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WASHINGTON (ANP/RTR) - De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump verhoogt de importheffingen op goederen uit Zuid-Korea, waaronder auto's, hout en farmaceutische producten. De tarieven gaan van 15 naar 25 procent, zo maakte Trump maandag bekend.
Volgens Trump leeft het Zuid-Koreaanse parlement een eerder gesloten handelsakkoord met de Verenigde Staten niet na. Op Truth Social schreef hij dat Zuid-Koreaanse parlementsleden dan wel het recht hebben om het akkoord niet te implementeren, maar dat dit voor Washington aanleiding is om de invoerheffingen te verhogen.
METZ (ANP) - Femke Bol maakt haar debuut op de 800 meter op 8 februari bij de indoorwedstrijd in het Franse Metz. Haar coach Laurent Meuwly heeft dit bevestigd tegen het ANP.
"We beleven een belangrijke wereldpremière in Metz op 8 februari", kondigde Dominique Abisse, de voorzitter van Athletics Metz Métropole, op een regionale televisiezender aan. "Femke Bol besloot drie maanden geleden om van de 400 meter horden over te stappen naar de 800 meter. En ze loopt haar eerste 800 meter in Metz."
Bol maakte op 10 oktober bekend 'haar' 400 meter horden, het nummer waarop ze tweevoudig wereldkampioen is, vaarwel te zeggen. De 25-jarige atlete kondigde toen aan zich te gaan richten op de 800 meter. "Nu is het tijd voor een nieuw hoofdstuk. Ik ga voor een extra rondje, minder obstakels op de weg of andere obstakels", zei ze.
De indoormeeting in Metz is bekend terrein voor Bol. Ze liep er vorig jaar niet, maar in de vijf jaar ervoor steeds, vaak een 200 en 400 meter. In 2024 verbeterde ze daar haar eigen Nederlandse record op de 200 meter naar 22,64.
Bol zei eerder niet precies te weten wat ze kan op het nieuwe nummer. "Ik ga erin als een groentje, want ik heb geen idee hoe hard ik kan. Ik hoop niet dat mensen verwachten dat ik een wereldrecord loop in mijn eerste race, want dat is onmogelijk", zei ze in oktober. Ze wil toewerken naar de Olympische Spelen van Los Angeles in 2028.
US president says tariffs on automobiles, lumber and pharmaceuticals will rise to 25%, accusing Seoul of not living up to a trade deal struck last year
Donald Trump has said he is raising tariffs on South Korean goods including automobiles, lumber and pharmaceuticals, accusing the country of not living up to a trade deal struck last year and sending shares in Korean carmakers tumbling.
In a post on social media, the US president said the tariffs paid on South Korean exports into America would rise from 15% to 25% because the “Korean Legislature hasn’t enacted our Historic Trade Agreement, which is their prerogative”.
Continue reading...A conflicted mood has lingered over Utah’s long-running film festival with premieres and parties continuing but stars speaking out against government cruelty
The news began to spread through the Sundance film festival on Saturday morning, as people emerged from early screenings or long nights out at the bars on Main Street.
“If you all have not heard what’s going on in Minnesota this morning, someone else was murdered by ICE,” director Ava DuVernay told the audience at a panel on freedom of expression, referring to the shooting that morning of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, by Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) agents in Minneapolis.
Continue reading...Crowd numbers shrink and fans keep Melbourne Park visits brief
Rod Laver and Margaret Court Arenas protected by roofs and aircon
Tens of thousands of tennis fans are expected to stay away from the Australian Open on Tuesday as temperatures climb above 40C, but the Melbourne Park grand slam has largely been able to insulate itself – physically and commercially – from the effects of extreme heat.
The daytime attendance for the heat-affected Saturday was 51,048, down more than 10,000 compared with the previous and following days, and an even greater decline is expected on Tuesday given widespread publicity of the Victorian heatwave. Sales of $35 ground passes have been slow and queues at security appeared shorter than usual shortly after gates opened at 9am.
Continue reading...Sundance film festival: strong performances from Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan anchor a sensitive film about caregiving as a form of rehabilitation
One of the greatest achievements of a certain kind of Sundance movie is the ability to shine a light on an experience or community we hadn’t previously been aware of. This year’s stoic and sensitive drama Frank & Louis takes us behind bars, a place we’ve been many times before at this festival, but to shadow the taxing work of inmates taking care of those who have dementia, a specifically difficult job in an already difficult place. Petra Volpe, the Swiss writer-director, who last explored a far more known form of caregiving in exhausting nursing drama Late Shift, makes her English language debut with a film inspired by the “Gold Coats” peer support program at the California Men’s Colony state prison.
As with her previous film, there’s real rigour to how she zeroes in on the grind of under-appreciated labour, but while Late Shift was more naturalistic and experiential, Frank & Louis is far more formulaic and emotional, a clearer bid for the heartstrings. It’s a topic that’s hard not to get emotional about, the slow loss of one’s mental abilities, something many of us might be horribly familiar with, and it’s a tough, rather hopeless experience to witness on screen.
Frank & Louis is screening at the Sundance film festival and is seeking distribution
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oh my god how has it been two years since we last saw Grim Samantha
California tech executive Gordon Abas Goodarzi has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of his estranged wife, Aryan Papoli, whose body was found last November down an embankment off Highway 138 in San Bernardino County. Authorities initially believed the injuries were consistent with a fall, but the case was later ruled a homicide following a months-long investigation by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. "Arrest records show that Goodarzi is currently in custody without bail and faces a murder charge and that he is set to appear in court Monday," reports SFGATE. From the report: Goodarzi, a California tech executive with ties to BattleBots, is publicly listed as the president and CEO of Magmotor, which describes itself as a "proud" supporter of the combat robot community and claims to support several teams each year. According to his LinkedIn, Goodarzi also previously worked as a research affiliate at UCLA's B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences since 2023.
Originally from Iran, Papoli and Goodarzi settled in Los Angeles County's verdant Rolling Hills community because of its tranquility and natural beauty, Papoli previously wrote. [...] She described her husband, Goodarzi, as a pioneer in the world of renewable energy, developing both electric and hybrid vehicles since the 1980s. According to Papoli, he also worked as the technical director at Hughes Electronics, which developed and manufactured the EV1, an early iteration of the electric car, in the 1990s.
Originally from Iran, Papoli and Goodarzi settled in Los Angeles County's verdant Rolling Hills community because of its tranquility and natural beauty, Papoli previously wrote. [...] She described her husband, Goodarzi, as a pioneer in the world of renewable energy, developing both electric and hybrid vehicles since the 1980s. According to Papoli, he also worked as the technical director at Hughes Electronics, which developed and manufactured the EV1, an early iteration of the electric car, in the 1990s.
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To the right of the frame is the engine stack of the Alkimos, to the left is the drilling ship Beverley, currently working j. The new Alkimos wind farm.
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The waterfront at Alkimos Beach, WA. So far north I almost got a nosebleed!