In France, more than a hundred people have drowned in the past month, including nineteen children and young people. That is a strong increase compared to last year, reports the French health service on Friday. The number of drowning deaths increased by 58 percent compared to the same period last year. The total number of […]
Crystal Palace will not be able to participate in the Europa League this season. The FA Cup winner has been relegated to the Conference League because Olympique Lyonnais is already playing in the Europa League. The clubs have the same owner. Crystal Palace won the FA Cup in May by defeating Manchester City in the
An operation robot has independently removed a gallbladder from a pig for the first time. This is considered an important step towards operations that may be performed entirely by robots in the future, without the help of a doctor. The robot was developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. It was
The cabinet will appeal against a court ruling that overturned Schiphol’s nature permit. That is what State Secretary Jean Rummenie (Nature) writes in a letter to the House of Representatives on Friday. It is a response to a decision by the court in The Hague last month, in which the judge struck down the permit
Tadej Pogacar took the stage win and the yellow jersey in the Tour de France on Friday. The Slovenian spoke of an almost perfect day, but he regretted that he couldn’t sprint against Mathieu van der Poel again on the Mûr-de-Bretagne. Pogacar and Van der Poel had already fought a duel for the stage win
Carlos Alcaraz may try to win the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the third time in a row. The 22-year-old Spaniard was too strong for Taylor Fritz in the exciting semi-final on Friday afternoon: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 and 7-6 (6). Fritz started the semi-final battle with a service game, but Alcaraz set the tone. The winner
Windsurfers Kiran Badloe and Luuc van Opzeeland failed to win a medal at the iQFoil World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, on Friday. Badloe finished sixth, Van Opzeeland eighth. Badloe qualified directly for the semi-final of the medal race in fourth place in the opening round. The Olympic champion from Tokyo started strongly, but chose a
Actor Sascha Visser is legally married to his love, Giorgia Valentina. The couple shares the news on Instagram with a series of images from the ceremony. “I can’t wait for our wedding in Sardinia,” Valentina writes alongside the images. So, there’s another celebration to come, but the couple also celebrated the official “yes” with a
The fourteen mayors in the Twente region call on the government to draw up stricter rules for sekts in a fire letter. They want a harder approach to abuse and cult leaders, and argue for a new hotline. “Municipalities receive signals about destructive cults, but current legislation offers insufficient instruments to act effectively,” the mayors
Mathieu van der Poel has come to terms with the fact that he had to relinquish his yellow jersey to Tadej Pogacar again on Friday. The Dutchman knew what to expect before the stage. That’s why he decided to enjoy it extra. “With a finish like today, I knew that if I wanted to keep