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Deelnemer Leiden Marathon overleden

Een deelnemer van hardloopevenement Leiden Marathon is zondag overleden. De politie bevestigt dat, maar heeft verder geen informatie over de doodsoorzaak en de overledene.

Het evenement in Leiden heeft diverse afstanden. De 10 kilometer en de Kidsrun zijn afgelast.


Qatar: vrachtschip voor de kust aangevallen door drone

DOHA (ANP/AFP) - Qatar meldt dat zondagochtend een vrachtschip voor zijn kust is aangevallen door een drone. Er ontstond een kleine brand, die inmiddels is geblust. Er zijn geen slachtoffers gevallen.

Het ministerie van Defensie meldde dat het incident plaatsvond in de territoriale wateren van Qatar, ten noordoosten van de haven van Mesaieed. Het vaartuig uit Abu Dhabi kon zijn reis naar Mesaieed voortzetten.

Het land veroordeelt het geweld. Het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken spreekt van een "ernstige escalatie" die de veiligheid van het scheepvaartverkeer in de regio bedreigt.


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Farage trying to avoid scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, Labour says

Reform’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, seeks to present issue as irrelevant in interview with Laura Kuenssberg

Labour has accused Nigel Farage of attempting to dodge scrutiny as the Reform leader continued to face questions over the £5m gift he received from a crypto billionaire shortly before the last general election.

Asked about the gift from Christopher Harborne on Sunday, the party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, sought to present it as an irrelevance to voters and said it had complied with all the rules.

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Fifa World Cup matches face heightened terror risk in US amid Iran conflict

Experts warn of ‘soft target’ vulnerabilities and intelligence gaps as federal agencies prepare to secure 78 matches across 11 cities

Fifa World Cup matches set to be held across the United States face heightened terrorism risks, with experts warning that vulnerabilities are being amplified by the US-Israel conflict with Iran and a depletion of counter-terrorism expertise within federal law enforcement.

The biggest threat stems from homegrown violent extremists, often lone actors that may have become radicalized online by extreme political views or jihadists such as the Islamic State (Isis), said four counter-terror experts interviewed.

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How to make arancini – recipe | Felicity Cloake's Masterclass

These fried rice balls are the Sicilian equivalent of a sandwich lunch, and can be batch-made in advance. Here is your step-by-step guide …

Before I wrote this recipe, it hadn’t occurred to me that the word “arancini” means “little oranges”, and, plump, round and golden as they are, it makes sense, too. Indeed, these robust rice balls, which are said to have come to Sicily with Arab invaders in the 10th century, are now, according to the late Antonio Carluccio, the local equivalent of a sandwich lunch.

Prep 25 min
Cook 45 min
Makes 8 large balls

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‘Amazon of America’: film paints vision of a post-coup Brazil giving up rainforest

Vitória Régia imagines rightwing Bolsonaro plot succeeded with US help – and highlights threats facing Indigenous peoples

The year is 2025 and far-right coup plotters have annihilated Brazil’s democracy, assassinating the president, closing the national congress and surrendering the Amazon rainforest and its untold riches to the United States.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Amazon of America,” a thick-accented North American soldier tells a group of journalists being taken on a propaganda tour of an oil refinery in the newly annexed jungle realm. Nearby, a replica of the Statue of Liberty has been carved out of the wilderness to celebrate Washington’s tutelage over more than half of Brazil.

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Advisers urge JP Morgan investors to vote to split chair and CEO positions

SS and Glass Lewis back shareholder resolution amid fears over power wielded by Jamie Dimon, who holds both roles

Investors in JP Morgan have been urged to vote in favour of splitting the role of chief executive and chair at America’s largest bank, amid concerns over the power wielded by its billionaire boss Jamie Dimon.

ISS and Glass Lewis, which issue advice to some of the world’s biggest fund managers on how to vote at annual investor meetings, have thrown their weight behind a shareholder resolution that would ensure two separate people hold the office of chair and chief executive “as soon as possible”. Investors are due to vote on the resolution at the bank’s annual general meeting on 19 May.

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How the Trump White House works against itself in its efforts to prevent overdoses

Contradictory policies that gut harm reduction programs while supporting naloxone access are confusing experts

Within just a few weeks, the Trump administration has proposed multiple contradictory policies related to overdose prevention – some that could help save lives and others that experts say could further strain health resources and put people at risk for overdose.

These policies include a new prohibition on funding for fentanyl test strips, which help people avoid overdoses; proposed budget cuts that would gut the country’s overdose prevention efforts; and an ambitious drug control strategy that will be impossible to implement if the aforementioned cuts go through.

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