Category: Netherlands

LIVE 12/13 at 10:30 AM ET: ‘Smart City’ Surveillance Program to Start in Netherlands; Human Factory Farm Plans to Grow Babies

Following programs to close farms in the Netherlands, a follow-up program aims to build a model for future smart cities. This proposes new high-tech infrastructure, but the benefits come with costs to privacy and some freedoms. Are the benefits of the programs worth the cost? And in other news, a company called EctoLife released a…


Argentina Reaches World Cup Semifinals After Beating Netherlands on Penalties

LUSAIL, Qatar—Argentina beat the Netherlands 4–3 in a penalty shootout to keep Lionel Messi’s World Cup dream alive on Friday after the Dutch had snatched a 2–2 draw from the jaws of defeat in an extraordinary quarter-final. Emiliano Martinez saved the first two Dutch penalties to give Argentina a huge advantage and Lautaro Martinez sent…


Netherlands’ Noppert on Messi in World Cup: ‘He’s a Human’

DOHA, Qatar—Andries Noppert is ready to face Lionel Messi if the Argentina star takes a penalty kick in Friday’s World Cup quarterfinal match. “He’s the same like us. He’s a human,” the Netherlands goalkeeper said Wednesday. Messi has scored 21 goals in 26 penalty kick attempts for Argentina among his 94 international goals. He converted…


Netherlands Eliminates US in Round of 16 at World Cup With a 3–1 Victory

AL RAYYAN, Qatar—Memphis Depay and Daley Blind scored in the first half and Denzil Dumfries added a late goal as the Netherlands eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 3–1 victory Saturday that advanced the Dutch to the quarterfinals. Second-half subsitute Haji Wright cut the U.S. deficit to 2–1 in the 76th…


Netherlands Eliminates US in Round of 16 at World Cup With 3–1 Victory

The United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) fell to No. 8 Netherlands 3–1 on Dec. 3 at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Denzel Dumfries assisted the first two goals and put the game away late with his own finish. The Netherlands scored first from a back-cross from Dumfries to Memphis Depay for his 43rd international…


Netherlands Beats Host Qatar 2–0 to Advance at World Cup

AL KHOR, Qatar—The Netherlands finished off the worst showing by any World Cup host nation by beating Qatar 2–0 on Tuesday. The Dutch advanced to the round of 16 while the Qataris, who were already eliminated, became the first host to lose all three of its group matches at soccer’s biggest event. Cody Gakpo put…


Riots in Belgium, Netherlands After Morocco Win at World Cup

BRUSSELS—Riots broke out in several Belgian and Dutch cities after Morocco’s 2–0 upset win over Belgium at the World Cup Sunday. Police detained about a dozen people after they deployed water cannons and fired tear gas to disperse crowds in Brussels and eight more in the Northern city of Antwerp. Two police officials were injured…


Netherlands to Cull Another 29,000 Chickens to Contain Bird Flu

AMSTERDAM—The Netherlands is to cull another 29,000 chickens on a farm in the north of the country after the detection of a highly infectious strain of bird flu, the government said on Monday. The farm is in the town of Koudum, 100 kms (62 miles) west of Groningen. A transport ban has been imposed on…


Setting the Table for Famine

“These famines that are building are biblical,” Michael Yon says. “I don’t use that word lightly. At this rate, the Bible is going to need a new chapter. It’s really that serious.” In a recent episode of EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek speaks with Yon, a former Green Beret, writer, photographer, and long-time…


Major European Refinery Malfunctions, Worsening Fuel Supply Situation

Shell plc’s Pernis refinery in the Netherlands, the biggest refinery in Europe, has been shut down due to a malfunction, complicating an already tight fuel supply situation in the region. On Oct. 12, the compressor of fluid catalytic cracker unit 2 tripped due to a loss of power supply, Bloomberg reported. The plant, located near…