Новости за 24.05.2016

– Deji Akinwande, a Nigerian professor in the USA, received America’s highest research award – Akinwande was awarded by President Barack Obama on May 5 at the White House, where the 105 researchers were hosted – Obama congratulated the awardees on their achievements and urged them to continue to lead the way in driving discovery and innovation Nigerian […]

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With Linc Energy now in liquidation, founder Peter Bond was clearing the air about alleged contamination of farmland.

Studenten die studievertraging oplopen door een handicap ontvangen op hogescholen fors minder financiële ondersteuning dan studenten op een universiteit. Dat stelt de Landelijke Studentenvakbond (LSVb) na eigen onderzoek. Ook zouden sommige universiteiten en hogescholen veel meer uitkeren dan andere. De bedragen verschillen soms honderden euro's per maand.

Tijs van den Brink (45) keert dinsdagavond voor het eerst na zijn wielerongeluk terug op televisie. De EO-presentator uit Amersfoort is dusdanig hersteld van zijn verwondingen dat hij zijn eigen talkshow De Tafel van Tijs (NPO 2) weer kan presenteren, zo bevestigt de omroep aan het AD. De afgelopen weken werd hij vervangen door collega Renze Klamer.

All the gods smiled on Sydney Writers' Festival, from the climate-change god that blessed last week with warm, sunny weather to the feminist goddess Gloria Steinem, who twice filled Sydney Town Hall with 2000 people, and cast a calm, optimistic aura across the record crowds.

An alleged serial killer is a step closer to being tried for the murder of three children on the NSW mid north coast, after the state Attorney-General bowed to public pressure.

Hollywood blockbusters have dominated a new list of the country's most borrowed books.

ALMELO - Is sportief succes te sturen, te plannen? In Almelo, dat zich graag als sportstad profileert, lijkt het te kunnen. Het succes van Heracles is het meest in het oog springende dit jaar, maar niet het eerste.

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic will have to do without Jaromir Jagr at the World Cup of Hockey after the star winger confirmed he won't be available to compete in September.

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic will have to do without Jaromir Jagr at the World Cup of Hockey after the star winger confirmed he won't be available to compete in September.

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic will have to do without Jaromir Jagr at the World Cup of Hockey after the star winger confirmed he won't be available to compete in September.

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic will have to do without Jaromir Jagr at the World Cup of Hockey after the star winger confirmed he won't be available to compete in September.

The office overseeing freedom-of-information in Victoria will be scrapped and combined with another department under a government shake-up of the state's integrity regime.

The Australian Defence Force has ordered another federal election candidate to remove imagery from campaign material depicting them in military uniform.

Nigeria's government has used a lower currency rate than its official central bank rate for petrol imports.

Facebook changes some of the procedures for its “Trending Topics” section after a US Congressional demand for more transparency.

Mozambique is heading for default after the government failed to honour a sovereign guarantee behind a $535 million loan.

Beveiligers op Schiphol leggen dinsdagavond om 19.00 uur opnieuw het werk neer, ditmaal voor 20 minuten. Dat heeft vakbond FNV laten weten. De bond vindt de afspraken die andere vakorganisaties hebben gemaakt met Schiphol en de beveiligingsbedrijven over de werkdruk op de luchthaven, onvoldoende en te onduidelijk.

Beveiligers op Schiphol hoeven minder lang te staan. Werknemers van de drie beveiligingsbedrijven die op de luchthaven actief zijn, hoeven dat per 1 september nog maar twee uur achtereen te doen bij de controle in de vertrekhallen. Dit was eerder 2,5 uur.

Comrades Marathon organisers have warned runners who intend cheating at this year’s race that drastic action would be taken against those caught out.

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DUBAI (Reuters) - A powerful anti-Western cleric was chosen on Tuesday as the head of Iran's new Assembly of Experts, in a sign that hardliners are still in firm control of the body in charge of choosing the next supreme leader.

Ahmad Jannati, 90, is an outspoken critic of President Hassan Rouhani and his attempts to end Iran's global isolation by normalizing ties with the West.

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Daniel Andrews has been accused of hypocritical and bullying behaviour after appearing to joke about an MP's weight.

The hulking Broncos winger has thundered into the Origin team as new coach Kevin Walters unveils a largely familiar group to head to Sydney for game one of the series against NSW.

Hundreds of users took to Twitter to demystify the myths about what a person with depression goes through and how they see the world.