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Griekspoor overcomes frustrations and reaches third round on Roland Garros

Tallon Griekspoor has qualified for the third round of Roland Garros for the second time in his career on Thursday. The 28-year-old from North Holland was too strong for the Canadian Gabriel Diallo in four sets: 5-7, 6-7 (3), 6-1, and 3-6. Griekspoor (ATP-35) was on paper the favorite against Diallo, the world number 54. […]

Sport

Special moment on Roland Garros: Sinner sends Gasquet (38) retires

Jannik Sinner ended Richard Gasquet’s tennis career on Thursday at Roland Garros. The Italian world number one defeated the French tennis veteran in three sets and reached the third round of the Grand Slam tournament. The 38-year-old Gasquet had announced before the start of Roland Garros that this would be his last hurrah. The Frenchman

General

Larger Russian attacks on Ukraine thanks to arms deliveries North Korea

Russia has been able to carry out larger attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent times thanks to aid from North Korea. According to a United Nations watchdog, North Korea has supplied a lot of ammunition and other weapons to the Russians. North Korea has sent more than 20,000 containers of ammunition and weapons to Russia,

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Avrotros double the error with sponsorship flikken-series

AVROTROS has made a mistake with the sponsorship of Flikken Maastricht and Flikken Rotterdam. The public broadcaster confirms this after reports from RTL Z. Both police series are sponsored by car manufacturers, but this was not included in AVROTROS’ annual reports. “We should have included that. It was not done carefully,” says a spokesperson for

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South African mother has lifelong for selling own daughter

The South African Racquel ‘Kelly’ Smith has been sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and selling her six-year-old daughter. Two co-defendants, including Smith’s boyfriend, received the same sentence. The third life sentence went to a friend of the couple. According to the judge, the trio showed little remorse. “I see no reason to impose a

Economics

Fault at Bonus cards Albert Heijn, customers are missing a discount

Albert Heijn is experiencing a malfunction on Thursday that is preventing bonus discounts from being processed correctly. This is confirmed by a spokesperson for the supermarket chain following reports by the AD. Due to the malfunction, bonus cards do not always work. It is possible that customers will not receive a discount on bonus products.

Economics

Web store Shein will test more products after warning EU

Webwinkel SHEIN, bekend van goedkope fast fashion, gaat meer tests uitvoeren om de veiligheid en kwaliteit van zijn producten te verbeteren. De stap volgt op een waarschuwing van de Europese Unie. In een reactie op de waarschuwing zegt SHEIN dit jaar 2,5 miljoen productveiligheids- en kwaliteitstests te laten uitvoeren. Vorig jaar waren dat er nog

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