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NATO appoints Dutch PM as next chief as global challenges mount for alliance
World
June 26, 2024
NATO appoints Dutch PM as next chief as global challenges mount for alliance
CNN — The outgoing Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, has been formally selected as the next NATO secretary general, the…
Royal Dutch Shell shareholders back plan to shift to London
World
December 10, 2021
Royal Dutch Shell shareholders back plan to shift to London
ROTTERDAM/LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSa.L) shareholders voted overwhelmingly on Friday in favour of a plan to end…
Dutch king, queen visit the United Arab Emirates
Middle East
November 3, 2021
Dutch king, queen visit the United Arab Emirates
SWEIHAN, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The king and queen of the Netherlands visited a strawberry farm Wednesday as part…
Why are Norwegians so happy? In a word: ‘koselig’
World
May 3, 2019
Why are Norwegians so happy? In a word: ‘koselig’
(CNN)–Go to your happy place. Go on, close your eyes and picture it. Take a deep breath and hold it…
Letter points to ‘terror’ in Dutch tram attack
World
March 19, 2019
Letter points to ‘terror’ in Dutch tram attack
Dutch authorities said Tuesday they were “seriously” investigating a terrorist motive for the Utrecht tram attack because of evidence including…
Several hurt in Dutch tram shooting, ‘terrorist motive’ possible: police
World
March 18, 2019
Several hurt in Dutch tram shooting, ‘terrorist motive’ possible: police
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch police said several people had been shot in a tram in the central city of Utrecht…
Trump, land fears boost South Africa’s ‘white state’
World
November 21, 2018
Trump, land fears boost South Africa’s ‘white state’
PRETORIA (Reuters) – When US President Donald Trump pledged to investigate large scale killings of white farmers in South Africa…
Earthquake fear ends Dutch gas boom
World
September 26, 2018
Earthquake fear ends Dutch gas boom
The Dutch are proud of the way they have created a country by fighting back the ocean — but…
Nappy change: Dutch to turn diapers into furniture
Environment
September 19, 2018
Nappy change: Dutch to turn diapers into furniture
Fed-up with a growing mountain of stinking disposable nappies, a Dutch firm Tuesday started building the country’s first recycling…
Azhar denounces Geert Wilders’s cancelled contest for prophet Muhammed cartoons
Egypt
September 5, 2018
Azhar denounces Geert Wilders’s cancelled contest for prophet Muhammed cartoons
Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayyib met with the Dutch ambassador in Cairo Laurens Westhoff on Monday to discuss a…