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October 5, 2019

EU presses UK to resubmit Brexit plan as end-game looms

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson started phoning EU leaders Saturday to sell his proposals for a managed Brexit, but he met with pressure to revise his offer — and to do so quickly. Finnish counterpart Antti Rinne — whose country…
October 3, 2019

Dutch officials blasted over New Year ‘firenadoes’

Dutch authorities underestimated the risk from a huge New Years’ Eve beach bonfires that sparked “firenadoes” and rained burning embers on a seaside resort, a safety board report said Thursday. It also slammed organisers for exceeding height limits with the…
October 2, 2019

‘The Ocean Cleanup’ ship sweeps first Pacific plastic

A special ship designed to clean the oceans has harvested its first plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch since setting sail from San Francisco last month, its Dutch inventor said Wednesday. The project by The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch…
October 2, 2019

‘Ocean Cleanup’ ship sweeps first Pacific plastic

A special ship designed to clean the oceans has harvested its first plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch since setting sail from San Francisco last month, its Dutch inventor said Wednesday. The project by The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch…
October 1, 2019

Tractor protest sparks ‘biggest’ Dutch traffic jam

Thousands of Dutch farmers drove their tractors on Tuesday to a huge protest against government climate policies, causing the country’ biggest ever traffic jams, officials said. The farmers travelled from all over the country to The Hague for the four-wheeled…
September 30, 2019

ICC slaps war crimes charges on jihadist who terrorised Timbuktu

The International Criminal Court on Monday confirmed war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against a Malian jihadist accused of demolishing Timbuktu’s fabled shrines and unleashing a reign of terror. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, 40,…
September 30, 2019

Picture of Dutch ‘jailbird’ sparks social media storm

A picture of a small parrot “locked up” in a Dutch police cell is giving new meaning to jailbird — and on Monday attracted a flurry of chirpy comments on social media. When police arrested the bird’s owner on suspicion…
September 26, 2019

Dutch launch laundering probe into ABN Amro

Dutch prosecutors are targeting the country’s third-largest bank ABN Amro in a money-laundering probe, the bank and prosecutors said Thursday, sending its share price into a nosedive on the Amsterdam stock exchange. The stock fell by around 9.5 percent on…
September 26, 2019

Dutch prosecutors drop appeal against euthanasia doctor

Dutch prosecutors said Thursday they will not appeal against the acquittal of a doctor who euthanised a woman with severe dementia but referred the case to the country’s highest court for legal clarification. Earlier this month in a landmark case,…
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