Belgium shot put and hammer throw champion Jolien Boumkwo displayed great team spirit at the European Championships in Poland when she stepped up outside her event and ran a 100 meters hurdles race to save her team from getting disqualified. Boumkwo appeared all smiles when she carefully attempted each hurdle on Saturday in a video…
Belgian Shot Putter Boumkwo Runs 100 Meters Hurdles to Save Team From Disqualification
Hong Kong Pregnant Momtrepreneur Makes Hasty Move to Belgium for Six Children’s Future Starts Thriving Cookie Business
While Mother’s Day has just passed, being a mom is not a one-time gig. It is a full-time job. Only a mother truly knows how difficult it is to juggle children, housework, self-care, and often work-life balance. Every hardship, however, immediately melts away when a mother sees her child smile. Hongkonger Hebe, is one of…
Belgium Detains 7 on Suspicion of Planning Terror Attack
BRUSSELS—Authorities have detained seven people, most of them Chechen origin, on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in Belgium, the federal prosecutor’s office said Thursday. The office said in a statement that the suspects had not yet selected a precise target but police decided to pick them for questioning anyway. “All of them are suspected…
Police in Belgium Arrest 8 People in Counterterrorism Raids
BRUSSELS—Police officers in Belgium have arrested eight people during counterterrorism raids across the country as part of operations aimed at thwarting possible attacks, the federal prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. Antwerp federal police carried out five searches in Merksem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, and Eupen on Monday night at the request of an investigating judge. The prosecutor’s…
Belgium Bans TikTok From Government Phones After US, EU
BRUSSELS—Belgium is banning TikTok from government phones over worries about cybersecurity, privacy, and misinformation, the country’s prime minister said Friday, mirroring recent action by other authorities in Europe and the United States. The Chinese-owned video sharing app will be temporarily prohibited from devices owned or paid for by the Belgium’s federal government for at least…
Belgium to Sell Part of BNP Paribas Stake for More Than $2 Billion
PARIS—Shares in French bank BNP Paribas fell on Wednesday, after the Belgian state participation agency SFPI had said it was preparing the sale of a third of its 7.8 percent equity stake in the euro-zone’s biggest bank. The Belgian state participation agency on Tuesday said it will dispose of around 2.7 percent in the French…
3 Bears Die of Cold in Plane Grounded at Belgium Airport
BRUSSELS—Three sloth bears have died of cold after being left in a plane stranded by snow and ice in Liege airport, Belgian newspaper SudInfo reported on Monday. A total of nine sloth bears were on the plane, which was en route from Peru to Qatar, before being stuck in transit at the airport in Liege,…
UK Conservative MP Calls Belgian Offer to Swap Iranian Terrorist ‘Shocking Development’
LONDON—A British MP who escaped death when an Iranian diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, was intercepted before he could bomb a rally of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Paris in 2018 has described it as “worrying” that Belgium was considering swapping Assadi for a Belgian citizen in an Iranian jail. Earlier this month…
Riots in Belgium, Netherlands After Morocco Win at World Cup
BRUSSELS—Riots broke out in several Belgian and Dutch cities after Morocco’s 2–0 upset win over Belgium at the World Cup Sunday. Police detained about a dozen people after they deployed water cannons and fired tear gas to disperse crowds in Brussels and eight more in the Northern city of Antwerp. Two police officials were injured…
Morocco Pulls Off Another World Cup Upset, Beats Belgium 2–0
DOHA, Qatar—Morocco pulled off yet another World Cup shock, and it was Belgium’s aging “Golden Generation” that took the hit this time. The 2–0 upset left Kevin de Bruyne and the 2018 semifinalists in peril of a group-stage exit at what is likely the final World Cup for numerous players on a team that hasn’t…
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