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Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologized for the royal house's role in slavery and asked forgiveness in a speech greeted by cheers and whoops at an event to commemorate the anniversary of the country abolishing slavery in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

The Dutch king apologizes for his country’s role in slavery on 150th anniversary of abolition

By Ahmad Seir and Mike Corder - Associated Press

Protesters pray outside Dutch government buildings in The Hague, Netherlands, on Monday, April 9, 2001, as the Upper House of Parliament began debating registration that will legalize euthanasia under strict guidelines. Slogan on table reads, "Human considers, God decides." Several people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanized in the Netherlands in recent years because they said they could not lead normal lives, researchers have found. The Netherlands was the first country to allow doctors to kill patients at their request if they met strict requirements. (AP Photo/Serge Ligtenberg, File)

Some Dutch people seeking euthanasia cite autism or intellectual disabilities, researchers say

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community look for clothes to wear among items provided by a charity organization at the Nowruz camp, in Derike, Syria on Aug. 12, 2014. The Netherlands and Belgium have joined an international investigation into atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority in Syria and Iraq, the European Union's judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, announced Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File)

Netherlands and Belgium join international probe into crimes against Yazidis in Syria and Iraq

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

FILE - Support beams stabilize an historic farm in Hunzinge, northern Netherlands, on Jan. 19, 2018. Extraction from one of the world's largest natural gas fields will end in October, the Dutch government announced Friday, June 23, 2023 turning off a lucrative tap that has also sparked unrest by causing a string of earthquakes. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch government to end gas extraction in northern province after 60 years and many damaging quakes

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Manchester City's Rodrigo holds the trophy after the Champions League final soccer match between Manchester City and Inter Milan at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Champions League players aim for another trophy at Nations League Final Four

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This file photo shows an exterior view of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands on Feb. 18, 2019. Hearings open Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at the United Nations’ highest court in a case brought by Ukraine against Russia linked to Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) **FILE**

Ukraine brands Russia ‘terrorist state’ to open hearings in case against Russia at top U.N. court

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, left, poses with Dutch King Willem-Alexander prior to a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, May 11, 2023. China continues its diplomatic push in Europe with a high-level visit to the Netherlands where Vice President Han Zheng will be meeting the King and Premier and facing questions about its relations with Russia and the European Union. (Patrick van Katwijk/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese vice president visits Netherlands, continuing diplomatic push in Europe

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacts during a press conference of the Nordic-Ukrainian Summit at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday May 3, 2023. Zelenskyy is in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, for a one-day Nordic summit. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Ukraine’s leader takes plea for justice to war crimes court

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Erik Akerboom, director-general of the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service, AIVD, painted a grim picture during a press conference in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, Thursday, April 13, 2023, of a growing number of internal and external threats to the rule of law in the Netherlands compounded by Russia's war in Ukraine and international cyber attacks and espionage. In its annual report, the General Intelligence and Security Service AIVD called China "the biggest threat to the Netherlands' economic security." (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

Dutch intel agency paints grim picture of multiple threats

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to open new pharmaceutical production facilities in the Kaliningrad Region, Mordovia and St Petersburg via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 30, 2023. An international arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin raises the prospect of justice for the man whose country invaded Ukraine but complicates efforts to end that war in peace talks. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

War-crimes warrant for Putin could complicate Ukraine peace

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Liverpool's Cody Gakpo controls the ball during the Champions League, round of 16, second leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

5 players out as viral infection hits Netherlands squad

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Upside-down Dutch flags fly in protest against the Dutch government's plans to drastically reduce emissions of nitrogen pollutants by the country's agricultural sector, next to a election billboard for the agrarian political BBB Party, BoerBurgerBeweging, or Farmer–Citizen Movement, in Ooststellingwerf, northern Netherlands, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Thousands of demonstrators are expected to join an anti-government protest by farmers' organizations in The Hague, Netherlands, Saturday, March 11, 2023. The protest comes days before Dutch provincial elections on March 15, in which a party representing farmers' interests is expected to perform well. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Farmers, environmental activists hold demos in The Hague

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Darryl George, right, of Australia is congratulated by teammate Rixon Wingrove after completing a home run during their Pool B game against Chinaat the World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Ohtani, Sasaki help Japan reach World Classic quarterfinals

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People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, July 17, 2014. An international team is presenting an update Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, on its investigation into the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine. The announcement comes nearly three months after a Dutch court convicted two Russians and a Ukrainian rebel for their roles in shooting down the Boeing 777 and killing all 298 people on board on July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

International team to present update on MH17 investigation

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

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Dutch treat: Hometown hero Giri scores breakthrough win at Tata Steel Masters

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Extinction Rebellion activists and sympathisers block a busy road in The Hague, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Earlier this week seven Extinction Rebellion activists were detained by authorities for sedition linked to the protest. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Climate activists block main road into The Hague

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden during a round table meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 29, 2022. Biden is set to host Rutte for talks. The U.S. administration is looking to persuade the Netherlands to further limit China's access to advanced semiconductors with export restrictions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Biden to host Netherlands PM for talks on tech, Ukraine

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

The Dutch flag flies upside down from a tractor during a small protest outside parliament, where Johan Remkes, an independent mediator, delivered his report into the Dutch government's plans to drastically reduce emissions of nitrogen pollutants by the country's agricultural sector during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. The plans have sparked nationwide protests by angry farmers who fear for their livelihoods. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Concern over agricultural emissions plants a seed of degrowth

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

FILE - Wreath laying at the National Slavery Monument after Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema apologized for the involvement of the city's rulers in the slave trade during a nationally televised annual ceremony in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, July 1, 2021. The Netherlands is expected to issue a national apology for its brutal slavery past when Dutch officials visit their former Caribbean colonies in late Dec. 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Caribbean divided as Netherlands mulls slavery apology

By Gerold Rozenblad and Danica Coto - Associated Press

Argentina's head coach Lionel Scaloni attends a press conference ahead of the semifinal soccer match between Argentina and Croatia in Doha, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Scaloni defends players’ behavior against Dutch at World Cup

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press