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Blue jersey, brown shorts, white socks: Belgium's new kit a tribute to comic book legend Tintin

Mar. 14, 2024 10:23 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — If Kevin De Bruyne goes back to his old haircut, he will make a perfect Tintin at the soccer European Championship this summer. The Belgium Football Association unveiled the new home and away kits for its male and female internationals on Thursday. The home kit...

Belgian defense minister says a platoon will be dismantled because of serious violence, harassment

Mar. 14, 2024 07:38 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — A platoon of about 30 soldiers belonging to Belgium's armed forces will be dismantled because of serious cases of violence and harassment, the minister of defense said Thursday. Ludivine Dedonder said several people were already placed under protection, while...

A Belgian court sentences a prominent far-right activist to 1 year in prison for spreading hate

Mar. 12, 2024 11:59 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — A court in Belgium sentenced prominent far-right activist Dries Van Langenhove to a year in prison on Tuesday for running an organization that a judge said spread “racist, hateful, Nazi and negationist speech,” in a major ruling on how the nation deals with extremism. ...

Belgium's Euro 2024 alternate jersey is leaked. Is it a tribute to comic-strip hero Tintin?

Mar. 11, 2024 13:33 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Some Belgium soccer players in the European Championship this summer could resemble a world famous reporter. Belgium's Euro 2024 alternate jersey is a tribute to Tintin, the intrepid Belgian reporter and comic-book legend, according to leaks on specialized websites....

France's Macron announces legislation allowing 'aid in dying' under strict conditions

Mar. 11, 2024 05:41 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French president Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize “aid in dying” that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication, a first in the country. The move follows last year’s report indicating that most French citizens...

Teamsters vote to ratify a 5-year labor agreement with Anheuser-Busch, avoiding strike

Mar. 05, 2024 21:27 PM EST

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Teamsters working for Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch on Tuesday voted to ratify a labor agreement with the company, the union said. The five-year contract was ratified with 86% support, the Teamsters said. The deal covers 5,000 unionized employees...

Police in Belgium arrest 4 people suspected of planning attack against Brussels concert hall

Mar. 04, 2024 11:32 AM EST

BRUSSELS (AP) — Police in Belgium have arrested four people suspected of plotting an attack against a concert hall in Brussels, the federal prosecutor's office said Monday. The adult arrested has been charged with "participation in the activities of a terrorist group” with the...

Anheuser-Busch, Teamsters reach labor agreement that avoids US strike

Feb. 28, 2024 21:11 PM EST

Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch has reached a contract agreement with the Teamsters union that avoids a strike at its U.S. plants. The union had threatened a strike at the brewer’s 12 U.S. plants if an agreement on a new five-year contract wasn’t reached by 11:59 p.m. EST...

Protesting farmers spray Brussels police with liquid manure near EU's base in a new display of power

Feb. 26, 2024 17:49 PM EST

BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers clashed with police in Belgium on Monday, spraying officers with liquid manure and throwing eggs and flares at them in a fresh show of force as the European Union's agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address the protesters’ concerns. The...

American women's cycling team punished for deception attempt to enter race in Belgium

Feb. 26, 2024 07:13 AM EST

AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — American women’s cycling team Cynisca was punished by the sport’s governing body Monday for trying to enter an international race by deceiving organizers. The International Cycling Union said a team official told a mechanic “to wear a rider’s...