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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has announced that his coalition government will serve as a caretaker administration after far-right politician Geert Wilders pulled his ministers out of the cabinet over a row over immigration restrictions. The statement marked the end…
The National Museum of the Netherlands has a new exhibit that combines art with Amsterdam’s infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom decorated with erotic art. The Rijksmuseum says the prophylactic, believed to have been made from a sheep’s…
Search teams have been seen working to drain a well and clear areas of dense vegetation near abandoned buildings as the search for Madeleine McCann continues in Portugal. German detectives, together with Portuguese police and firefighters, are working in a…
Jake O’Brien has voiced his support for fellow Republic of Ireland international Caoimín Kelleher to become one of the Premier League’s top goalkeepers amid a potential move from Liverpool to Brentford. The 26-year-old attracted attention by his absence from the…
French wild card Louise Boisson beat third seed Jessica Pegula to reach the French Open quarter-finals, causing surprise at Roland Garros. The 22-year-old, ranked 361st in the world, stunned American Pegula 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in front of an adoring Philippe-Chatrier…
Manchester City midfielder Mateo Kovacic will miss the Club World Cup after undergoing surgery on his Achilles tendon. Earlier this month, Kovacic was unable to play in Crystal Palace’s FA Cup final defeat due to injury. He returned for the…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story This week on Open Questions, Cal Newport replaces Joshua Rothman. In the spring of 1940, Isaac Asimov, who had just turned twenty, published a short story called “Strange Playmate.” It features…
Liberal Party candidate Lee Jae-myung is expected to win South Korea’s snap presidential election, according to a joint exit poll conducted on Tuesday. The poll was conducted two months after his rival, then-conservative President Yoon Seok-yeol, was ousted from power…
Right-wing politician Geert Wilders has pulled his party out of the Netherlands’ ruling coalition over disagreements over tougher immigration rules, sparking a political crisis and potentially ending Prime Minister Dick Schoof’s 11-month rule. Mr Wilders announced his decision in a…
An Australian woman accused of killing three of her ex-husband’s relatives using poisonous mushrooms told a court on Tuesday that she admitted to having death caps in the meal she cooked that turned fatal. However, Erin Patterson says “most” of…