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2022 Fifa World Cup: What’s the deal in group A?
Senegal and The Netherlands should go through but Qatar will not want to find themselves on the wrong side of history
We quit, says the Netherlands of fossil fuel agreement
Holland pulls out of Energy Charter Treaty over climate change concerns
Local french fry importers push back against anti-dumping tariff
Anti-dumping levies ensure fair prices in industries with both foreign and local players. However, the frozen chip industry depends on imports to keep the slap chips affordable
Screen Grab: A big sting in the small tale of Undercover’s confined setting
The Dutch-Belgian crime thriller, set on a campsite, makes the most of its confined setting
Pandemic accelerates decline of printed news, but trust in media grows — report
Covid-19 has forced newsrooms to find new business models, but the public has turned to the news more in the last year
Corona waste is harming animals, everywhere
Single-use PPE, such as face masks and gloves, is hurting and killing wildlife and pets around the globe
Groenen strikes to take Netherlands through to World Cup final against USA
The European Champions have a chance to become world champions when they take on the current holders of the Fifa Women’s World Cup
Dutch vote in ‘Rutte referendum’ after shooting
The ballot, in which 13 million people are eligible to vote, will be widely watched abroad as a bellwether for European Parliament elections in May
Dutch police arrest suspect after three shot dead on tram
Mosques and schools were closed across the Netherlands’ fourth-largest city following the bloodshed
One dead in possible terror attack on Dutch tram
One person has been killed after a gunman opened fire on a tram in the Dutch city Utrecht.
‘Multiple wounded’ in Dutch tram shooting: police
Authorities in the Netherlands say several people have been injured in a shooting on a tram in Utrecht
Banyana suffer 2-1 loss against Netherlands
This was the first match of the year for both sides who were using it to kick-start preparations for the upcoming Women’s Soccer World Cup
Whose injera is it anyway?
A Dutch company holds the patent for Ethiopia’s most popular food — but now Ethiopia wants its intellectual property back
Rwanda can’t achieve reconciliation without fixing its democracy
As Rwanda marks the 24th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, much more needs to be done to unite the country