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Suzan is pregnant with a boy: ‘A little Freek in my stomach’

Singer Suzan Stortelder of the duo Suzan & Freek is pregnant with a boy. She announced this on Instagram on Sunday. “We heard today that you are a boy, and that feels so special and right,” Stortelder writes. “A little Freek in my belly, that makes me very happy.” She posted a photo of her

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Orchestra Last concerts, because heat is bad for people and the instruments

Symphony orchestra Philzuid has canceled three open-air concerts. “You don’t want anything to happen to the people or the instruments,” director Mette Laugs tells L1. Violins can melt from the heat and clarinets crack if they dry out quickly. “If a violin is in the full sun on the hat shelf in a car, it

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Former NATO top soldier Bauer: ‘We have abandoned US for decades’

Rob Bauer was the highest soldier at NATO between 2021 and 2025. He experienced from close by how the Russians invaded Ukraine and has since tried to shake the Netherlands awake. That goes very badly. “The Americans are Sick and Tired that Europe is behaving that way.” When Bauer is in his office of NATO

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Now+ pop singers are no longer rivals but friends, also on Pinkpop

The successful female pop stars have been popping up like mushrooms in recent years. They come in all flavors and coexist successfully without real rivalry. Pinkpop is responding to this with friends Olivia Rodrigo and Tate McRae on stage. The Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona hit the jackpot this year: they got Sabrina Carpenter, Charli

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Police save thousands of baby turtles in cardboard boxes in Mexico

Mexican authorities found 3,427 baby turtles on Friday. The animals were hidden in cardboard boxes and were being transported illegally. The turtles were discovered at a police checkpoint in the southern state of Chiapas. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested, the Mexican government reports. The animals were packed together and were not receiving

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