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De Standaard's front page highlights domestic issues regarding education and government, alongside international news on extreme weather and US politics. A key domestic story focuses on potential legal repercussions for schools over laptop purchases during the pandemic. International coverage…
Schools have extensively violated public procurement rules when purchasing laptops during the COVID-19 pandemic, a situation that now threatens to have severe consequences for Flanders.
A commentary argues that Demir's desire to remove all laptops from classrooms is misguided, suggesting she needs a pedagogical course to distinguish between common talk and scientific insights.
Hurricane activity in the eastern Pacific Ocean is breaking records, with the super El Niño phenomenon and climate change appearing to reinforce each other, leading to an exceptionally strong El Niño.
Donald Trump's proposals to lower fuel prices, ranging from exploiting Greenland's oil to using Russian diesel, have not significantly reduced prices and are causing harm to allies like Ukraine.
The leap second is being abolished in Paris, decoupling clock time from natural time, with implications for navigation and timekeeping systems.
A commentary criticizes the appointment of the highest Flemish civil servant as a political move, arguing it undermines good governance and subjugates the administration to political control.
The Brussels prosecutor-general has described the appointment of a drugs commissioner for Brussels as 'ridiculous,' with live updates on national and regional politics.
Donald Trump has stated that government officials who leak information to the media should face execution, with live updates on his presidency and policies.
Sports journalist Bart Lagae discusses the Red Flames' failure to qualify for the World Cup, stating that two years have been lost under the current coach and that women's football still lags behind.
