Finally coming to a halt on Tuesday — the last day of 2024 — Belgian ultra runner Hilde Dosogne felt she had done all to take the world record as the first woman to run a marathon every single day of the year. https://t.co/ooiYJcWSKU
A Belgian-British teenager took to the skies in her quest to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo. Zara Rutherford is aiming to break the record set by American aviator Shaesta Waiz, who was 30 when she set the benchmark in 2017. https://t.co/K0oSSSkkIs
Small actions can make a difference in the fight against global warming, climate activists insist. In Belgium, one young man and his flock of sheep keep the grass down and save the planet at the same time. https://t.co/UsMdRaiuaT
Ilona Royce Smithkin, as an orange-haired nonagenarian with matching two-inch eyelashes, became a muse for photographers, filmmakers and entertainers. She has died at age 101. https://t.co/oQS6C54Mei
98-year-old World War II veteran George Sutherland took a long walk to raise funds for a struggling British social club for soldiers and veterans in Flanders Fields. He drew inspiration from Tom Moore, who raised millions in the U.K. for the NHS. https://t.co/kFcIQ25GtH
The grains that make Belgium's famed beer have a second life — as the base for growing organic mushrooms in underground Brussels, by @sampetrequin. https://t.co/UObRxMYANK
It was 75 years ago Hitler launched his last desperate attack to turn the tide for Germany in WWII. At first, German forces drove so deep through the front line in Belgium and Luxembourg the month-long fighting came to be known as The Battle of the Bulge. https://t.co/p5mVjMHzkF
Charles Shay, 94, stands on Omaha Beach, where he came ashore 75 years ago as an American medic in the D-Day landings. He warns that another war can never be discounted because "some men cannot get enough of power." https://t.co/xiKeVCmsaE
The faces of Normandy RT @AP_Images: The men who fought on D-Day, June 6, 1944, are now in their 90s or 100s, wrinkled and often moving with the help of a cane or wheelchair. Their hands often tremble and their voices shake as they labor to speak. https://t.co/QrF83v72NI