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Belgian FM vows to continue to deepen cooperation with China
Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said on Wednesday that no matter how the situation changes, Belgium is willing to remain a friend of China and will continue to deepen cooperation with China with a positive and...

Benedictine Abbey in Belgium Temporarily Dissolved Following Abuse Allegations
The Benedictine community at Keizersberg Abbey in Leuven, Belgium, has been temporarily dissolved following allegations of abusive behavior among adults, according to an official declaration released by the head of the Sublacense-Cassinese...
What NATO Countries Spend On Military, Health, & Education
NATO countries officially agreed to raise their defense expenditures to 5% of their GDP by 2035. But how do their military expenditures compare to what they spend on health and education? This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao,...

Jewish leaders urge EU to act after Belgian police raid on mohels’ homes
The European Jewish Association said the May 14 police operation in Antwerp included the seizure of medical equipment and demands for lists of infants who had undergone circumcision. The group condemned the actions as a serious violation of...

Vile people smuggler who trafficked 9 adults & 2 kids argues getting deported would be ‘too disruptive for his children’
A PEOPLE smuggler who trafficked nine adults and two children has argued that being deported would be too disruptive for his kids. Miklovan Bazegurore's lawyers tried to argue that being extradited to Belgium would breach his right to family life....

Barry Callebaut links with Zurich University for cocoa cell culture chocolate venture
A significant move has been unveiled by Barry Callebaut, which has formed a strategic partnership with Zurich University exploring the fast-rising market for cocoa cell culture developed for chocolate ranges, reports Neill Barston. According to...

UAE: Is Menopause Forcing Women Out Of The Workplace?
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Dubai-based women's health educator and menopause coach Sharon James once worked with a client who was fired from her job as a flight attendant soon after she began experiencing symptoms of menopause, like weight gain and...

Azerbaijan: Sentencing and arbitrary detention of prominent peace activist Bahruz Samadov
Description of the situation: The Observatory has been informed of the sentencing and arbitrary detention of Mr Bahruz Samadov, a prominent peace activist, political scientist, researcher specialised on authoritarianism, freelance journalist and...

What NATO Countries Spend on Military, Health, and Education
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Culture & Lifestyle
Georgian director Mariam Bitsadze, currently studying in the joint Master's program of ECAL (Lausanne) and HEAD (Geneva), has been selected for the Film Foundry section of the Locarno Film Festival with her short film Sous la table, a program...

Charles Leclerc's girlfriend Alexandra Saint-Mleux gets featured in the Vogue Australia magazine
Ferrari star Charles Leclerc's French girlfriend, Alexandra Saint-Mleux, has been featured by Australia's Vogue Magazine (fashion and lifestyle). It was shared by Saint-Mleux on her official Instagram account. Before becoming a stand-alone...
Empowering Design Education: ARCH Jaipur’s Archana Surana Re-Elected to Global Cumulus Board
India, July 8 — Jaipur: Archana Surana, Founder and Director of ARCH College of Design & Business, Jaipur, has been re-elected to the 11-member Executive Board of the prestigious Cumulus Global Association of Art & Design Education and Research...

Poudre RiverFest Returns August 9 with Music, Family Fun, and River Education
by North Forty News Staff | NorthFortyNews.com FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Poudre RiverFest is back on Saturday, August 9, bringing Northern Colorado residents together to celebrate, learn about, and protect one of the region’s most vital natural...

Shiro Tsujimura’s Exploded Forms
When ceramist Shiro Tsujimura is asked about the type of work he makes, he says he has never been able to provide a satisfying answer. “I can talk about clay and kiln firing in any way I like, but what is it that I am looking for every day when I...

Belgium Returns 3,000-Year-Old Wooden Sarcophagus to Egypt After a Decade
After nearly 10 years in custody, Belgian authorities have officially returned an ancient wooden sarcophagus to Egypt. The artifact, dating back to the Ptolemaic period (4th–3rd century BCE), was handed over to Egypt’s ambassador, H.E. Ahmed Abu...

Tour de France stage 13: Tadej Pogačar demolishes rivals, extends lead in mountain time trial up Peyragudes
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) further extended his lead in the 2025 Tour de France, powering to his fourth stage win of the race in the 10.9km stage 13 individual time trial to Peyragudes and putting more time into his rivals. Topping...
Tadej Pogacar Wins Stage 13 of Tour de France
The 2025 Tour de France continued Friday with stage 13 – a 10.9-kilometer mountain time trial on a route from Loudenvielle to Peyragudes. The strenuous Peyragudes climb would have to be climbed and GC favorites such as Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej...

Belgium Returns 2,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus to Egypt
Belgian authorities announced that they have handed over to Egypt a sarcophagus approximately 2,000 years old, a decade after it was seized by police in Brussels, AFP reported. The prosecutor’s office stated that along with the sarcophagus, a...

Where to watch Spain vs. Switzerland in UEFA Women’s Euro quarterfinal
The most dominant team in the UEFA Women’s European Championship will face the host country in the quarterfinals. Spain will have to continue its dominance in front of a crowd that will lean heavily in Switzerland’s favor Friday at 3 p.m. ET. How...

Belgium’s Culture is Vanishing.