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Yesterday: Belgium’s day was marked by a deadly shooting in Ixelles, a major fire at a waste-processing site in Roeselare and disappointment for Laura Fivé. In sport, Mika Godts drew praise and Senne Lammens denied Moise Kean an early equalizer. →
Thirty-year-old Lotte Kopecky is Belgium’s spearhead from 3 p.m. in the women’s road race at the World Cycling Championships in Montreal. The two-time…
Around 600,000 faithful are expected in Paris on Saturday, on the Champs-Élysées, for a giant Mass presided over by Pope Leo XIV. The gathering will t…
Police deployed in force to Houtmarkt in Aalst on Saturday morning after a serious incident at around 5 a.m. Bystanders suspect shots were fired. A lo…
Donald Trump rejected an Iranian offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. After refusing it, the US president used the expression “Trump Strait” ironical…
Two people were injured in a stabbing during the Giants Parade on Turnhoutsebaan in Borgerhout, Antwerp, on Saturday afternoon. One victim is in life-…
Belgium’s cycling team heads to the World Championship road race in Montréal with two leaders: Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert are both targeting th…
Brussels metro lines 2 and 6 are partially suspended between Stuyvenbergh and Delacroix stations. STIB said late Saturday afternoon that smoke was dis…
An initiative submitted in Switzerland proposes enshrining “armed and perpetual” neutrality in the country’s political framework. If adopted, it would…
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