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News Articles: Belgium

Police patrol outside the King Baudouin Stadium, after a match between Belgium and Sweden was suspended, after a shooting in the center of Brussels, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

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  • Europe

Belgian police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing 2 Swedes in Brussels

Police in Belgium on Tuesday shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night.

October 17, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Jolien Boumkwo competed in the 100-meter hurdles at the European Athletics Team Championships, in Chorchow, Silesia, Poland, this weekend, answering her team's call for help in securing two points in the competition.

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  • Sports

A Belgian shot-putter hops over hurdles after answering her team's call for help

"I really love it," Jolien Boumkwo said as her unusual turn in the 100-meter hurdles created a sensation.

June 27, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
This photo from July, 1960 shows Patrice Lumumba. He was assassinated 6 months later.

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  • World

Belgium returned a single tooth to the Congo this week. Here's why

Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, and was assassinated in a Belgian-supported coup. Can the return of his remains help them reconcile over colonialism?

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Ashish Valentine,
  • and 1 more
This photo from July, 1960 shows Patrice Lumumba. He was assassinated 6 months later.

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  • World

Belgium returned a single tooth to the Congo this week. Here's why

Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, and was assassinated in a Belgian-supported coup. Can the return of his remains help them reconcile over colonialism?

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Ashish Valentine,
  • and 1 more
A commuter wearing a protective face mask looks at her mobile phone in a train arriving at the Central Train Station in Brussels in May 2020. Belgium's new rule addresses the ever-blurry line between work and personal life in the pandemic.

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  • Europe

In Belgium, government workers no longer have to answer the boss's emails after hours

Thousands of federal civil servants will no longer have to answer calls or emails from their bosses outside of working hours. The law aims to address burnout exacerbated by the pandemic.

February 01, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Zara Rutherford, 19, carries the Belgian and British flags on the tarmac after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Belgium, on Thursday at the completion of a record-breaking solo circumnavigation.

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  • World

19-year-old lands in Belgium, becoming youngest woman to fly solo around the world

Zara Rutherford set off from Belgium in August to circle the globe in her Shark UL plane. Five months later, she landed back home, having landed in 41 countries on five continents.

January 20, 2022
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By:
  • Taylor Haney and
  • Scott Neuman
A man rows a boat down a residential street after flooding in Liège, Belgium, on Friday.

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  • Weather

In A Belgian City Ravaged By Flooding, The Signs Of Disaster Are Everywhere

In Liège, Belgium's third-largest city, water from the Meuse river overflowed into parts of the city center, prompting city officials to call for residents to evacuate the area or seek higher ground.

July 17, 2021
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
Flooding has led to the collapse of an entire field in Rhein-Erft-Kreis, a district in western Germany. Officials have said a warming climate is at least partially to blame for floods.

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  • Weather

Flood Deaths Are Rising In Germany, And Officials Blame Climate Change

The worst flooding in decades to affect Germany and parts of Belgium has killed more than 100 people as search and rescue efforts for hundreds of missing continue, officials said.

July 16, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman,
  • Esme Nicholson,
  • and 1 more
Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers of the art squad's archaeological unit pose with a headless Roman statue wearing a draped toga in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.

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  • Europe

1st Century Roman Statue, Looted A Decade Ago, Found In Belgium By Off-Duty Police

The statue is valued at 100,000 euros and was stolen from an archaeological site near the outskirts of Rome.

April 13, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Jeannette Muhammad

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