Author: Mike Corder
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European, Asian leaders want free trade, push back at Trump
BRUSSELS • Europe and Asia presented a united front Friday in support of free trade based on international rules and cooperation, starkly underscoring their differences with U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy. That support for free trade “is the most important signal from this summit, especially valid in the current geopolitical context,” EU Council…
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Investigators: Russian military missile downed Flight MH17
BUNNIK, Netherlands — Detailed analysis of video and photos has unequivocally established that the Buk missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine nearly four years ago came from a Russia-based military unit, an international team of investigators said Thursday. It is the clearest link yet published by the team of the…
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Accepting rights award, Kaepernick decries ‘lawful lynching’
AMSTERDAM — Amnesty International gave former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick its Ambassador of Conscience Award on Saturday for his kneeling protest of racial injustice that launched a sports movement and might have cost him his job. Onetime San Francisco 49ers teammate Eric Reid presented Kaepernick with the award during a ceremony in Amsterdam, the capital…
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VIDEO: Bosnian war general dies after drinking poison in courtroom at The Hague
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Seconds after a U.N. judge confirmed his 20-year war crimes sentence on Wednesday, former Bosnian Croat military commander Slobodan Praljak shouted, “I am not a war criminal!” threw back his head, drank liquid from a small bottle and told the court he had taken poison. A flustered judge halted the hearing…
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War crimes convict reportedly dies after drinking poison in courtroom
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Croatian state TV reported Wednesday that a convicted Croat war criminal has died after swallowing what he said was poison seconds after a United Nations judge confirmed his 20-year sentence for involvement in crimes during the Bosnian war of the 1990s. In a stunning end to the final case at the…
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Dutch fuming at retired U.S. general’s comments on gays
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch prime minister Friday denounced as “irresponsible” a claim by a retired U.S. general that gay Dutch soldiers were partly to blame for allowing Europe’s worst massacre since World War II. Dutch officials, from the Cabinet to the military, were outraged by retired Gen. John Sheehan’s remarks at a Senate…
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AUTO RACING: ING to cut Formula One budget
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Dutch bank ING is slashing millions of dollars from its Formula One program this season as part of a massive cost-cutting effort triggered by the global financial crisis. ING NV is in the final season of a three-year sponsorship deal with Renault and will review that deal this year, company…