First Lieutenant Misa Matsushima is Japanese first female fighter pilot. The 26-year-old Matsushima has officially completed her training yesterday and may therefore take place in an F-15 Eagle.
Coincidentally such a sense to cycle through the dunes? World star Justin Timberlake cycled Friday on a cargo bike through the dunes at Schoorl! He placed a photo of his cycling adventure on his Instagram account with more than 50 million followers.
Russian President Putin speaks Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday evening in her official residence, the castle of Meseberg north of Berlin. This dialogue is the first they hold in Germany since relations cooled in 2014 after the Russian annexation of Crimea and the uprising in eastern Ukraine. Merkel began her fourth reign in March and Putin was re-elected in the same month. In May, Merkel visited Putin in Sochi.
At least six children were killed when they played with an unexploded rocket in the Afghan province of Laghman. All victims are girls, report the Afghan news channel TOLO.
Germany supports the efforts that Spain is making to curb the flow of refugees from Morocco into Europe. Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in Sanlúcar de Barrameda that Spain is in charge of negotiations with the North African country about possible solutions.
The popular music service Spotify and Samsung have entered into a long-term partnership. That was announced by ceo and founder of Spotify Daniel Ek during Unpacked 2018 in New York.
Computer games now also come through the age verification in Germany if they contain swastikas or SS signs. The organization that controls the content of games (USK) has stated that it is going to assess anti-constitutional symbols differently.
After a short period of absence, the superhero Spider-Man is back again. The superhero not only gains ground in various cinema films that he appears in, but also in the game area, the hero winds up our living rooms.
One of the most daring missions of the Israeli secret service is now being filmed at Red Sea Diving Resort. The breathtaking operation saved the lives of thousands of Ethiopian Jews in the 1980s, reports the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Flemish youths have mistreated two kittens so severely that one of the young kittens has not survived. A woman intervened and prevented the second creature from having the same fate.
North Korea is increasingly concerned about the attitude of the United States towards the regime in Pyongyang. Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said it was alarming that the United States 'is increasingly calling for international sanctions against North Korea to be maintained.'
Racing in the craziest vehicles on public roads in a reduced version of America. The Crew 2 is a party for anyone who loves car, boat and racing races.
Protestors against US President Trump's policy have fired a big balloon on Friday in London to introduce a baby version of the American president. The baby Trump hangs above the square in front of the parliament with permission from the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
The whole of Belgium turns black-yellow-red again, because our southern neighbors play a blood-curdling semi-final at the World Championships against France. Reporter Niels Kalkman mixes between the festivities.
A Russian has requested a divorce after a quarrel with his wife about Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi got out of hand. After Argentina's match against Nigeria, which was won by Messi and his teammates, a discussion got out of hand. After 14 years of marriage, this was the drop for the man.
Octopus Rabiot, who knew how to predict the outcome of three World Cup matches in Japan, has been eaten. The octopus that became a national prominence was sold on the market after the third correct prediction.
The government of President Trump wants ethnic origin or race no longer to play a role in accepting or recruiting pupils and students. The president breaks with the education policy of his predecessor Barack Obama who was in favor of positive discrimination, which in the US is called affirmative action.
Football crazy Mexicans eat the last bits of frustration away about the loss four years ago against the Dutch national team at the World Championship in Brazil.
North Korea is trying to keep part of its nuclear arsenal hidden from the international community. US intelligence officials reported that the Pyongang regime keeps information about its nuclear program confidential because it does not want to give up all nuclear weapons.
Austria is the EU President for the next six months. It is the third time that the country that joined in 1995 occupies that position. Migration and asylum will be important themes.
The Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has given his British colleague Theresa May a shirt of 'his' national football team, nicknamed the Red Devils. He did so in Brussels just before the start of an important EU summit. The shirt is to the great laughter of the other EU leaders and May itself number 10, the house number of Mays official residence in Downingstreet in London. England and Belgium play against each other on Thursday-evening.
The Belgian police are very concerned about the workload when the national football team, the Red Devils, goes through to the semi-finals at the World Cup. The semi-finals of 11 July in Belgium coincide with a NATO summit in Brussels, the Flemish 'national' holiday with numerous events, and a pop music festival in the Walloon Dour, where many tens of thousands of people come every year.
'Oh nein!' Sounds baffled after the German elimination. 'Die Mannschaft ist raus!' Says the commentator full of horror. All those present in the beer cellar Franziskaner in Munich collectively put their hands in the face.
Victims and witnesses of discrimination should receive assistance in a lawsuit from government institutions dealing with unequal treatment. The European Commission proposes that member states give such bodies more powers and strengthen their independence.
A Russian politician in charge of family affairs has well-meant advice for Russian women: do not have sex with foreign men during the World Cup. And if you have to, with someone of the same breed.
The meeting of US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was a 'crucial and necessary step' to build on the improved understanding between the two Koreas. The statement that both leaders drew gives a clear signal that the ultimate goal- making the peninsula nuclear weapon free- can be achieved.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 may not be held in Jerusalem. This said the Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport, Yossi Sharabi, against Israeli media.
The list of the best-earning sportsmen in the world has itself reached a sad record: never before have so few women been involved. Since Forbes magazine started composing the top 100 eight years ago, there are exactly zero (!) Women for the first time.
The Benelux, the partnership between the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg that celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, still has plenty of plans for the future. The Heads of State, Prime Ministers and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the three countries meet in Brussels Tuesday to look back and look ahead. Despite the somewhat old-fashioned image, the Netherlands sees the Benelux as 'more relevant than ever'.
