Mona Smitte
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Premier Schoof had onderonsje met schoonvader van Bolle Jos: ‘Verzocht om hem uit te leveren’
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Premier Schoof had onderonsje met schoonvader van Bolle Jos: ‘Verzocht om hem uit te leveren’
Premier Dick Schoof heeft de president van Sierra Leone nadrukkelijk verzocht om cokehandelaar ‘Bolle Jos’ Leijdekkers uit te leveren. Dat gebeurde maandag tijdens een internationale top in Angola. De...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Premier Schoof had onderonsje met schoonvader van Bolle Jos: ‘Verzocht om hem uit te leveren’
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This is a devastating healthcare crisis. Charities are drowning in requests as medical debt explodes, and Trump's planned Medicaid cuts and ACA sabotage will push millions over the edge. It's a brutal attack on the most vulnerable.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is a devastating healthcare crisis. Charities are drowning in requests as medical debt explodes, and Trump's planned Medicaid cuts and ACA sabotage will push millions over the edge. It's a brutal attack on the most vulnerable.
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Charities that help Americans pay hefty healthcare bills are being pushed to the brink under Trump’s second term.
Healthcare Charities Issue Dire Warning Thanks to Trump
Cuts to Medicare and the upcoming One Big Beautiful Bill are expected to make medical expenses even worse for Americans.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Charities that help Americans pay hefty healthcare bills are being pushed to the brink under Trump’s second term.
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Trump administration pauses all immigration applications from Afghans after National Guard shooting in D.C.
Trump administration pauses all immigration applications from Afghans after National Guard shooting in D.C.
Federal immigration authorities said Wednesday they have paused processing requests from Afghan nationals, after a man from Afghanistan was identified as the suspect in the D.C. National Guard shooting.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump administration pauses all immigration applications from Afghans after National Guard shooting in D.C.
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Drukste spits van het jaar: meer dan 1.200 kilometer file #binnenland
Drukste spits van het jaar: meer dan 1.200 kilometer file
Er stond donderdagavond meer dan 1.200 kilometer file op de Nederlandse wegen. Met 1.218 kilometer file is het de drukste spits van het jaar.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Drukste spits van het jaar: meer dan 1.200 kilometer file #binnenland
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🌍 Près de 3.000 litres de pesticides ont été saisis chez les particuliers depuis le début de l'année par les agents de la police de l'environnement malgré l'interdiction de leur usage depuis 2019, a annoncé l'Office français de la biodiversité.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🌍 Près de 3.000 litres de pesticides ont été saisis chez les particuliers depuis le début de l'année par les agents de la police de l'environnement malgré l'interdiction de leur usage depuis 2019, a annoncé l'Office français de la biodiversité.
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The Trump administration has missed the "root cause" of ongoing health care costs, an economics expert warned.
Trump choice 'swamped' health care fund and keeps driving up costs: experts
The Trump administration has missed the "root cause" of ongoing health care costs, an economics expert warned. Vivian Ho, the chair of health economics at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, suggested costs are running so high in health care because of policies brought in by Preside...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Trump administration has missed the "root cause" of ongoing health care costs, an economics expert warned.
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The contradictions of the ideas associated with Trumpism reflect a unique disconnect between thinking and reality, Joshua Rothman writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/mteeZS
Does MAGA Have Ideas?
A new book traces the intellectual origins of Trumpism—straight into the void.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The contradictions of the ideas associated with Trumpism reflect a unique disconnect between thinking and reality, Joshua Rothman writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/mteeZS
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It could be the warmest Thanksgiving in 30 years in parts of the state, while other California cities remain trapped beneath thick fog.
California weather: Here’s what to expect for Thanksgiving weekend
It could be the warmest Thanksgiving in 30 years in parts of the state, while other California cities remain trapped beneath thick fog.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It could be the warmest Thanksgiving in 30 years in parts of the state, while other California cities remain trapped beneath thick fog.
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Budget threatens jobs and venues, pub bosses warn as business rates rise
Budget threatens jobs and venues, pub bosses warn as business rates rise
Budget threatens jobs and venues, pub bosses warn as business rates rise
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Budget threatens jobs and venues, pub bosses warn as business rates rise
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China halts soybean imports from five Brazilian plants owned by major global agricultural firms over sanitation concerns, sources say.
China Halts Some Brazil Soybean Imports Over Contamination
China halted soybean imports from five Brazilian plants owned by major global agricultural firms over sanitation concerns, according to people familiar with the matter.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
China halts soybean imports from five Brazilian plants owned by major global agricultural firms over sanitation concerns, sources say.
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I live near City University in London. It's a bustling area with many offices, architect practices, and work places. Nevertheless many local business rely on overseas students from City to keep going. Falling overseas student numbers will be a big problem.
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UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I live near City University in London. It's a bustling area with many offices, architect practices, and work places. Nevertheless many local business rely on overseas students from City to keep going. Falling overseas student numbers will be a big problem.
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Humanitarian group says at least 400 children reached Tawila without their parents after Rapid Support Forces' advance.
Hundreds of children ‘terrified’ and alone after fleeing Sudan’s el-Fasher
Humanitarian group says at least 400 children reached Tawila without their parents after Rapid Support Forces' advance.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Humanitarian group says at least 400 children reached Tawila without their parents after Rapid Support Forces' advance.
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Florida started rulemaking process to review school vaccines after it said it will repeal requirements. Note: it takes a process, and for some vaccines, they'll need legislation - and they haven't started it. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
Florida to review school vaccines after calls to repeal requirements
The day before Thanksgiving when state offices were closed, Florida announced a meeting to discuss changing vaccination requirements for public schools.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Florida started rulemaking process to review school vaccines after it said it will repeal requirements. Note: it takes a process, and for some vaccines, they'll need legislation - and they haven't started it. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
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People should be held accountable for evading the law and constitution to precipitously shut down USAID, without any action by Congress.
It was not just illegal and unconstitutional, but a crime against humanity.
It was not just illegal and unconstitutional, but a crime against humanity.
Public man-made death: The dismantling of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
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That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
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USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
People should be held accountable for evading the law and constitution to precipitously shut down USAID, without any action by Congress.
It was not just illegal and unconstitutional, but a crime against humanity.
It was not just illegal and unconstitutional, but a crime against humanity.
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Another shameful Trump act. South Africa has serious problems but it remains exemplary both in its peaceful democratic transition from a racist regime and in its more recent bounce back from corrupt populism. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
Trump Says South Africa Is Not Invited to G20 Summit in U.S. in 2026
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November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Another shameful Trump act. South Africa has serious problems but it remains exemplary both in its peaceful democratic transition from a racist regime and in its more recent bounce back from corrupt populism. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
Den Haag in de race voor komst grote Europese instelling www.omroepwest.nl/politiek/504... #omroepwest
Den Haag in de race voor komst grote Europese instelling
In het gebouw van het voormalige Joegoslaviëtribunaal aan het Churchillplein in Den Haag moet een nieuw Europees agentschap komen. Het gaat om de nog op te richten Douaneautoriteit. Den Haag is namens...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Den Haag in de race voor komst grote Europese instelling www.omroepwest.nl/politiek/504... #omroepwest
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“Usually, the only other time you’re around as many queer people as you are at women’s games is at gay clubs.”
Why women’s soccer is so important to queer people | CNN
Someone dressed as Marge Simpson, complete with a gigantic blue wig and a lime green dress, belts out Hot to Go by lesbian pop icon Chappell Roan to a rapt audience gathered inside a marquee in the mi...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“Usually, the only other time you’re around as many queer people as you are at women’s games is at gay clubs.”
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Ik deed een poging om het raadsel Rubio op te lossen.
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Het raadsel Rubio: hoe de Amerikaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken tegelijk machtig en onbeduidend is | VRT NWS: nieuws
Hij werd gepasseerd toen Trumps nieuwste vredesplan voor Oekraïne op papier werd gezet, maar hij leidde daarna de onderhandelingen om dat plan bij te sturen. Hij combineert 2 extreem belangrijke funct...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ik deed een poging om het raadsel Rubio op te lossen.
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Wacker Chemie to cut more than 1,500 jobs, blaming high energy prices, German red tape reut.rs/483XnGK
Wacker Chemie to cut more than 1,500 jobs, blaming high energy prices, German red tape
German chemical company Wacker Chemie plans to cut around 9% of its workforce, mostly in Germany, by the end of 2027, it said on Thursday, blaming high energy prices and excessive bureaucracy in Europe's biggest economy.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Wacker Chemie to cut more than 1,500 jobs, blaming high energy prices, German red tape reut.rs/483XnGK
NOS stopt met #StudioVoetbal en #AndereTijdenSport, ‘bord op schoot’ ernstig onder druk
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NOS stopt met Studio Voetbal en Andere Tijden Sport, ‘bord op schoot’ ernstig onder druk
De tv-programma’s <i>Studio Voetbal</i> en <i>Andere Tijden Sport</i> gaan verdwijnen bij de NOS in het kader van de monsterbezuiniging op de publieke omroep. „En wat ons in 2027 te wachten staat, kan...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NOS stopt met #StudioVoetbal en #AndereTijdenSport, ‘bord op schoot’ ernstig onder druk
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