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Princess Amalia's salary allowance to hit €1.6 million in 2025

The first expense allowance that Princess Amalia will receive next year amounts to 1.6 million euros.

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News Image Most US Teens Use Generative AI. Most of Their Parents Don’t Know

A news survey shows that AI use among high schoolers has exploded in recent months, as educators and parents struggle to keep up.

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How the Dutch Cabinet's 2025 budget affects your wallet; Deficit of €31.9 billion likely

The first Cabinet of Prime Minister Dick Schoof said in its debut budget plan for 2025 that it is expecting to spend 457 billion euros next year, but that collected revenue will total about 425.1 b

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News Image Did a Chinese University Hacking Competition Target a Real Victim?

Participants in a hacking competition with ties to China’s military were, unusually, required to keep their activities secret, but security researchers say the mystery only gets stranger from there.

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Meters-long banners to protest against VAT increase for books, sports on Budget Day

Various organizations from the culture, sport, and book sectors protested on Tuesday against the proposed increase in VAT rates.

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Barendrecht man, 45, reportedly confesses to sexually abusing 19 children

An investigation into allegations of extensive sexual abuse of children at the hands of a single man in Barendrecht is currently focused on 19 minor-aged victims.

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Cabinet to cut €110 million from budget for public transport in three major cities

The public transport in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague will have to make do with 110 million euros less from 2026.

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Full text of King Willem-Alexander's Prinsjesdag 2024 speech in English

King Willem-Alexander delivered his annual Speech from the Throne on Tuesday, a highlight to Prinsjesdag.

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23andMe sees independent board directors quit en masse

23andMe, the personal genomics company, went public in early 2021 via a merger with a blank check company that valued it at $3.5 billion. Then its fortunes began to sink. Fading interest in DNA kits – 23andMe’s main product –  was one driver. So was news last year that hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 […]

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News Image Scientists Identify New Blood Group After a 50 Year Mystery

A medical breakthrough that could save lives.

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