Few categories are as ripe for automation-fueled disruption as construction. The industry is valued at around $2 trillion a year, in the U.S. alone. Much of that work is strenuous, repetitive and sometimes dangerous — precisely the sorts of problems industrial robotics are built to solve. The other thing construction brings is a wide range … Read more
The vow is “til death do us part.” But for former Dutch prime minister Dries van Agt and his wife, Eugenie, the aim was to leave this life the same way they had spent the past seven decades — together. The couple, both 93, died “hand in hand” earlier this month, according to a statement … Read more
Voters in St. Maarten have upheld the Dutch Caribbean territory’s main political party, the National Alliance, in general elections SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Voters in St. Maarten have upheld the Dutch Caribbean territory’s main political party, the National Alliance, in general elections. The party of the current prime minister, Silveria Jacobs, won four of … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch government announced Friday it is preparing to give 18 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, in a boost for the embattled nation that is growing increasingly anxious about aid from its Western allies. The Dutch defense minister, Kajsa Ollongren, sent a letter to parliament outlining the plan to donate the … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court on Friday rejected a request by a group of human rights and humanitarian organizations to order a halt to the transfer to Israel of parts for F-35 fighter jets. The organizations went to court Dec. 4 arguing that delivery of parts for the aircraft makes the Netherlands complicit … Read more
BREDA, Netherlands — A paradox at the heart of the Netherlands’ permissive pot policy went up in smoke Friday in two Dutch cities as “coffeeshops” began selling the country’s first legally cultivated cannabis as part of an experiment to regulate the trade. The experiment could mark the beginning of the end for a long-standing legal … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The far-right party led by Dutch election winner Geert Wilders should open negotiations with three other parties on forming a new government, the official appointed to investigate possible coalitions said Monday. Ronald Plasterk, who acted as the “scout” in two weeks of preliminary talks, said it was “too early” to say … Read more
Omid Scobie has just been exposed for sending a second draft that exposed the identity of racist royals Omid Scobie ‘sneaked’ racist-naming draft to Dutch translator? It has just been reported that Omid Scobie did in fact send over a second version of the book Endgame, and this one did include the names of the … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Human rights lawyers went to court in the Netherlands on Monday to call for a halt to the export of fighter jet parts to Israel that could be used in attacks on Gaza. The organizations allege that delivery of parts for F-35 jets makes the Netherlands complicit in possible war crimes … Read more
The sale of a Dutch translation of a British royals biography has been halted after a member of the royal family was named as expressing concern about the skin color of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle’s son while she was pregnant, the book’s author said. Markle, who is half Black and half white, … Read more