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Media & Culture

Time and again we have to outline the bigger picture

Every Sunday, the editor-in-chief of NU.nl gives you a behind-the-scenes look. Our profession is becoming more difficult every day, concludes editor-in-chief Lindsay Mossink after a week with disinformation in the White House and journalistic considerations surrounding Gaza and Israel. This week, it happened again in the White House. Donald Trump surprised the South African president […]

Backstory

Pregnant Rihanna and A $ AP Rocky together on red carpet in Cannes

Rihanna visited the Cannes Film Festival on Monday for the premiere of Highest 2 Lowest. Her partner A$AP Rocky plays a role in Spike Lee’s new film. Justin Bieber surprises fans with a performance during SZA’s concert. Kim Kardashian celebrates completing her law studies. Kermit the Frog has wise advice for graduates in the US.

Remarkable

Huge cargo ship ended up in Norwegian backyard because Stuurman fell asleep

The mate of the container ship that rammed the Norwegian coast on Thursday had accidentally fallen asleep. The massive ship narrowly missed a house on the coast. The mate has been charged with negligence. The suspect is a thirty-year-old man from Ukraine, according to Norwegian police. He was the second mate on board. During the

Economics

Input goods vs also rose in March due to announced import duties

The United States imported more goods in March due to the import duties announced by President Donald Trump. Imports rose by a significant 30 percent compared to the same month last year, according to data from the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). Compared to February, imports rose by 5.8 percent. Imports into the

General

Five years after death George Floyd, little has changed with American police

Exactly five years ago, the murder of George Floyd, a Black American, shook the Black Lives Matter movement. But protests against racism and excessive police violence did not lead to large-scale changes within the American police force. And those aren’t likely to come anytime soon. What happened to George Floyd? On Monday evening, May 25,

General

Three dead in new wave of Russian drone attacks on Kyiv

At least three people were killed in the night from Saturday to Sunday by heavy Russian drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. It is the second day in a row that Russia has attacked Kyiv with drones. The fire service recovered two bodies from a burnt-out house in Obukhiv, reports Mykola Kalashnyk, the governor

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