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June 30, 2020

Dutch back law giving citizens dual rights in Britain

Dutch senators on Tuesday passed a law to allow nationals living in Britain to keep their Netherlands citizenship, if they need to become British to ensure their residency rights there. A majority of parties in the upper house of parliament…
June 30, 2020

Venezuela boycotts UN court hearing on Guyana border row

Venezuela on Tuesday boycotted the International Court of Justice’s first hearing on a more than century-old border dispute with Guyana, saying the UN’s top tribunal lacked jurisdiction. Caracas has been pressing a historic claim to Guyana’s Essequibo region, which encompasses…
June 26, 2020

Unilever pulls Facebook, Twitter ads in US over ‘polarized’ election

Consumer giant Unilever, home to brands including Ben and Jerry’s and Marmite, said Friday it will stop advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the US until the end of 2020 due to the “polarized election period” there. The Anglo-Dutch…
June 26, 2020

Unilever to stop advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in US

Consumer giant Unilever, home to brands including Ben and Jerry’s and Marmite, said Friday it will stop advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the US until the end of 2020 due to the “polarized election period” there. The Anglo-Dutch…
June 26, 2020

KLM gets 3.4 bn euro Dutch bailout

The Dutch government on Friday approved a 3.4-billion-euro ($3.8-billion) bailout to prop up KLM through the coronavirus pandemic. The aid package comes after Paris pledged seven billion euros for partner airline Air France after the outbreak brought international air travel…
June 25, 2020

EU body recommends use of remdesivir to treat coronavirus

The European Medicines Agency said Thursday it has recommended authorising the use of the anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat the new coronavirus. “Remdesivir is the first medicine against COVID-19 to be recommended for authorisation in the EU,” the agency said….
June 25, 2020

EU body recommends authorising remdesivir to treat coronavirus

The European Medicines Agency said Thursday it has recommended authorising the use of anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat the new coronavirus. “Remdesivir is the first medicine against COVID-19 to be recommended for authorisation in the EU,” the agency said, adding…
June 24, 2020

Dutch brothels can reopen on July 1: PM

Dutch brothels can reopen on July 1 after being shut for more than three months because of the coronavirus pandemic, the government announced on Wednesday. The authorisation applies to “all work involving (physical) contact”, Prime Minister Mark Rutte told a…
June 24, 2020

Kosovo president charged with war crimes over 1990s killings

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has been charged with 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the country’s conflict in the 1990s, a tribunal in The Hague said on Wednesday. Wartime intelligence chief and former…

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