Zorgen om nieuwe gezondheidsdeals VS: Afrikaanse landen delen grondstoffen en data in ruil voor Amerikaanse hulp

De Verenigde Staten willen invloed kopen door zorgdeals te sluiten met Afrikaanse landen. De landen die een overeenkomst aangaan, , betalen hier een hoge prijs voor. „Ze geven op deze manier in feite hun nationale bezit weg.”

Zorgen in Brussel: hoe pro-Russisch is Rumen Radev, de komende premier van Bulgarije?

Een nieuwe partij, opgericht door de voormalige president, won zondag met overmacht de parlementsverkiezingen in Bulgarije. Nu is de vraag in Brussel: hoe pro-Russisch en eurokritisch is Rumen Radev?

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Rosaviatsia Lifts Restrictions on Flights to Iran and UAE Ticket Sales

Russia suspended flights to Israel and Iran in late February following U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran.

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Wall Street daalt door oplopende spanningen VS en Iran

NEW YORK (ANP) - De beurzen in New York zijn maandag licht lager geopend. Beleggers namen geen risico na de sterke opmars op vrijdag, die volgde op de heropening van de Straat van Hormuz door Iran. De spanningen tussen de Verenigde Staten en Iran liepen afgelopen weekend echter weer op door de inbeslagname van een Iraans vrachtschip door de Amerikaanse marine. Ook sloot Iran zaterdag het scheepvaartverkeer door de Straat van Hormuz weer af door de aanhoudende Amerikaanse blokkade van de Iraanse havens.

De Dow-Jonesindex noteerde kort na opening van de markt 0,1 procent lager op 49.393 punten. De S&P 500-index zakte 0,1 procent tot 7118 punten en techbeurs Nasdaq verloor 0,2 procent op 24.409 punten.

De S&P 500 en de Nasdaq sloten vrijdag op nieuwe recordstanden. Wall Street kende daarmee een zeer sterke beursweek. Zo won de S&P 500 vorige week 4,5 procent, terwijl de Nasdaq ruim 7 procent wist te winnen. De techzware Nasdaq ging vrijdag zelfs voor de dertiende dag op rij omhoog.


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Lorient are climbing the Ligue 1 table but losing their manager is a risk

Bill Foley – who also owns Bournemouth – thinks he can do better than Olivier Pantaloni but he may prove mistaken

By Get French Football News

“Why can’t we beat everyone?” asked Lorient owner Bill Foley earlier this month. It’s not the kind of fighting talk you are accustomed to hearing from a newly promoted side but, given that they have already beaten Lens, Lyon, Monaco, Rennes, and now Marseille at home, it is justified.

Lorient toyed with Marseille during their 2-0 win on Saturday, eliciting “olés” from the crowd as they knocked the ball around. The fans at the Stade du Moustoir are used to being treated. Lorient have lost just twice at home in the last two seasons. Not even Paris Saint-Germain took all three points when they visited earlier in the campaign. Marseille’s sporting director, Medhi Benatia, launched into a tirade after the match, denouncing his players’ performances as a “scandal”, but he should have shown more respect for opponents who have defied the odds this season.

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Banned from the radio after Princess Diana died: how Levellers made What a Beautiful Day

‘Its release seemed timely as the Tories had just left office. But then Diana died and all cheerful songs were taken straight off the radio. Boom! It disappeared’

John Lennon once said that everything he wrote was two songs in one. I’ve always stood by that. So you can take What a Beautiful Day at face value, like: “Oh, he’s having a lovely day.” But the song is essentially about revolution and bringing down the government.

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Found Kodachrome Slide

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Found Kodachrome Slide

date stamped on slide September 1964

Rialto, Bozeman, Montana

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Rialto, Bozeman, Montana