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Chinese leader Xi tells Dutch PM that restricting technology access won't stop China's advance

Mar. 27, 2024 10:02 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday that attempts to restrict China's access to technology will not stop the country's advance. The Netherlands imposed export licensing requirements in 2023 on the sale of machinery...

Dutch hyperloop center aims to advance futuristic transport technology

Mar. 26, 2024 13:36 PM EDT

VEENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A 420-meter (quarter-mile) white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the windswept northern Netherlands could usher in a new era in the transportation of people and freight. The tube is the heart of the new European Hyperloop Center that opens...

Geert Wilders taps 2 new officials to lead the next round of coalition talks after his election win

Mar. 20, 2024 11:44 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch parliament named two new go-betweens Wednesday to lead negotiations to form the next ruling coalition, four months after the anti-immigration party led by Geert Wilders won a national election. The appointment of economist and former lawmaker...

An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow the spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields

Mar. 19, 2024 09:25 AM EDT

NOORDWIJKERHOUT, Netherlands (AP) — Theo works weekdays, weekends and nights and never complains about a sore spine despite performing hour upon hour of what, for a regular farm hand, would be backbreaking labor checking Dutch tulip fields for sick flowers. The boxy robot — named...

French company Naval Group has been selected to build 4 new submarines for the Dutch navy

Mar. 15, 2024 11:23 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — French defense industry heavyweight Naval Group has been chosen to build four new diesel-electric submarines for the Dutch navy, the government announced Friday, in a provisional deal to replace three ageing Walrus Class subs. The Dutch government did...

Geert Wilders says it is 'constitutionally wrong' that he had to sacrifice his leadership ambitions

Mar. 14, 2024 12:09 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders said Thursday it is unfair and “constitutionally wrong” that he had to sacrifice his leadership aspirations in order to pave the way for a right-wing ruling coalition in the Netherlands after his party won the most seats in a...

Soccer star Quincy Promes has reportedly been arrested in Dubai at the request of Dutch prosecutors

Mar. 13, 2024 16:35 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch soccer star Quincy Promes, who was convicted in absentia last month by an Amsterdam court of involvement in cocaine smuggling and sentenced to six years in prison, has reportedly been arrested by authorities in Dubai at the request of Dutch prosecutors who will...

Geert Wilders says he doesn't have support of likely coalition partners to become Dutch premier

Mar. 13, 2024 15:56 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Geert Wilders, whose anti-Islam, anti-immigration rhetoric swept him to a stunning victory in the November election, said Wednesday he doesn’t have the support of his prospective coalition partners to become the next Dutch prime minister. Wilders...

France's Macron announces legislation allowing 'aid in dying' under strict conditions

Mar. 11, 2024 05:41 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French president Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize “aid in dying” that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication, a first in the country. The move follows last year’s report indicating that most French citizens...

The Netherlands opens a Holocaust museum as protesters oppose Israeli president's presence

Mar. 10, 2024 21:22 PM EDT

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands opened the National Holocaust Museum on Sunday with a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence prompted protest because of Israel's military campaign in Gaza. The museum in Amsterdam tells...