Goedemorgen en welkom in dit liveblog. Hier houden we je op de hoogte van de tropische temperaturen in Nederland en in de rest van Europa. Lezersvraag: Was het vroeger net zo warm als nu?Verschillende lezers hebben het idee dat hitte als deze week ook vroeger regelmatig voorkwam. Is dat ook zo? “Natuurlijk was het vroeger […]
Binnen een week tijd hebben meer dan 130.000 mensen zich aangemeld bij de massaclaimzaak tegen Booking.com. De Consumentenbond spant de collectieve actie aan tegen het hotelboekingsplatform vanwege onder meer nepkortingen, verzonnen schaarste en kunstmatig hoge prijzen. Een woordvoerder van de Consumentenbond bevestigt dat er “heel veel” aanmeldingen zijn binnengekomen. De consumentenorganisatie verwacht er nog meer,
RTL will not be adding a new panel member to The Masked Singer following the death of Loretta Schrijver. The program will continue with the four panel members who sat alongside Schrijver in the previous season, an RTL spokesperson confirms. RTL’s confirmation follows statements made by Carlo Boszhard on Shownieuws. Boszhard, who, like Schrijver, had
The Coast Guard is currently unable to use the radio systems to communicate with ships. The emergency channel is also not working. This could potentially lead to dangerous situations. According to a spokesperson, it is exceptional for a malfunction to last this long. The so-called VHF radio channels have been down since early Tuesday morning.
The work of the American space organization NASA can be seen on Netflix from this summer. The streaming service will, among other things, broadcast live streams of rocket launches and space walks. With the collaboration, NASA wants to make the space travel more accessible to “inspire new generations”. “Our space law of 1958 calls on
The reduction of the American aid organization USAID can lead to fourteen million extra deaths by 2030. An international group of researchers has calculated this. Especially the number of deaths due to HIV/AIDS, malaria and other tropical diseases will increase considerably. A third of the suspected victims of the American cuts are children, the article
Rinus Israël has passed away at the age of 83. The former defender achieved great success as a player for Feyenoord. “Iron Rinus” played 47 times for the Dutch national team. Israël won the European Cup 1, the predecessor of the Champions League, with Feyenoord in 1970, the first Dutch club ever to do so.
Wielerploeg XDS-Astana begint zaterdag met twee Nederlanders aan de Tour de France. Cees Bol en Mike Teunissen behoren tot de achtkoppige selectie van de ploeg uit Kazachstan. Teunissen is er voor de zesde keer bij. In 2019 won hij in dienst van Jumbo-Visma de openingsrit in Brussel, waarna hij twee dagen in de gele trui
Of the binding sustainability agreements that the outgoing cabinet hoped to make with thirty industrial companies, only a small portion will actually materialize. Talks with many major emitters have stalled. After three years of talks, discussions on climate agreements have “yielded many lessons and insights,” outgoing Climate Minister Sophie Hermans wrote to the House of
The following is a live blog providing updates on the tropical temperatures in the Netherlands and the rest of Europe. An official ‘extremely hot day’ possibleThe chance is high that it will be warmer than 35 degrees in De Bilt today. And with that, according to the definitions of the KNMI, an “extremely hot day”