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Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigns after failing to secure sanctions against Israel over Gaza atrocities.Earlier this month, Slovenia joined Spain and Belgium in imposing an arms embargo on Israel.Germany followed suit, partially, halting the sale of weapons to Israel that could be used in Gaza “until further notice”.The Netherlands has also imposed a partial ban on parts for Israeli fighter jets, while Italy suspended all new military exports to Israel in October.But it is the recent resignation of Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp, after his government failed to agree to sanctions against Israel, that raises questions:Will this one action…

FAQSWe tested and recommend all of the heart rate monitors below, which do a pretty impeccable job. But what do all these terms mean?Heart rate zones: If someone tells you they’ve been doing 80/20 training, they’ve been doing heart rate zone-based workouts. Heart rate zones are an easy way to break down your range of effort during exercise. Zones go from 1 to 5, with 5 indicating working at 90 to 100 percent of your maximum heart rate. Zone 2 represents training at 60 to 70 percent of maximum heart rate and represents light training. 80/20 training is intended to…

Here is how things stand on Monday, August 25:Fighting Russian forces shelled Ukraine’s Donetsk region 23 times in a day, killing one person in Kostiantynivka, Governor Vadym Filashkin said in a post on Telegram on Sunday. Russian forces launched shelling and drone attacks on Ukraine’s Kherson region, killing one person and injuring two others, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote in a post on Telegram on Sunday. A Russian drone attack killed a 47-year-old woman in the Dubovykivska community of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk, Governor Serhiy Lysak said in a post on Telegram. A woman and an 11-year-old child were killed in a Ukrainian…

The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), through its Management Information Systems (MIS) Division, has commenced a nationwide refresher training for staff assigned at Tax Business Offices (TBOs). The training is designed to strengthen the capacity of frontline staff on the use of the Liberia Integrated Tax Administration System (LITAS), which has been enhanced with mobile tax payment features. The exercise, which began at the Marshall TBO on Thursday (August 21) in Margibi, is taking participants through practical processes in filing, assessments, payments, in-field collections, taxpayer online filing, and the reconciliation of revenue collections with the banks. The initiative, supported through the…

Government says it is in the process of acquiring modern machines to conduct open-heart surgeries at major hospitals in the country, a lack of which has hindered specialised treatment. This follows a series of children’s open-heart surgeries conducted recently at Parirenyatwa Hospital by specialist doctors from Egypt, as part of the government’s partnership programme. For a country grappling with a poor health system, the programme was a shot in the arm for heart patients. Speaking in Parliament recently, the Deputy Minister of Health, Sleiman Kwidini, said the government is procuring machines to decentralise open-heart surgery operations. “We want you to…

Pintarnya, an Indonesian employment platform that goes beyond job matching by offering financial services along with full-time and side-gig opportunities, said it has raised a $16.7 million Series A round. The funding was led by Square Peg with participation from existing investors Vertex Venture Southeast Asia & India and East Ventures. Ghirish Pokardas, Nelly Nurmalasari, and Henry Hendrawan founded Pintarnya in 2022 to tackle two of the biggest challenges Indonesians face daily: earning enough and borrowing responsibly. “Traditionally, mass workers in Indonesia find jobs offline through job fairs or word of mouth, with employers buried in paper applications and candidates…

Bringing forward expanded first home buyer deposit scheme will make an ‘enormous difference’, Albanese saysAnthony Albanese says bringing the 5% deposit expansion forward by three months will make an “enormous” difference.To quickly recap – the expansion removes the income caps, and means any first home buyer can access the scheme. It also increases the house price cap across the country (because we know how quickly those house price are rising).On ABC’s RN Breakfast, Albanese’s running through the numbers, and the talking points. He says those using the scheme should avoid about $1.5bn in potential mortgage insurance costs over the next…

Marcus Brown is a diehard romantic. His second album as Nourished By Time might be darker and more dystopian than his critically acclaimed debut, but at its core remains a bloody, beating heart. Absorbing and cinematic, The Passionate Ones expands Brown’s unique vision for post-R&B: his aching, tremulous, earthy vocals swim under rolling Baltimore club breakbeats, flickering synths, gated reverb and uncanny looping samples. And all the while, he makes a plea for big feelings in the face of a numbing world.Nourished By Time: The Passionate OnesBlaring as if from a busted speaker, opening track Automatic Love transforms boyband-y platitudes…

Democratic leaders in the United States are warning that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to deploy US troops to Chicago amid reports of administration plans to send National Guard soldiers to the Midwestern city.Trump, a Republican, has said he would likely expand the deployment of federal forces to oversee policing in Washington, DC, to other cities, including Chicago. On Sunday, he also suggested the possibility of sending troops to Democratic-run Baltimore in Maryland.Democratic House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday denounced plans to deploy federal forces to Chicago. Crime rates, including murders, have declined in…

Aug 24, 2025, 05:23 PM ETSOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Lin Chin-Tse retired the first 13 batters he faced and allowed just one hit in five innings as Chinese Taipei beat Nevada 7-0 in the Little League World Series championship Sunday, ending a 29-year title drought for the country.Chinese Taipei won its first LLWS since 1996, although its 18 titles are the most of any country beside the United States, including five straight from 1977 to 1981.Lin, a 5-foot-8 right hander, also smashed a three-run triple in Chinese Taipei’s five-run fifth. The 12-year-old from Taipei hit more than 80 mph with…