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Four-year-old boy, two men and three women among those who died since storms began on 11 August, officials say
Days of storms and flooding in Indiana left at least six people dead as flood waters peaked in Indianapolis’s White River – and rains were expected to ease in the state capital region and other parts of the state on Sunday.
A four-year-old boy, two men and three women were among those who had died since the storms began on 11 August, state homeland security department spokesperson Liz Woods said.
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Novak Djokovic walked from the stadium court in Cincinnati to the corridor reserved for post-match press interviews practically without breaking stride. The 39-year-old had been cruising up a set and well on his way to a seemingly comfortable victory when he began to feel the full force of the elements. Djokovic would devote much of his time during the final two sets to crouching on all fours between points, vomiting into towels and desperately struggling to perform.
Such was his disappointment with his ageing body failing him once again that Djokovic, who is usually one of the most loquacious on the tour, briskly answered four questions in about a minute before offering his thanks and striding to the locker room. He wanted nothing more than to get out of there.
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Brazil’s leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has launched his campaign for a historic fourth term and vowed that as long as he lived he would not allow the “shameless” right to return to power.
Addressing a sea of supporters in São Bernardo do Campo, the industrial city where his political career began nearly half a century ago, the 80-year-old politician reminded voters of the chaos and violence that unfolded during the 2018-22 presidency of his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, whose son Flávio Bolsonaro will face Lula in October’s presidential election.
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According to data from digital intelligence provider Similarweb, Bluesky's mobile app had 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down 27.2% year-over-year. In addition, mobile daily active users continued to decline, falling 25.6% year-over-year in July to around 3 million... Bluesky's app has lost more than half its monthly active users from its late-2024 high... Its quarterly average was around 22.1 million monthly active users in the fourth quarter of 2024, Similarweb's data indicates, and it declined to 10.7 million in the second quarter of 2026. That's a decline of around 52%.
While Bluesky's numbers are down, those who stuck around are committed. Its smaller community remains relatively active, with a stickiness rate (the ratio of daily to monthly active users) of roughly 29% in June, about the same as Threads.
For Bluesky's new CEO, Toni Schneider, these numbers may not be as concerning. The company is not entirely focused on making Bluesky (the app) succeed, but on making it possible for the underlying protocol (AT Proto) to power a growing number of social apps, services, and communities. That's something that is now taking place, as projects like BlackSky and Eurosky are growing, while some AT Proto apps like the video-focused Skylight have found early traction, too. In addition, the company has launched new products, like the AI-powered research tool Attie, and is now working on adding support for private data to Bluesky. The latter could generate new interest in Bluesky from a different type of user — those less interested in the public square, and more interested in private networking and communities.
But on Threads in July of 2026, daily active users were up 21.3% year-over-year to 147 million, the article points out, and website visits were up 112% year-over-year to 471.6 million. And Threads now appears to have roughly 66% more monthly active users than X.
According to data from digital intelligence provider Similarweb, Bluesky's mobile app had 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down 27.2% year-over-year. In addition, mobile daily active users continued to decline, falling 25.6% year-over-year in July to around 3 million... Bluesky's app has lost more than half its monthly active users from its late-2024 high... Its quarterly average was around 22.1 million monthly active users in the fourth quarter of 2024, Similarweb's data indicates, and it declined to 10.7 million in the second quarter of 2026. That's a decline of around 52%.
While Bluesky's numbers are down, those who stuck around are committed. Its smaller community remains relatively active, with a stickiness rate (the ratio of daily to monthly active users) of roughly 29% in June, about the same as Threads.
For Bluesky's new CEO, Toni Schneider, these numbers may not be as concerning. The company is not entirely focused on making Bluesky (the app) succeed, but on making it possible for the underlying protocol (AT Proto) to power a growing number of social apps, services, and communities. That's something that is now taking place, as projects like BlackSky and Eurosky are growing, while some AT Proto apps like the video-focused Skylight have found early traction, too. In addition, the company has launched new products, like the AI-powered research tool Attie, and is now working on adding support for private data to Bluesky. The latter could generate new interest in Bluesky from a different type of user — those less interested in the public square, and more interested in private networking and communities.
But on Threads in July of 2026, daily active users were up 21.3% year-over-year to 147 million, the article points out, and website visits were up 112% year-over-year to 471.6 million. And Threads now appears to have roughly 66% more monthly active users than X.
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BIRMINGHAM (ANP) - Hoofdcoach Laurent Meuwly van de Atletiekunie maakt zich zorgen over het relatief grote aantal atleten dat door blessures niet kon meedoen aan de EK atletiek in Birmingham. Topatleten als Niels Laros (middenafstand), Sven Roosen (tienkamp), Nsikak Ekpo (sprint) en Minke Bisschops (sprint) haakten kort voor het toernooi af. "Het is iets wat we grondig moeten analyseren, kijken of er een patroon is te zien. Zeker met het oog op de Olympische Spelen van 2028, want wij hebben niet als bijvoorbeeld de Verenigde Staten of Groot-Brittannië een onbeperkt aantal atleten dat succesvol kan zijn", zei hij op de slotdag van het toernooi.
Meuwly maakte de kanttekening in de wetenschap dat de EK atletiek in Birmingham wel de meest succesvolle ooit zijn voor Nederland. Met vier gouden, drie zilveren en vijf bronzen medailles staat de equipe al op twaalf medailles. Evenveel als op de EK in Rome in 2024, maar met meer goud. Er zijn zondagavond nog kansen op meer eremetaal met de estafetteploegen op de 4x400 meter.
AMSTELVEEN (ANP) - De hockeyers van Argentinië, de volgende tegenstander van Nederland in de groepsfase, hebben hun eerste wedstrijd op het WK gewonnen. In het Wagener Stadion in Amstelveen wonnen de Argentijnen met 3-0 van Japan.
Het duel werd bekeken door premier Rob Jetten die in een Argentijns shirt de verrichtingen van zijn Argentijnse verloofde Nicolás Keenan volgde. De premier had eerder op de middag, in een oranjeshirt, de wedstrijd van Nederland tegen Nieuw-Zeeland (5-1-zege) bijgewoond.
Lucas Toscani maakte in de 20e minuut de openingstreffer voor Argentinië, door de bal van dichtbij binnen te werken. In het vierde kwart scoorden Lucio Mendez en Maico Casella nog.
Nederland neemt het dinsdag om 18.00 uur op tegen Argentinië. Op donderdag speelt Oranje op hetzelfde tijdstip tegen Japan.
SAINT-DENIS (ANP) - Nederland heeft de Europese kampioenschappen in het Olympic Aquatic Centre in Parijs afgesloten met de zevende plaats op de 4x100 meter wisselslag. Maaike de Waard, Marrit Steenbergen, Tessa Giele en Milou van Wijk slaagden er niet in om mee te strijden om de medailles. Het goud ging naar Groot-Brittannië, dat Italië in de laatste 50 meter voorbijstak. De Russinnen onder neutrale vlag werden derde. Nederland had zich als zesde geplaatst voor de finale.
Het was het laatste onderdeel van het toernooi met Nederlandse inbreng. De Nederlandse ploeg sluit het toernooi af met twee gouden en zeven zilveren medailles. Wereldrecordhouder Steenbergen won de 100 meter vrije slag. Ook was er goud voor Steenbergen, Van Wijk, Imani de Jong en Yara van Kalmthout op de 4x100 meter vrije slag.
Steenbergen zwom op de 200 meter vrije slag en de 100 meter rugslag naar het zilver. Van Wijk pakte achter Steenbergen het zilver op de 100 meter vrije slag. Bij de mannen waren er zilveren medailles voor Caspar Corbeau op de 200 meter vrije slag en Koen de Groot op de 50 meter schoolslag. Ook leverden de gemengde estafettes 4x100 meter vrij en 4x100 meter wisselslag zilver op voor Nederland.
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Kijk we zullen niet pretenderen dat we heel veel verstand hebben van kunst behalve dan dat we hoogst agressief worden van Barnett Newman, wijlen Frank Gehry de grootste architect is van de laatste honderd jaar, Spartacus heel erg opgewonden wordt van die dikke wijven van Fernando Botero, Kabouter Buttplug een totale debiel is en je al die meuk van Damian Hirst ook gewoon bij de Action kan vinden. Belangrijker nog: is er verdomme nog iets SPANNENDS? Niet statisch en op de breuklijn van Kunst en Cultuur is er gelukkig zoiets als The Unsafe House van multidisciplinair genie Tarik Sadouma, in wiens werk we eveneens verdrinken, maar van wie we zeker weten dat je met hem en z'n club Spetters mooi kan doorhalen alsook een goede pot bier kan drinken. Interview door Arthur van Amerongen hierrrrr. We zijn bij ze op bezoek geweest tijdens de literaire hoogmis van de culturele onderwereld en ze komen bij ons op bezoek op de pseudojaarlijkse GSHQ Zomerborrel en dat wordt dan steevast een boel. Een mooie, of een dolle. WELNU, The Unsafe House heeft een nieuwe FILM. De trailer staat hierboven en de volledige film staat hierrrr. Paar euro lappen: voor niets komt de zon op, want als je te afwijkend bent voor de subsidieriedel moet je zelf de bonen doppen. Support your local kunstenaar!
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