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French and Dutch investigators raid Netflix offices in probe of suspected financial wrongdoing

Nov. 05, 2024 09:39 AM EST

PARIS (AP) — Prosecutors and police investigators who specialize in fighting fraud and corruption raided Netflix offices in France and the Netherlands on Tuesday, in a probe of suspected financial wrongdoing, judicial officials said. French and Dutch authorities have been working...

Dutch police arrest a suspect in a botched art heist of Andy Warhol screenprints

Nov. 05, 2024 09:12 AM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police arrested a 23-year-old man Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in a botched art heist at a gallery in the southern Netherlands targeting four valuable Andy Warhol screenprints. The arrest came days after thieves blew open the door of an art...

NXP: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Nov. 04, 2024 16:49 PM EST

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — NXP Semiconductors NV (NXPI) on Monday reported third-quarter earnings of $718 million. The Eindhoven, Netherlands-based company said it had net income of $2.79 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs,...

Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya win the New York City Marathon

Nov. 03, 2024 20:01 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui used strong kicks in the final mile to pull away from their nearest competitors and both win the New York City Marathon for the first time Sunday. Nageeye, who became the first runner from the Netherlands to win the men's race, was...

Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands wins the men's race at the New York City Marathon

Nov. 03, 2024 11:19 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands wins the men's race at the New York City Marathon.

Tourists toss coins over a makeshift pool as Rome’s Trevi Fountain undergoes maintenance

Nov. 01, 2024 12:42 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Tourists eager to return to the Eternal City are being forced to toss coins over a plastic barrier and into a small makeshift pool in front of Rome’s Trevi Fountain while the attraction is being drained for maintenance. The rectangular box, unadorned and showing its...

Dutch junior finance minister quits after questions over his personal investments

Nov. 01, 2024 12:26 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch junior minister for finance quit Friday following criticism of his refusal to publish details of his personal investments. He is the first member of the new hard right-dominated ruling coalition to resign since it was installed in July. ...

'Amateurish' thieves steal 2 Warhol prints, damage 2 more in botched heist at Dutch gallery

Nov. 01, 2024 08:05 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thieves blew open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stole two works from a famous series of screen prints by American pop artist Andy Warhol and left two more badly damaged in the street as they fled the scene of the botched heist, the...

Dutch asylum agency is fined 50,000 euros daily for an overcrowded center

Oct. 30, 2024 11:11 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered the agency responsible for housing asylum-seekers to pay a 50,000-euro ($54,000) penalty for every day that more than 2,000 migrants stay at an overcrowded center in the northern Netherlands that has become a symbol for the...

A prematurely born baby snatched from a French maternity is doing well

Oct. 26, 2024 06:51 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — A prematurely born baby boy found in an Amsterdam hotel room after being abducted by his parents from a French maternity ward is doing well, a Belgian prosecutor said Saturday. The baby's 23-year-old father and 25-year-old mother were arrested, prosecutor Vincent Macq...