Thomas Hawk posted a photo:
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A macro close-up of the ripening berries of the Indian Pokeweed (Phytolacca esculenta).
UTRECHT (ANP) - Door een defect spoor rijden er tot eind augustus minder sprinters tussen Hoofddorp en Amsterdam Centraal Station, meldt de NS. De spoorwegdienst verwacht dat de storing tot ongeveer maandag 31 augustus 21.15 uur duurt.
De NS raadt reizigers aan hun reis voor vertrek te plannen en de reisplanner in de gaten te houden. Wat het defect aan het spoor heeft veroorzaakt, is niet bekend.
WASHINGTON (ANP) - De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft op zijn platform Truth Social de "volledige ontwapening van Hamas en alle andere gewapende groepen" in Gaza aangekondigd na een "historisch akkoord" van de door hemzelf opgerichte Vredesraad.
Het akkoord is een "stap om ervoor te zorgen dat Gaza eindelijk wordt bestuurd door een nieuwe Palestijnse regering, die nauw zal samenwerken met de Board of Peace om het Palestijnse volk te helpen".
MADRID (ANP) - Spanje sluit de grens met Marokko bij de Noord-Afrikaanse exclave Melilla. Dat meldt het Spaanse persbureau EFE. Inwoners zijn opgeroepen de grensovergang te mijden, zodat zij ordediensten niet in de weg lopen.
Eerder drongen honderden migranten door vanuit Marokko naar Spanje bij de andere exclave, Ceuta. Daar werden onder meer hekken beklommen en zwommen mensen om de hekken heen, waarbij meerdere mensen de dood vonden, meldt El País.
De Guardia Civil heeft donderdagavond nog zes lichamen aangetroffen. Volgens de eerste vaststellingen betreft het mensen die bij hun poging Ceuta te bereiken zijn verdronken voor de kust. Daardoor is het dodental volgens El País naar achttien gestegen.
Overrompeld door de plotselinge toestroom verzochten de lokale autoriteiten Madrid om de noodtoestand uit te roepen, iets wat vooralsnog wordt geweigerd. Wel stuurde de regering een zestigtal militairen en vele agenten richting Ceuta, om de situatie te bedwingen.
Premier Pedro Sánchez doet morgen Ceuta aan met zijn minister van Binnenlandse Zaken, Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
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Both MPs have had the parliamentary whip restored following separate independent disciplinary processes
MPs Diane Abbott and Joani Reid have been readmitted into Labour and had the parliamentary whip restored, just under two weeks into Andy Burnham’s premiership.
The party confirmed that this followed separate independent disciplinary processes, although Labour said the leadership played no role in either decision.
Continue reading...Water levels across several of Europe’s major waterways have dropped to exceptionally low levels, setting new records in some areas.
Extreme heat exacerbated by the climate crisis is intensifying the drought hitting the continent as record-breaking heatwaves means the hot atmosphere is evaporating water from rivers, lakes, soils and plants quickly.
The Danube has hit the lowest level of water in 30 years in several countries including Hungary, Serbia and Romania, and the Rhine has dropped to its lowest recorded level in some sections and is expected to drop further due to drought
Continue reading...The tale of the women who came together to unpick the destructive swathe that one man cut through his local dating pool is woefully lacking in the detail you need to understand their plight. It feels voyeuristic and misguided
I’m beginning to suspect that the feminist movement is operating a covert psyops wing. I like to think that this is the motive force behind the slew of true-crime documentaries that show us, time and again, what bad men do and how they go about it. Perhaps the repeated stories of women – often unhappy with parts of their lives, or otherwise emotionally vulnerable – being love-bombed by apparent male saviours then finding themselves isolated, controlled, coerced, destabilised and battered into submission and sometimes killed that form the predominant subject of this popular modern genre are a way of teaching the young (especially) what is out there. Maybe it’s a way to help them spot the earliest signs of a predator’s approach and arm the innocent against them.
Otherwise, you know, it’s just voyeuristic filler for the ever-gaping schedule maw.
Continue reading...Both tech companies beat Wall Street predictions on revenue in their second quarters
Apple and Amazon both released their second quarter earnings on Thursday, a test of investor confidence in major tech companies amidgrowing concerns over exorbitant AI spending.
Apple revealed quarterly revenue of $109.4bn, beating Wall Street expectations of $108.65bn in revenue. It also reported $2.02 earnings per share, driven by sales of its marquee products such as iPhones and laptops.
Continue reading...I ran across this post on Threads the other day: “What’s the hardest record in sports history to ever break?” A sampling of the replies:
Last year, The Athletic offered a list of their own, which included Wayne Gretzky’s 1,963 career assists, the furthest goal in soccer (96.01 meters), Michael Phelps’ 23 Olympic golds, and Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game.
Poking around the internet a bit, there’s also FloJo’s 100m record, UConn women’s basketball team’s 111 wins in a row, Cal Ripken’s consecutive game streak, and Simone Biles’ 30 world championship medals.
Any additions to the list?