The Netherlands remains an important target for Russian espionage thanks to its defence industry, the high-tech sector and the international organisations based here, the military security service MIVD said on Thursday in its annual report. “The threat from Russia is major,” director Peter Reesink said. “The Netherlands is an attractive target, partly because it is an important military hub. There are also many data hubs in the North Sea, which are of interest for possible sabotage.” The...
On a routine grocery shopping trip, 12-year-old Ludmilla decided to become a singer. While accompanying her mom, a DVD of a Beyoncé performance that played in the store enchanted a young Ludmilla. She bought a copy of the DVD, watched it at home, and thought: “How can someone do all that at the same time? I want to do that!” Born and raised in the municipality of Duque de Caxias in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Ludmilla started her career by singing rhymes and sporadic lyrics over...
Dogecoin has extended its seven-day losses into the past 24 hours but some holders continue to remain strong. On-chain data has revealed that even though Dogecoin’s value has plummeted by 21% in the last seven days, many long-term holders of the meme coin are still turning a decent profit. Particularly, profitability data from IntoTheBlock shows […]
When Joy and Jo Banner founded the Descendants Project in 2020, they didn’t expect to be defending their hometown firstWhen twin sisters Joy and Jo Banner founded their non-profit, the Descendants Project, in 2020, their goal was to protect the Black-founded “freetowns” in Louisiana’s river parishes. Like the Banners’ hometown of Wallace, many of the Black communities that abut the lower Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans were founded after emancipation by people who’d once...
The folly was designed and built by master craftsman George Nettleton in 1821 for Thomas Nicholson, the owner of Roundhay Park. It was intended as an ornamental feature to provide entertainment for the Nicholson family. Sign up for our free monthly retro digest email His daughters visited to sew and shooting parties on the estate used the upper room as a luncheon venue. The folly served as a summerhouse and originally had a wooden roof. Located at the head of Waterloo Lake it was it was built to...
FA Cup replays have been scrapped from next season as part of a major shake-up of the world's oldest knockout competition.
IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas says the world economy continues to show “remarkable resilience.”
A ceiling collapse caused significant damage at a historic mansion and museum in the Hudson Valley. The incident happened in Putnam County in the hamlet of Garrison at Boscobel House and Gardens, which overlooks the Hudson River. On Tuesday, April 16, the plaster ceiling in its historic library collapsed without warning, causing major damage to the room, its contents, and adjacent rooms, according to Boscobel. No one was in the building when the incident happened. Boscobel said it is...
By Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday joined Black mayors from across the nation to preview the work his department is doing to bring transportation projects to their communities to correct historic wrongs. The projects, made possible through the Biden administration’s $3.3 billion “Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods” program, were among the issues discussed at the annual African American Mayors Association Conference in
SB255 passed with 85 yeas and nine nays on Thursday, April 24. The bill says that the state should split into seven Supreme Court districts. Each district should have one justice elected from it.
Pokemon Go players have slammed Sustainability Week 2024, as the rewards and bonuses in the event are terrible compared to previous years.
The number of pregnancy-related deaths in South Carolina is decreasing, but racial disparities are widening.