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Curaçao is tegen Duitsland even in de zevende hemel, maar moet uiteindelijk diep buigen: 7-1

Koning en keizer kijken samen naar Nederland-Japan

Op in elk geval één bank zullen vanavond twee vrienden elk voor een ander team juichen. Koning Willem-Alexander heeft de Japanse keizer Naruhito uitgenodigd om straks samen de…

Laura and Scott Jordan Brunch 2024

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Laura and Scott Jordan Brunch 2024

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Ben Franklin Bridge

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Two Sides of San Francisco

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Midwest Bulls

The Sun-Drenched Ruin Lizard of Positano

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The Sun-Drenched Ruin Lizard of Positano

An alert Italian Wall Lizard / Ruin Lizard (Podarcis siculus) basking in the warm Mediterranean sun along the harbor of Positano, Italy.

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Curaçao enjoy their moment but Havertz and ruthless Germany show no mercy

The net rippled and Curaçao’s bench exploded in every conceivable ­direction, their giddiness underpinned by a lucid awareness of the goal’s place in history. Livano Comenencia had just equalised against Germany and an island of 158,000 inhabitants, represented here by an accomplished group born almost entirely in the Netherlands, could revel disbelievingly in a moment it had dreamed of.

Reality eventually bit, Julian Nagelsmann’s side declaring on seven and easily avoiding an embarrassment that would have outdone their group-stage exits in the previous two World Cups. They will surely reach the knockouts this time and could have made absolutely certain by adding several more. Nagelsmann will be pleased that threats emanated from across the pitch, half a dozen different scorers bearing testament to that, but it should go without saying that more accurate tests of strength await. Kai Havertz, rounding things off neatly late on with his second goal, will hope to be similarly efficient later on.

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Pilot and 11 skydiving passengers killed in Missouri plane crash

Crash reportedly occurred shortly after departure from Butler Memorial airport at 11.30am on Sunday

Twelve people were killed in a plane crash near Butler, Missouri, on Sunday.

According to Bates county emergency management, a private plane that had departed Butler Memorial airport shortly before 11.30am turned back before crashing near Business 49 Highway, Fox 4 reported.

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