WhatsApp will release a major update in the coming weeks. For example, you will soon be able to paste a smiling face on someone else’s joke and it will be possible to send files of 2 GB. These are all innovations in a row. You may not have the WhatsApp update yet. The chat service … Read more
Published on March 26, 2022 08:41 A small volcano in the Philippines spewed a meter-high ash cloud on Saturday. Residents of nearby villages are advised to evacuate. The magma from the volcano came into contact with water, causing an explosion. The Philippines lies along the ‘Ring of Fire’ in the Pacific Ocean, a region prone … Read more
Published on February 13, 2022 11:40 am The scenery of the Winter Games in Beijing is finally complete: a thick layer of snow has fallen. This is special, because there is little precipitation in that area in winter. Until today, the Olympians had to make do with artificial snow.
Published on January 24, 2022 6:04 PM The entire city is in lockdown due to a corona outbreak. Great ice hockey fan Zhang Baoqi came up with this way to keep practicing his sport. It took him six months to make the ice rink waterproof, soundproof and mirror-smooth.
Published on January 21, 2022 12:10 PM The dog Millie recently ran off while she was being walked. She ended up on the mudflats in the south of England and was endangered by the rising water. Millie didn’t trust the case when emergency services tried to rescue her.
Published on January 20, 2022 00:25 According to Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Geert Wilders fell through the lower limit during the debate on the government statement. Several MPs also felt that the leader of the PVV went too far with “disgusting innuendo” about colleagues in the House of Representatives. NU.nl reporter Edo van der Goot … Read more
Published on January 17, 2022 17:00 According to models from the National Network of Acute Care (LNAZ), the number of corona infections will increase in the short term, but that does not have to mean that healthcare is at risk. Many people are currently infected with the omikron variant, which has much less harmful effects … Read more
Published on January 16, 2022 21:08 Belgian police launched a manhunt for an escaped prisoner on Sunday. Officers arrested the man earlier in the day, because he still has a 9-year prison sentence. During a consultation with his lawyer at the police station, the prisoner ran. .
Published on January 13, 2022 5:12 PM Criminals can now be detected faster. At least, if it is up to the Netherlands Forensic Institute. With the ‘Quick ID-line’, a DNA trace can now be automatically matched to a criminal in three days – a world first. Previously, this partly human work took weeks. That is … Read more
Published on January 6, 2022 8:53 PM A truck overhangs a mountain pass in China on New Year’s Day. The driver had followed his navigation, which sent him down this road. When he tried to turn around, it went wrong and he partly went off the road. .