Setback for Trump: Senate won't pay for golden ballroom
The US Senate is tentatively putting a stop to $400 million in federal security funding for the majestic White House ballroom.
Amsterdam could earn millions with arrival of Harry Styles
Between Saturday, May 16 and Friday, June 5, pop star Harry Styles will give ten concerts in the Johan Cruijff Arena. With about 700,000 visitors epxtected, Amsterdam expects a major economic boost.
Honda dives into the red for the first time
Japanese automaker Honda posted a billion-dollar loss in the 2025-2026 fiscal year. This also marks a historic first for the company as it has never before closed a fiscal year at a loss.
AI also costs (many) jobs in tech sector itself
The tech sector is losing jobs at an alarming rate this year. According to the website Layoffs.fyi, during the first four months of 2026, over 103,500 jobs at 131 tech companies have already disappeared: that's almost as many as in all of 2025, when the total came to over 124,000 jobs at 272 companies.
Hot topic on Trump's visit to China: Taiwan
US President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to China from Wednesday to Friday at the invitation of President Xi Jinping. It's the first visit by a U.S. president to China since 2017. The visit was previously scheduled for March, but was postponed due to the war in Iran.
AI takes over jobs at Dutch tech company: 1 in 5 employees must leave
On Monday, May 11, Bird's ceo Vis informed all employees that the European workforce is shrinking by 20 percent. He also posted the internal message on LinkedIn. In it, he indicates that the "employee base" is moving closer to customers in the United States. According to Vis, Bird's customer base is increasingly no longer in the Amsterdam time zone. And in addition, AI also plays a big role in this drastic decision. The company made the decision to lay off many employees to adapt to the changing technological landscape.
Olympic Games in the Netherlands: dream becomes increasingly realistic
There is a growing likelihood that 102 years after the Amsterdam Summer Olympics, Olympic games will once again take place on Dutch soil.
Tunnel between Africa and Europe becomes increasingly realistic
A new feasibility study has shown that a tunnel between Spain and Morocco is not impossible after all. Will the continents of Africa and Europe soon be connected by a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar?
Poland borrows 44 billion euros from European Union to modernize army
Poland has become the first EU member state to sign a loan agreement under the European Union's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative. The European Commission is lending the country nearly 44 billion euros through the SAFE program.
United Arab Emirates receives millions in European agricultural subsidies
The royal family of the United Arab Emirates bought up farmland in Spain, Italy and Romania through companies and a sovereign wealth fund, DeSmog investigative journalists revealed. As a result, they were entitled to 71 million euros in European agricultural subsidies between 2019 and 2024.