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Van Dijk wants Cody Gakpo to stay at Liverpool despite Man City interest

Liverpool's Dutch forward Gakpo is a transfer target for Premier League rivals Manchester City.

Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, could not escape death. But his fascist ideas and ideology live on | Ed Vulliamy

When I testified against Mladić at his trial in The Hague, I saw the unrepentant face of a mass murderer. That face and his legacy still haunt Serbia today Men age and die, but in the Balkans, time stands still and is st…

Infantino must go by 2027 in FIFA overhaul, Dutch football body says

KNVB invites associations and confederations to a summit to discuss the overhaul of FIFA and how it runs football.

Global football summit proposed to shape post-Infantino FIFA before picking election challenger

The Netherlands want to host an emergency summit of global football leaders to form plans to clean up the governing body, including reducing the president's powers, before a candidate is picked to try to unseat Gianni In…

UK networks are not ready for AI traffic, say mobile operators

VodafoneThree’s networks director says UK mobile quality is not ready for AI traffic and that planning rules, not money, are the obstacle, with more than half of its upgrades to existing masts requiring permission. The E…

Dutch FA calls for complete FIFA overhaul, proposes global summit in Amsterdam

How Bill Gates uses AI, and why he thinks nobody is preparing for it

Bill Gates has published a memo proposing a tax on AI, a category of jobs reserved for humans and new institutions to manage the transition, and told GeekWire that industry leaders are worried privately while staying qui…

104 Nepali nationals missing in Tibet after flood

Kathmandu, August 30 At least 104 Nepali nationals have gone missing after a massive flood hit the Kerung border point in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. Chinese state media CGTN reported the figure, citing information…

The Dutch city where Europe’s electricity grid crunch hits home

Households and businesses in Utrecht face strict limits on power use to avoid outages

EPL: Man City in talks to sign Gakpo from Liverpool

Manchester City are in talks with Liverpool to sign forward Cody Gakpo. The Dutch international’s future is uncertain as the transfer deadline approaches. Read More: https://punchng.com/epl-man-city-in-talks-to-sign-gakp…

Man City open talks with Liverpool over Gakpo

Manchester City open talks with Liverpool about signing Netherlands winger Cody Gakpo.

Hugging Face built a $4.5 billion empire on free AI models. Now Nvidia is buying it for $12.9 billion

Thomas Wolf has spent a decade convincing the world that open-source AI is not a charity project. On August 27, 2026, the market settled the argument. Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face, the company famous for hosting the…

Women’s Hockey WC: Argentina stun Netherlands in shootout to win third title

Argentina's women's hockey team secured a remarkable World Cup victory on Saturday. They defeated the top-ranked Netherlands team in a thrilling final match. Goalkeeper Cristina Cosentino was instrumental in the team's s…

BYD doubled its 1,500kW charging network in five months and wants to double it again by December

BYD opened its 10,000th Flash Charging station on 28 August, doubling the network in under five months, with each connector rated at up to 1,500kW. European rules require a charging pool on the core road network to deliv…

Pritchard retains rowing world title in Amsterdam

Welsh Para-rower Ben Pritchard retains his PR1 men's single sculls world title at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.

OpenAI to stop supplying models to Cursor after SpaceX acquisition

OpenAI is ending its contract to supply models to Cursor following SpaceX’s $60B acquisition, with access shutting off on 12 November and its forthcoming Astra model withheld. Cursor and SpaceXAI shipped Grok 4.5 togethe…

Wall Street Week | Debt & Consequences, Defying Fiscal Gravity, Hollywood Gets Democratized

This week, Chrystia Freeland talks with the former finance ministers of the Netherlands and Germany about what it takes to bring spending under control. And, are US deficits now a bigger driver of interest rates than inf…

The data center boom will fail its promise if safety and workforce development continue to lag behind

The data center boom will be judged not only by how much infrastructure we build, but by whether the people building it return home safely. Major opportunities bring a rush for capital, market share, and industry leaders…

Why businesses need clearer limits before AI agents are authorized to act

A 2026 IBM study points to questions about AI readiness, visibility, and control. The survey of 2,000 C-level technology executives found 11% felt fully prepared for the AI-agent deployment expected over the following ye…

I’m 19, and I’ve watched more than 200 brands quietly give up on influencers

I’m 19, and I’ve had an odd seat for the last couple of years of the creator economy. My company runs a marketplace that connects consumer brands with creators, and it’s grown to more than 200 brands. From that seat, I k…