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The best of jazz is back at the North Sea festival

After a two-year break, jazz aficionados are gathering in Rotterdam in the Netherlands for a three-day musical feast

El Niño is expected to cause a loss of rainfall

Adaptation should be central to climate crisis talks. Here’s why

Calls intensify to focus on helping high-risk communities adjust to climate change

Police on the scene after a gunman opened fire on a tram in Utrecht. (Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw)

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.

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma looks on as his new cabinet members are sworn in.

Turkey-Netherlands row shows no sign of ebbing

Turkish government insists on holding campaign meetings in W-Europe, but Germany and the Netherlands will have none of it.

Motshekga: I believe that a comprehensive, well-rounded and accurate teaching of history will help our learners understand themselves better and assist the country in moving forward together. (Daniel Born/Gallo Images/The Times)

Citadel reflects vain hopes

Poor city planning and failed public-private partnerships doomed the floating building that what was to be Rotterdam’s pride.

European trial of Somali pirate suspects opens

The first European trial of suspected Somali pirates opened in The Netherlands on Tuesday with five men denying they attempted to hijack a ship.

Nadal stunned in day of upsets in Rotterdam

Top seed Rafael Nadal was stunned 3-6 6-3 6-4 by Italian Andreas Seppi in one of series of second-round upsets at the World Indoor Tournament on Thursday. Second seed Nikolay…

Calls for kidney market as transplant demand soars

World markets match buyers and sellers for goods as different as oil and wheat or cars and computers. Why not for human organs like kidneys? Strong demand for life-saving…

Ajax down PSV to win Dutch Cup

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored two goals on Sunday to help Ajax win the Dutch Cup with a 2-1 victory over PSV Eindhoven. The win boosted Danny Blind’s chances of keeping his job as…

Bird flu virus ‘close to pandemic’

A leading scientist warned on Wednesday that the avian flu virus is on the point of mutating into a pandemic disease and says that current estimates that such a pandemic could…

Federer outlasts Ljubicic to win Rotterdam Open

Roger Federer triumphed in his 15th straight final without a loss on Sunday as he shut down the 782Â 250-euros Rotterdam Open. The Swiss world number one, who claimed 11 titles…

Clay aces victorious in Rotterdam

Clay-court kings Juan Carlos Ferrero and Guillermo Coria broadened their tennis horizons with convincing opening-round victories indoors at the €782 250 Rotterdam Cup on Monday.…