, uganda - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said Saturday an airstrike by the east African country's military had killed members of an Islamic State (IS)-allied rebel group including a key person responsible for bomb attacks in Uganda's capital.The strike was carried out in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo on September... Read more »

FREMONT, California: This week, brain-chip startup Neuralink, owned by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, said an independent review board granted it approval to begin recruiting volunteers for the first human trial of its brain implant for paralysis patients. The company added that people with paralysis due to cervical spinal cord... Read more »

Washington - At least 15 people were killed in a truck bombing Saturday in the central Somali town of Beledweyne, among the dead are five police officers. Witnesses and officials said a big truck loaded with explosives detonated in the afternoon near a security checkpoint, damaging buildings.'The explosion rocked the... Read more »

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov castigated Ukraine's proposed 10-point peace plan and spurned a revival of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, calling both 'not realistic.'Lavrov addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday at the annual gathering of world leaders at U.N. headquarters in New York. In a week of... Read more »

New York [US], September 24 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday (local time) said that Ukraine's blueprint for peace is "not feasible or realistic," CNN reported. He said that everyone understands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's peace formula, which he said cannot include ceding any territory to Russia... Read more »

New York [US], September 24 (ANI): The ministers of IBSA, comprising India, Brazil, and South Africa agreed that terrorism is a global scourge that must be fought and terrorist safe havens should be eliminated in every part of the world. They further condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations... Read more »

Editor's note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA immigration team: ImmigrationUnit@voanews.com.Texas City Sees Jump in Irregular Migrant CrossingsU.S. immigration authorities re... Read more »

Western politicians are so overwhelmed with the feeling of impunity that they forget about self-preservation, Moscow saysWestern politicians are so obsessed with the idea of delivering a "strategic defeat" to Russia that they put themselves and their own nations in danger, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the UN General... Read more »

HANGZHOU, CHINA - Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the COVID-19-delayed 19th Asian Games on Saturday in the city of Hangzhou during a shiny and at times raucous opening ceremony on Saturday.Spectators in the city's 80,000-capacity stadium let out a huge roar as Xi was introduced and walked in to sit... Read more »

New York [US], September 23 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry here on Saturday and discussed bilateral ties on the margins of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York. After shaking hands, Jaishankar and the Egyptian Foreign Minister had a... Read more »

The World Health Organization says there is a global uptick in cholera cases. The number of cases reported last year was more than double those reported in 2021, the United Nations agency said. The number of countries reporting cholera statistics also grew in 2022 by 25%, from 35 countries in... Read more »

In an ultra-sterile room at a secure factory in Kansas City, U.S. government technicians refurbish the nation's nuclear warheads. The job is exacting: Each warhead has thousands of springs, gears and copper contacts that must work in conjunction to set off a nuclear explosion. About 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) away... Read more »

As Republican-led states have rushed to ban gender-affirming for minors, some families with transgender children found a bit of solace: At least they lived in states that would allow those already receiving puberty blockers or hormone therapy to continue. But in some places, including Missouri and North Dakota, the care... Read more »

A group of migrants from China surrendered to a Border Patrol agent in remote Southern California as gusts of wind drowned the hum of high-voltage power lines. They joined others from Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and elsewhere in a desert campsite with shelters made from tree branches. Their arrival this week... Read more »

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Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians in a pre-dawn raid in the West Bank Sunday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as the army confirmed it carried out "counterterrorism" activity in the occupied territory. "Two Palestinians were killed by live Israeli bullets..." in the town of Tulkarem, the ministry said,... Read more »

The Philippines on Sunday accused China's coast guard of installing a "floating barrier" in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying it prevented Filipinos from entering and fishing in the area. Manila's coast guard and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources "strongly condemn" China's installation of the barrier... 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 »

The first gold medals at the Asian Games were all won by host nation China on Sunday in rowing, shooting and wushu after President Xi Jinping opened the two-week multisport extravaganza in a colorful ceremony. China claimed the first gold when Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping dominated the women's lightweight... Read more »

Armenia called on Saturday for the immediate deployment of a U.N. mission to monitor human rights and security in Nagorno-Karabakh amid signs that aid may be arriving in the breakaway region under a fragile cease-fire. Azerbaijan on Wednesday declared a cease-fire after forcing Armenian separatist forces to accept the full... Read more »

At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the U.N. chief sounded a global alarm about the survival of humanity and the planet. This year, the alarm rang louder and more ominously, and the message was even more pressing: Wake up and take action — right now. Secretary-General Antonio... Read more »

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Sofia Oliveira was 12 years old when catastrophic wildfires in central Portugal killed more than 100 people in 2017. She "felt it was now or never to raise our voices" as her country appeared to be in the grip of deadly human-caused climate change. Now a university student, Sofia and... 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 »

The Israeli foreign ministry issued a statement congratulating Saudi Arabia on national day.... Read more »

A displaced persons' camp in northwest Syria was struck by the Syrian regime forces.... Read more »

A new round of negotiations will start between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the controversial Grand Renaissance Dam Ethiopia is building on the river Nile.... Read more »

An Israeli drone strikes Gaza tonight after Palestinian demonstrators faced off against Israeli soldiers along the border.... Read more »

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the head of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan met to discuss Russia-funded armed groups.... Read more »

The attack against the Syrian Democratic Forces was believed to have been carried out by gunmen affiliated with Arab tribes.... Read more »

During a speech that saw him say Israel was on the 'cusp' of normalising ties with Saudi Arabia, Benjamin Netanyahu displayed two maps that showed the occupied Palestinian territory as being part of Israel.... Read more »

With tensions rising in the summer between Lebanon and Israel at the border between the two states, Israel has allegedly fired smoke bombs at Lebanese troops prompting the Lebanese army to retaliate.... Read more »

The Islamic Republic said last month that it had built an advanced drone named Mohajer-10 with an enhanced flight range and duration as well as a larger payload.... Read more »

Is Al-Ittihad's signing of Leicester City defender Ashleigh Plumptre a sign of things to come for Saudi women's football?... Read more »

Not being deterred by having no money for course fees and flights, a young Guinean got on his bike and cycled 2,500 miles across Africa to pursue his dream of studying at Egypt's Al-Azhar University.... Read more »

Of the more than five million who have been forced to flee their homes during the war, according to the United Nations, at least 323,000 have crossed into Egypt.... Read more »

The Palestine Writes Literature Festival opened at the University of Pennsylvania this weekend following major backlash by pro-Israeli groups over the planned event.... Read more »

The Lebanese military rescued 27 Syrian migrants whose rubber boat capsized off the northern coast.... Read more »

Maracay, Venezuela (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 Venezuelan authorities on Thursday showed off dozens of Bitcoin mining machines and heavy weapons such as rocket launchers and grenades seized in a prison recaptured from gang control. More than 11,000 police and soldiers, backed up by tanks and armored vehicles, stormed the Tocoron... Read more »

United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set Wednesday to host a climate meeting marred at its outset by the absence of speakers from the world's top two emitters, China and the United States. Despite increasing extreme weather events and record-shattering global temperatures, greenhouse... Read more »

Paris (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 People in poorer countries are disproportionately suffering from air pollution spewed from the increasing scourge of fires in forests and fields around the world, according to new research published Wednesday. Landscape fires include blazes in forests, shrub, grass, pastures and agricultural lands, whether planned or... Read more »

United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 The head of Guinea's junta Colonel Mamady Doumbouya defended the use of military intervention in politics during a UN address Thursday, following a recent series of coups on the African continent. "Africa is suffering from a model of governance that has been... Read more »

Bordeaux (AFP) Sept 22, 2023 King Charles III on Friday puts the environment at the heart of the final day of his state visit to France, learning about climate-induced wildfires and visiting a sustainable vineyard in the heart of wine country. The 74-year-old British head of state - a lifelong... Read more »

Derna, Libya (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 Libya's flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing dams upstream from the coastal city after the Mediterranean Storm Daniel lashed... Read more »

Benghazi, Libya (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 Floods that killed thousands in the Libyan city of Derna also inundated one of the country's premier ancient sites, threatening its UNESCO-listed monuments with collapse, a recent visitor and a leading archaeologist said. The immediate damage to the monuments of Cyrene, which include the... Read more »

Brasilia (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 A lopsided majority of Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Thursday against an effort to restrict native peoples' rights to protected reservations on their ancestral lands, in a win for Indigenous activists and climate campaigners. Indigenous leaders in bright feather headdresses and body paint exploded in celebration... Read more »

Bangkok (AFP) Sept 22, 2023 For millions of Chinese tourists, Thailand used to be a happy land of water fights, lantern festivals and delicious food. But thanks to social media rumours and a blockbuster movie, the kingdom's image among many Chinese people is now one of dangerous illegality and seedy... Read more »

Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 20, 2023 With its crushing atmospheric pressure, clouds of sulfuric acid, and searing surface temperature, Venus is an especially challenging place to study. But scientists know that observing its surface can provide key insights into the habitability and evolution of rocky planets like our own. So... Read more »

Denverton, United States (AFP) Sept 22, 2023 A stealth campaign by Silicon Valley elites with a dream of turning a swath of California farmland into a new age city has ranchers who live here challenging their tactics and their motives. The project first surfaced when a mysterious buyer started snapping... Read more »

Paris (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 One of the world's most popular weedkillers, glyphosate, has divided the scientific and health community, prompting several countries either to ban or limit its use. The World Health Organization's cancer agency said in 2015 that the active ingredient in many generic herbicides, including Monsanto's Roundup,... Read more »

Paris (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 King Charles III on Thursday said France and the UK should team up on a new pact to battle the climate emergency, as he hailed the "indispensable" cross-Channel partnership in a rapturously received speech at the French Senate. Charles won a standing ovation from lawmakers... Read more »

New York (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 Tuvalu could be one of the first nations to sink beneath the sea as a result of climate change, but that doesn't mean its statehood is up for discussion, the tiny Pacific archipelago's prime minister said Thursday. Speaking on the sidelines of the UN... Read more »