Author: Herb Brewer

America upside downImage BNNVARA Waldemar Dorenstra travels through America with a camera. It’s been done so many times that you can feel free to turn it into a question on pimbambat: Name the celebrity who made a road trip across the US. If you flip the T, the answer is Tijs van den Brink. L? […]

In an unusually tense contest between the allies set to begin in Geneva on Monday, the U.N. Europe and the United States have competing candidates for the head of the migration agency. By Gabriel Tetrault-Farber and Emma Farge The International Organization for Migration (IOM) aims to ensure humane and orderly migration by intervening in emergency […]

America is one of the hottest topics of conversation right now. It doesn’t happen often, but governments can go bankrupt too. The US national debt is huge, but at the same time interest rates are very high. The U.S. Budget Office believes that the U.S. will not be able to pay its debts in the […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian short track speed skaters Hane and Stijn Desmet will train in the United States and Canada this summer. They told Belgian channel Sporza that the pair will be joined by four Belgian shorttrackers. Hanne and Stijn Desmet trained for years with the Dutch short track selection. Skating association KNSB announced last […]

The war between Ukraine and Russia continues. In addition to the physical dimension of war, a war is taking place on the digital front. Russian intelligence services are very diligent digitally, and when it comes to crypto operations. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the U.S. tax authority, will partner with analytics firm Chainalysis to train […]

news 09 May 2023 Reading time is about 2 minutes After the collapse of three US banks, their auditors’ audits are also under review. All three have KPMG. Not just Financial TimesBut even now Volkskrant Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank and First Republic Bank have also contracted their auditors in addition to their […]

Car expertDutch tourists often end up in a big, heavy campsite during their vacation in America. But can you drive it with your Dutch driving license for passenger cars, wonders reader Adri van der Helm. Our car expert Nick Schenck answers. Ask: ‘I drove a motorhome weighing over 3500kg in the US with my BE […]

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has urged Congress to raise the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling to avoid an “unprecedented default.” That, he said, would undermine America’s economic leadership and cause a global economic downturn. “A bankruptcy would threaten the progress we’ve made, which we’ve worked so hard on in recent years while recovering from […]

Ukraine still needs time to launch a long-awaited counteroffensive against Russian forces. It has Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during an interview with several international media in Kiev. According to the President of Ukraine, the most important arrangements have been completed. The President said that NATO countries have trained combat forces and troops ready. We […]

Since the beginning of this year, there has been a very significant change globally. American Bitcoin (BTC) wallets hold less and less BTC, while Asian wallets, on the other hand, continue to grow in value. This may have something to do with America’s difficult legislative climate. However, many Asian countries are making great strides towards […]