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Boswijk gefrustreerd over trage EU-hulp aan Oekraïne

WICKLOW (ANP) - Staatssecretaris Derk Boswijk (Defensie) is behoorlijk gefrustreerd over het uitblijven van snelle hulp aan Oekraïne door de EU. Dat zei de bewindsman na afloop van de informele EU-raad Defensie in Ierland. Oekraïne kampt al jaren met een tekort aan luchtverdediging, maar verscheidene EU-landen weigeren nog steeds over de brug te komen met bijvoorbeeld Patriots die ze in voorraad hebben.

Ook had de EU in zijn ogen veel eerder moeten beginnen met het ontwikkelen van onderscheppingsraketten. "Het is frustrerend dat wij als overheden samen met de defensie-industrie er nog niet in zijn geslaagd om met alternatieven te komen. Terwijl we ook al vier, vijf jaar weten dat luchtverdediging de zwakke factor is."

Aan alternatieven wordt nu gewerkt, maar daarmee is Oekraïne deze winter nog niet geholpen, zei Boswijk. Hij ziet de winter voor Oekraïne "heel erg somber" in, gezien de intensiteit van de Russische aanvallen en "de verwachting dat die gaan toenemen".


Doodgeschoten man Overasselt is 51-jarige man uit Wijchen

MALDEN (ANP) - De man die dinsdagochtend is omgekomen bij een schietpartij in Overasselt is een 51-jarige man uit Wijchen. Dat zei Jolanda Aalbers, plaatsvervangend politiechef bij de eenheid Oost-Nederland, tijdens een persconferentie.


Koningspaar met prinsessen Beatrix en Amalia naar uitvaart Harald

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Koning Willem-Alexander, koningin Máxima, prinses Beatrix en prinses Amalia gaan volgende week woensdag naar de uitvaart van koning Harald van Noorwegen. Dat maakte de Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst (RVD) dinsdag bekend.

Vanwege de uitvaart komen de geplande werkzaamheden van de koning en koningin die dag te vervallen, meldt de RVD. De koning zou het Rathenau Instituut in Den Haag bezoeken en koningin Máxima zou in Hilversum een beweging voor onderwijsprofessionals lanceren.

De uitvaart van de vrijdag overleden koning Harald vindt plaats op 9 september in de kathedraal van Oslo. Eerder werd al bekend dat onder anderen het Deense en het Belgische koningspaar en het kroonprinselijk paar van Japan de uitvaartplechtigheden bijwonen.

De Oranjes onderhouden nauwe banden met de Noorse koninklijke familie. Zo was koning Harald peetoom van de in 2013 overleden prins Friso.


Uitstootvrije zones kunnen vanaf 2029 ook voor autobussen gelden

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Ook autobussen kunnen vanaf 2029 onder de uitstootvrije zones vallen, waarmee ze bepaalde binnensteden niet meer in mogen als ze te vervuilend zijn. Staatssecretaris Annet Bertram (Infrastructuur, CDA) gaat de regels aanpassen om verduurzaming aan te moedigen maar wil ondernemers ook niet "aan het onmogelijke" houden, schrijft ze in een brief aan de Kamer.

In de zogeheten zero-emissiezones zijn jaar na jaar de meest vervuilende voertuigen niet meer welkom. Die regels gelden nu nog alleen voor bedrijfsauto's zoals bestelbussen en vrachtwagens. Bertram voegt daar de mogelijkheid aan toe om de regels voor voertuigcategorieën M2 en M3 te laten gelden. Volgens verkeersdienst RDW slaat dat op alle voertuigen met vier of meer wielen waar inclusief de bestuurder meer dan negen mensen in passen, bijvoorbeeld touringcars of trolleybussen. De regels raken personenauto's niet.

De zones die nu al vieze bestel- en vrachtauto's weren, gelden niet automatisch voor bussen, benadrukt Bertram. "Dit is een keuze die gemeenten zelf maken."

Onder betrokkenen is "brede steun" voor de maatregel, schrijven ambtenaren in een adviesstuk. Uitzonderingen blijven mogelijk, onder meer voor ondernemers die vanwege de krapte op het stroomnet niet kunnen overstappen op een elektrische bus.


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US Open 2026: Fery, Rybakina, Fritz and Keys in action on day three – live

Here come Cobolli and Comesana, with the Louis Armstrong roof keeping out the rain and ramping up the atmosphere. While it’s been a breakout summer for Cobolli, having reached the French Open final and Wimbledon last eight, Comesana’s had a rough 2026, winning only seven matches all year. Cobolli’s flashy, shotmaking game will likely be too much for the world No 119 from Buenos Aires today, but the Italian does have a point to prove at the US Open, having never been beyond the third round.

Away from Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong, it’s been confirmed that play won’t start until at least midday New York time/5pm BST.

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Emily Wilson to retranslate the Odyssey from scratch

Wilson, whose 2017 English translation of Homer’s epic poem inspired Christopher Nolan’s box office hit, is revisiting it after criticising the film adaptation

Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate Homer’s Odyssey into English, is to retranslate the ancient Greek epic poem from scratch less than a decade after the publication of her acclaimed version.

The announcement comes after Wilson attracted controversy this summer with a scathing assessment of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film adaptation of the Odyssey, which she slammed for its “abysmal” writing and lack of sex scenes.

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‘In my heart until I die’: Argentina says a tearful thank you to Lionel Messi

The Argentinian’s decision to quit international football was met by an outpouring of affection from the country he led to World Cup glory in 2022

Anyone who was present at Lionel Scaloni’s press conference immediately after the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina in New Jersey on 19 July and saw his tears, the sobs which prevented him from speaking while he got up and walked out, could tell this was a man weeping not because of defeat in a single match but because he was fully aware that what that particular group of men had been through for the past eight years had come to an end.

Messi’s announcement that he is retiring from international football, posted on Instagram on Monday complete with photos of three handwritten sheets of some anonymous yet corporate-looking headed paper and a Harry Potter Time Turner pen, to the soundtrack of Brindis sung by Soledad Pastorutti, instantly dominated the news and unleashed a barrage of homages, gratitude and joy from all corners. But it’s not exactly a surprise.

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Forget T-maxxing – the manosphere’s obsession with testosterone is just fear-maxxing | Donna Lu

Testosterone replacement therapy comes with serious and potentially irreversible health risks including infertility and early heart disease

Are you tired? Feeling flat and irritable? Finding it difficult to concentrate? Maybe you’re experiencing the seemingly ubiquitous symptoms of modern life. Or, if you’re a man, you may have been told by countless uncredentialed online influencers that you’re probably suffering from “low T”.

For decades, testosterone has been marketed to men as a means to maximise virility. But in recent years, social media has fuelled the “T-maxxing” trend, in which men are encouraged to maximise their testosterone levels through either natural or artificial means.

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Macquarie University swaps in-person psychology classes with AI chatbot for two subjects

University’s move is part of trend that critics within academia say will lead to further staff cuts and loss of ‘everything that makes the job worth doing’

An Australian university has swapped in-person classes with an AI chatbot, online quizzes and optional online tutorials in two subjects as institutions give the technology more teaching responsibilities.

Macquarie University’s “Virtual Peer” is part of each week’s learning in two mandatory psychology units, programmed to ask students questions and guide them through scenario-based exercises.

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Waking Life: Richard Linklater’s genre-defying indie is a kaleidoscopic masterpiece

Wiley Wiggins plays a man wandering around Austin, Texas, whose reality-bending encounters make him uncertain whether he’s awake or asleep

“I’m gonna tell you about a dream I once had,” Richard Linklater – playing himself in his own film Waking Life – tells Wiley Wiggins, playing the film’s unnamed protagonist. “I know when someone says that usually you’re in for a very boring next few minutes, and you might be,” Linklater adds as he hammers away at a pinball machine. “But it sounds like … what else you gonna do, right?”

On paper, that’s the premise – and, if you’re cynical, the central dilemma – of Linklater’s 2001 genre-defying indie masterpiece. Wiggins plays a man wandering around Austin, Texas, who is uncertain whether he’s awake or asleep. He may be stuck in a dream, unable to wake up – or reality might just be this weird.

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‘A cheeseburger worked really well’: the secrets behind a record-breaking 152-hour run

On a diet including plenty of fast food and with virtually no sleep, Australian endurance athlete Phil Gore ran 6.71km every hour for an entire week

Being wrenched out of deep sleep by your alarm and forced to leave the comfort of your bed can be a horrible experience at the best of times. To go through that process again and again over the course of one night sounds like a bad dream. But last week, for six days and 15 hours, it was Phil Gore’s reality.

It gets worse – or better, depending on your penchant for self-inflicted suffering. Each time ultra-runner Gore was woken he had two minutes to put on his shoes and headtorch before a bell signalled it was time to start his next 6.71km running lap. He had slept for no more than 15 minutes. Pounding the pavement in the dark while the Perth suburb of Forrestdale slept, Gore would return about 40 minutes later and jump straight back into the bed he had set up at the Armadale Soccer Club. Rinse and repeat, all night, then all day (minus the sleep), all week.

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De zomervakantie is voorbij en dat is goed te merken op de weg. Het is druk in de avondspits, waarbij ook ongelukken een rol spelen. Voor de derde keer is het dinsdag raak op de A15, nu bij Sliedrecht-West.

Piet en Astrid stellen hun oprit gratis open voor campers: 'Het is echt booming'

Wie eropuit trekt met de camper op Goeree-Overflakkee en gratis wil overnachten, kan terecht op de oprit van Piet en Astrid in Oostdijk. Het stel runt één van de drie plekken op het eiland voor camperaars die zijn aangesloten bij de internationale community van Welkom op mijn Oprit (WOMO). "We hebben ruimte zat."

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Nationally, unsubsidized ACA premiums to jump *another*...

Nationally, unsubsidized ACA premiums to jump *another* ~15% next year. We can’t continue like this (but I feel like this has been the case for the last ~10 years and will in fact likely continue…)

WG924 @ Maitland

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WG924 @ Maitland

Seen earlier in the morning at Lochinvar, Aurizon’s WG924 is captured again passing through Telarah with 5041 leading and sister-unit 5042 bringing up the rear. The loaded coal working was making it's way from Wilpinjong to Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) at Kooragang Island on Saturday, 22 August 2026.

5041 5042 | WG924 | Telarah, NSW | 1209 22/08/2026

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Man Shot Dead After Attacking People at Moscow Church

An allegedly mentally ill man was shot and killed by a bystander outside a Moscow church after attacking people and badly injuring at least one paramedic with a shovel.

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Watercolors by kelogsloops Traverse the Emotional Terrain of Love and Loss

Watercolors by kelogsloops Traverse the Emotional Terrain of Love and Loss

Conceptually, memento mori has been around for millennia. Ancient Greek philosophers like Socrates and Seneca reflected upon the nature of mortality in ancient Greece. And during Roman triumphs, a handful of accounts document how a general would be accompanied by a companion or a slave who was tasked with reminding him he would eventually perish.

We often think of memento mori visually in relation to Dutch Golden Age paintings, where skulls or rotting fruit surrounded by insects served as reminders of the fleetingness of life. Latin for “remember you will die,” the phrase can be traced to a biblical passage. And for Melbourne-based artist Hieu Thien Nguyen, who works as kelogsloops, death is a constant reminder in fantastical, dreamlike watercolors.

a fantastical painting by kelogsloops of a skeleton cradling a white-haired woman in its arms amid a stylistic scene of turbulent waves
“Koi No Yokan”

Often centering around a young woman with snow-white hair and repeating motifs like towering cumulus clouds, a black wolf, foxes, and other woodland creatures, kelogsloops’ paintings explore “the intensity of love, the inevitability of loss, and the quiet acceptance that comes with knowing nothing lasts forever,” says a statement for the artist’s forthcoming exhibition Love, Death, & All Her Friends at Corey Helford Gallery.

Emotions, and perhaps life forces, literally swirl through kelogsloops’ paintings via starlight, mist, and wind. Pieces like “The Waiting Room” and “The Carousel” suggest gentle, liminal spaces between the waking and sleeping world—reality and whatever else may be out there. Exploring the boundary between awareness and unconsciousness, “there is no bitterness,” the artist says, “but instead an honest look at what it means to love something, knowing it won’t last forever, but to find beauty in that anyway.”

Love, Death, & All Her Friends opens on September 19 and continues through October 24 in Los Angeles. Find more on the artist’s Instagram.

a fantastical painting by kelogsloops of a young woman with white hair asleep beneath a coverlet of mist, which transforms into two foxes running and playing alongside a moon
“With the Sandman”
a fantastical painting by kelogsloops of a woman seated beside a tiger on a grassy knoll, looking out toward a billowing, glowing cloud
“Halley’s Comet”
a fantastical painting by kelogsloops of a young woman with long, white hair laying on the ground calmly beside a dark human skeleton
“Flowerspotting”
a fantastical painting by kelogsloops of a woman with long white hair being carryed by a black wolf through a glowing scene
“Against the World”
a fantastical painting by kelogsloops of a young woman with long white hair seated beside a human skeleton on a pier with huge clouds behind them
“The Waiting Room”
a fantastical painting by kelogsloops of a young woman with long white hair reclining on a sleeping fox as a human skeleton sits up beside them with a bird perched on its finger and a crescent moon hovering nearby
“Love, Death, & All Her Friends”
a fantastical painting by kelogsloops of a young woman with long white hair being carried by a human skeleton on the back of a horse
“The Carousel”

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‘Hulp van buitenaf moet goed gecoördineerd worden’ zegt Nepalese ngo-directeur. ‘Over een maand gebeurt er iets anders in de wereld, en is iedereen dit weer vergeten’

Directeur Deepak Raj Sapkota helpt met zijn Karuna Foundation de hulpverlening in een zwaargetroffen gebied in Nepal te coördineren. Lokale kennis is zeer belangrijk, zegt hij. „Het is niet makkelijk voor buitenstaanders om te helpen.”