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Michigan community welcomes first city pig

By SYDNEY SMITH - Associated Press

US veterans of 1943 bomber crash commemorated in Holland

By ELOISE OGDEN - Associated Press

Italy makes cross-border bust of nearly 600 pounds of heroin

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This March 24, 2018, file photo shows a sign in a Starbucks located in downtown Pittsburgh. Starbucks is restructuring its European operations after several years of slowing sales. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Starbucks selling stores, closing office in Europe

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A worker picks tomatoes hanging from vines in the family-run Lans greenhouses in Maasdijk, Netherlands, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. For years, the Dutch agriculture, horticulture and logistics industries have been refined so that if a supermarket in London suddenly wants more tomatoes it can get them from the greenhouse to the store shelf in a matter of hours. The seamless customs union and single market within the European Union have, for decades, eradicated customs checks and minimized waiting at borders. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

No Brexit deal could snarl major ports, hitting exports

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

France's Antoine Griezmann celebrates scoring his side's 2nd goal during a UEFA Nations League soccer match between France and Germany at Stade de France stadium in Saint Denis, north of Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Germany loses again in 2-1 defeat to World Cup winner France

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte gets up as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang proposes a toast during luncheon in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Chinese premier pledges access for Dutch companies

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Netherland's Virgil Van Dijk celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between The Netherlands and Germany at the Johan Cruyff ArenA in Amsterdam, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Netherlands thrashes Germany 3-0 to pile pressure on Loew

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Urgenda director Marjan Minnesma, left, waits for judges to enter the appeals court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, where the Dutch government appealed a 2015 landmark ruling ordering the government to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent by 2020 in a climate case that activists hope will set a worldwide precedent. The case was brought to court by Urgenda, a sustainability organization on behalf of some 900 citizens, claiming that the the government has a duty of care to protect its citizens against looming dangers.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch appeals court upholds landmark climate case ruling

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov enters a hall during his meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia dismisses suspected spy actions as routine Dutch trip

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Unilever scraps plan to leave London headquarters

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

In this image released by the Dutch Defense Ministry on Thursday Oct. 4, 2018, one of the many phones belonging to four Russian officers of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, GRU, is seen after one of the four officers tried to destroy it when they were caught on April 13, 2018. The officers were expelled from the Netherlands for allegedly trying to hack into the chemical watchdog OPCW's network. The Dutch defense minister on Thursday Oct. 4, 2018, accused Russia's military intelligence unit of attempted cybercrimes targeting the U.N. chemical weapons watchdog and the investigation into the 2014 Malaysian Airlines crash over Ukraine. (Dutch Defense Ministry via AP)

Alleged operations by Russia’s GRU in recent years

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Britain's Defence Minister Gavin Williamson stands in the main chamber during the second day of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at a gathering of NATO defence ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson on Thursday branded a series of global cyberattacks blamed on Russia as the reckless actions of a &quot;pariah state&quot; and said that Britain and its NATO allies would expose such actions in the future. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

The Latest: Russian envoy rejects reports of cybercrimes

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Spanish passengers wait for their flight to Malaga, Spain, in front of Ryanair airline check-in desks during a Ryanair employees strike at the Charleroi airport, outside Brussels, Belgium, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Ryanair pilots and cabin crew went on strike forcing the cancellation of some 250 flights across Europe, including Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Thousands of travelers affected in Europe by Ryanair strike

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Russia: Missile that shot down flight MH17 was Ukrainian

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, a virologist works inside the Spiez Laboratory that conducts chemical weapons tests in Spiez, Switzerland. Dutch authorities arrested and expelled two suspected Russian spies some months ago, for allegedly trying to hack the Spiez Laboratory, Switzerland’s government confirmed Friday Sept. 14, 2018, as it summoned the Russian ambassador to protest an “attempted attack.” (Peter Schneider/Keystone FILE via AP)

Dutch ousted Russians for alleged attempt to hack Swiss lab

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Armenian child asylum-seekers allowed to stay in Netherlands

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

In this image made from video, Dutch police officers stand near the scene of a stabbing attack near the central daily station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Friday Aug. 31, 2018. Police the Dutch capital shot and wounded a suspect Friday following a stabbing at the central railway station. Amsterdam police said in a series of tweets that two people were injured in the stabbing and the suspect was then shot by officers. (AP Photo/Alex Furtula)

The Latest: Dutch terror threat level stays at 4 of 5

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Pakistani authorities place shipping containers at the entrance of diplomatic enclave in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. Hard-line Islamists who started a march toward Pakistan's capital to protest a far-right Dutch lawmaker's plans to hold a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest have been stopped by police. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistanis to rally in capital against Dutch cartoon contest

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, Maarten van der Weijden, of the Netherlands, reacts after winning the men's swimming marathon at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, after beating leukemia. In a fundraising feat that has captured the imagination of the nation, Maarten van der Weijden is about three-quarters of the way through the 200-kilometer (124-mile) swim by Monday Aug. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, FILE)

Ill health forces Dutch Olympian to halt long-distance swim

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press