Vlaggendrager Jeroen Dubbeldam is zeer in zijn nopje met de 'erebaan' vanavond in het Maracanã-stadion van Rio de Janeiro. ,,Ik voelde me al een bevoorrecht mens, maar dit is als slagroom op de taart'', zei de springruiter voor de camera van de NOS, kort nadat hij gisteren in Rio was geland. Dubbeldam draagt bij de openingsceremonie de Nederlandse vlag.
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TOKIO (ANP) - De beurs in Tokio is vrijdag nagenoeg vlak gesloten, na een flinke winst een dag eerder. Beleggers kregen weer een voorraad nieuwe bedrijfscijfers te verwerken, waaronder die van Toyota. Op de financiële markt in Japan namen veel handelaren daarbij een afwachtende houding aan vanwege het maandelijkse Amerikaanse banenrapport dat later op vrijdag verschijnt.
Brazil’s Olympic win shows the links between the wider social mood and markets
Police say they have arrested three people in connection with the abduction and murder of Steven Miller in Conception Bay South, N.L.
In a strong message, the U.S. has asked Pakistan to act against terror groups targeting its neighbours and not just the ones that pose a threat to it, virtually endorsing the stand taken by India at the SAARC ministerial meet. “We have been very clear with the highest levels of the Government of Pakistan that they must target all militant groups and that includes those that target Pakistan’s neighbours. They must also close all safe havens,” the State Department Deputy Spokesman...
Regulation and robo-advice threaten European wealth managers
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State-backed lender has spent £1.4bn attempting to create a separate system for new bank
President Obama nervously dismissed “conspiracy theories” that the upcoming US presidential elections were going to be rigged. Responding to Donald Trump’s accusation earlier this week that “the election’s going to be rigged,” Obama feigned disbelief at the very notion. “Of course the elections will not be rigged,” Obama told reporters on Thursday. “What does that mean?” Cnbc.com reports: Speaking from the Pentagon after a meeting with his National Security Council, Obama explained that the federal government does not run the election process.
It is one way of making local government more efficient: use the same councillors on multiple councils.
Hong Kong is especially hard hit as buyers from China dwindle and consumers shy away from flashy wrist ornaments.
The trauma experienced by the Stolen Generation is being inherited by their children, a leading Indigenous writer and musician has said.
A part of the lawsuit filed against Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. for aiding the sale of counterfeit goods was dismissed by a United States judge on Thursday. The case was brought before the court in 2015 by luxury brands like Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and others.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Southwest Airlines says the nose gear of a plane departing Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport failed just after the aircraft pushed back from the gate.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Southwest Airlines says the nose gear of a plane departing Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport failed just after the aircraft pushed back from the gate.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Southwest Airlines says the nose gear of a plane departing Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport failed just after the aircraft pushed back from the gate.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Southwest Airlines says the nose gear of a plane departing Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport failed just after the aircraft pushed back from the gate.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Albany are moving forward with plans to restore an area along the Willamette River, where homeless people have found shelter by constructing an elaborate tunnel system.
A Chinese court sentenced on Friday human rights activist Gou Hongguo to three years in jail for subversion, local media reported.
Two men accused of killing a man at a Townsville hostel have had their cases mentioned in court.