Manchester City started the Club World Cup on Wednesday with a comfortable victory. The English top club, for which Tijjani Reijnders made his debut, defeated Moroccan Wydad AC 2-0. Phil Foden opened the scoring for Manchester City after just two minutes. The Englishman shot successfully after Wydad goalkeeper Mehdi Benabid had saved an attempt by […]
The Chinese authorities have removed dozens of tons of waste from an old cave complex near Zhangjiajie National Park. That park served as inspiration for the movie Avatar. For years, residents had dumped their waste in the caves. China has started a huge cleanup operation after the piles of garbage came to light a few
Jong Oranje has qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Championship on Wednesday. The team of coach Michael Reiziger won the last group match 2-0 against Ukraine. Jong Oranje had only one point in the first two group matches and had to win against Ukraine to reach the quarter-finals. The Netherlands was also dependent on
The Netherlands must be prepared for crises: from power outages to a day without water. A survival kit is not enough, writes think tank DenkWerk on Wednesday in a report. “If you want to become resilient, you have to practice,” economist Barbara Baarsma tells NU.nl. She refers to national – or possibly regional – practice
Feyenoord to let Sebaoui leave Feyenoord is parting ways with Ilias Sebaoui. The 23-year-old Belgian is returning to Belgium, where he will play for STVV. Previously, the 23-year-old Sebaoui played for Beerschot, among others. In the summer of 2023, he moved to Feyenoord, who then loaned him out to FC Dordrecht and sc Heerenveen. (Source:
56′ GOAL Young Oranje! 2-0 There it is again: Thom van Bergen! He fully repays the trust of coach Michael Reiziger. The striker lobs the ball in after a nice pass from Kenneth Taylor. 51′ Just like with the goal, there is again excellent work from Ruben van Bommel and Thom van Bergen. This time,
US is going to get citizens from Israel The United States is going to help Americans who want to leave Israel. The American ambassador reports this in Israel, Mike Huckabee, on X. According to him, the American embassy in Israel is working on evacuations of Americans with planes and cruise ships. For the time being,
Tomorrowland has been named the best (dance) festival in the world by the readers of the British magazine DJ Mag. The Dutch Defqon.1 is in the top 10. The Belgian Tomorrowland, which is also popular among Dutch people, wins for the fifth year in a row. The rest of the top 3 remains unchanged: the
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) is conducting a criminal investigation into Pelt & Hooykaas, the company that markets steel slag originating from the Tata Steel factory in IJmuiden. The controversial construction material has caused environmental damage in several locations. The OM sees indications that Pelt & Hooykaas is aware of the risk of environmental damage
Astronomers have taken a photo of the Sculptor galaxy. The photo, with many details and over four thousand different colors, provides much more information than old photos: five hundred new gas and dust nebulae have already been discovered. Researchers have taken more than fifty hours of images to compile the photo. That photo consists of