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  By Sidra Salman · October 25, 2026 For a week, the Emile Ratelband story has been framed as a man who vanished in Thailand. On Saturday, October 24, Thai immigration police gave that story a sharp correction: according to their records, Ratelband did not disappear in Thailand at all. He left the country months ago, crossing into Laos late in 2025, and has no recorded return since. That single update does not solve the case. It does not say where Ratelband is now, and it does not explain why his family lost contact with him. But it moves the search, and it changes what the public should believe about the timeline. Here is what Thai police actually confirmed, what is still only claimed by others, and what to watch next. What Thai police confirmed on October 24 Pol Maj Gen Choengron Rimpadee, deputy commissioner and spokesman for Thailand's Immigration Bureau, announced the findings on Saturday after a nationwide check ordered by Immigration Bureau commissioner Pol Lt Gen Nopasi...

By Sidra Salman · October 25, 2026 p>When a Dutch star posts about a charity, it is easy to assume it is a one-day photo opportunity. Sometimes it is. But a handful of Dutch celebrities have stuck with the same cause for a decade or more, travelling to project sites, lending their name year after year, and showing up when there is no camera crew at all. Those are the stories worth separating from the noise — and this week has given us a fresh one. At the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort in August, the charity Spieren voor Spieren was named the Dutch winner of the F1 Allwyn Global Community Award, with a €100,000 donation. The trophy was presented to the charity's director Monique Maks and its ambassador, former footballer Ronald de Boer. It is a good moment to look at what Dutch stars actually do for charity — who gives, who shows up, and how you can tell the difference. Spieren voor Spieren: the charity behind the Zandvoort moment Spieren voor Spieren — "Muscles for ...

By Sidra Salman · October 24, 2026 If you have been waiting to find out who will sing for the Netherlands at Eurovision 2027, we finally have names to argue about. Dutch newspaper AD has reported that three acts are in contention: Davina Michelle, Tangarine, and Marnix Emanuel. Eurovision news sites Eurovoix and ESCBeat picked up the AD report on October 23, 2026, and the story has been doing the rounds among Dutch Eurovision fans ever since. Let me be clear about one thing before we go any further: none of these three names is official yet. NPO has not announced an artist, and it has not announced a song. What AD reported is that these three acts are the front-runners, not that one of them has already been picked. That distinction matters, because Eurovision rumour season has a habit of turning a shortlist into a done deal within a day. What AD actually reported According to AD, the three acts are the same three that reached the final stage of the Dutch selection for Eurovisio...

If you searched "Netherlands Eurovision 2026" expecting to find the Dutch song, here's the answer up front: there isn't one. The Netherlands didn't compete at Eurovision 2026 at all — and it wasn't an accident. The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS pulled the country out of the contest in protest over Israel's participation. It's one of the most dramatic Eurovision stories in years, and the fallout is still unfolding: the Netherlands has now confirmed it will return in 2027, while Dutch hopes this month rest on a young star called Maria at Junior Eurovision. Here's everything that happened, and what comes next. Eurovision 2026: the quick facts The 70th Eurovision Song Contest took place in Vienna, Austria, at the Wiener Stadthalle — Vienna's third time hosting, after 1967 and 2015, under the slogan "Europe, shall we dance?" The semifinals ran on 12 and 14 May, with the Grand Final on Saturday 16 May 2026. Bulgaria's Dara won with "B...

Forget the follower counts from last year — TikTok in the Netherlands is shifting fast, and October's data shows some genuinely surprising names climbing. I dug through this month's Netherlands TikTok rankings to find out who's actually blowing up right now, and a few of the fastest growers aren't who you'd expect. The breakout nobody saw coming The single biggest mover in the Netherlands this month is ukimberly1hu7g , who added roughly 5.1 million followers in one month — a 120% jump. That's the kind of growth that usually signals a single viral video (or a run of them) catching the algorithm at exactly the right moment. With a profile score of 4.9 and engagement at 2.72%, the account is still in the "proving it wasn't a fluke" phase — but 5 million new followers in 30 days is impossible to ignore. Right behind the headline-grabber, footballer Kevin Diks (@kevindiks2) is having a spectacular month: up 168,500 followers (+72.1%) with a 17.85...