The Malaysian oil company Petronas will begin drilling for oil off the coast of Suriname on Sunday. The test drillings are intended to locate additional oil reserves, the Surinamese state oil company Staatsolie announced on Saturday. The environmental authority in Suriname granted a permit for the project last month. The deep-sea area off the coast […]
Greenpeace has started a lawsuit against the American company Energy Transfer. The environmental organization has to pay the energy company a fine of over half a billion euros. Greenpeace considers this intimidation and is challenging the fine in court. Does the environmental club have a chance? On the square in front of the courthouse in
China imposes import restrictions on medical equipment from the EU costing more than 5.4 million euros. This is in response to a measure by the European Commission that prevents Chinese companies from participating in European tenders. European companies that supply medical equipment are no longer allowed to register for large Chinese government expenditures, the Chinese
Aging is putting the Netherlands under great pressure, both in healthcare and on the housing market. The Netherlands wants to build 290,000 senior-friendly homes, but experts note that this is difficult. Attention is focused on starters. Understandable, but not wise. In the coming decades, the number of people aged 85 and over will triple. Not
In the De Broeikas section, climate reporter Jeroen Kraan writes every week about what strikes him. This week: earlier generations of the Dutch did not know heat as we experienced this week. Unfortunately, there is no natural law that draws a limit with these extremes. As a climate reporter, I regularly look at statistics about
China opened its first LEGOLAND on Saturday, the largest theme park in the Lego chain in the world. Many thousands of visitors flocked to the new park in Shanghai, which is intended to boost tourism in China. Enthusiastic Lego lovers stormed into the park at the opening, dressed in theme shirts and waving flags. They
The economy of Vietnam grew by more than 7.5 percent in the first half of this year, the largest growth in more than ten years. This is mainly due to strong exports. The Vietnamese economy is also increasingly benefiting from tourism. The growth figures were announced after the United States reached a trade agreement with
Ingrid is one of the parents whose life was turned upside down by the childcare benefits scandal. Even after being recognized as a victim, she didn’t receive proper help and “the light went out”. The government promised improvements for other parents on Friday. It is 2021 when the letter with apologies from Prime Minister Mark
In Screen Time, Tech reporter Rutger Otto writes on the internet every week. This time it is about texts from AI-Chatbots that end up in places where they don’t belong. If you search on web store Bol for the words “adapted title” you will receive dozens of pages that are full of product titles written
From Washington, careful optimism sounds about reaching a trading deal with the European Union. Sources say that to Reuters news agency. The intention is that both trade blocks will continue to negotiate this weekend. Currently, the United States and the EU are in a break during the trade war that unleashed US President Donald Trump