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☆ Jeff Bezos' tips on how to run a company and manage your team
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In his 27 years at the helm of Amazon, Jeff Bezos taught his successor, Jassy, and others a lot about how to run one of the world's biggest businesses. One of Bezos' meeting no-nos is PowerPoints, which he has banned in company meetings. "I thought to myself, 'We can sell anything this way,'" Bezos said. Bezos says Type 1 decisions take up most of your time, while Type 2 decisions should be delegated or grouped with other smaller decisions for later. Bezos believes you should make decisions with 70% of the information you wish you had, and iterate from there.

Persons: —, Andy Jassy, Jeff Bezos, Jassy, Jeff, Bezos, he's, It's, He's, they've, centibillionaire, you'll, you'd Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Amazon

☆ The college-student heir to the Dutch throne said she secretly moved to Spain to avoid getting kidnapped
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Dutch princess faced a kidnapping threat while studying at the University of Amsterdam in 2022. AdvertisementThe heir to the throne of the Netherlands, Princess Amalia, said that her fear of being kidnapped forced her to move countries. AdvertisementShe moved to a regular accommodation block in 2020, even though the Dutch royals have a palace in Amsterdam. As a result, she moved back to the main Dutch royal residence in The Hague. Princess Amalia of The Netherlands at the University of Amsterdam on September 5.

Persons: Princess Catharina, Amalia of, Catharina, —, Princess Amalia, Amalia, Princess Amalia of The, van Katwijk, King Willem, Alexander, Per, Britain's Princess Anne, Michael Fagan, Fagan Organizations: University of Amsterdam, Service, BBC, Bild, Guardian, NOS, People, Royals, Royal Locations: Netherlands, Spain, Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Princess Amalia of The Netherlands, Corona, Madrid, Dutch, Buckingham

☆ Chinese Grand Prix could deliver drama to F1 and slow Verstappen’s victory march
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing reacts during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of China at Shanghai International Circuit on April 18, 2024 in Shanghai, China. Edmund So | Getty ImagesThe Chinese Grand Prix could deliver some much-needed drama to Formula 1, and Red Bull's Max Verstappen can't be penciled in as the almost-certain winner on Sunday. It's also the season's first GP with a sprint race, which means Friday's practice session was the only one of the weekend. This is the first F1 race in China in five years, scratched from the calendar by the COVID-19 pandemic. Horner accepted the concern but noted the Shanghai circuit is a known quantity, hosting races since 2004.

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☆ Ede: Hostage situation unfolds at Dutch cafe in central town
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Jessie Gretener | Joshua Berlinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A hostage situation involving several people is underway in the central Dutch town of Ede, according to local authorities. The hostages are being held at a cafe in the center of town. The incident triggered authorities to evacuate about 150 homes in the area, local police said. Three hostages were released Saturday morning, but the situation remains ongoing, provincial police said. Ede Mayor Rene Verhulst called the incident a “terrible situation” and said his thoughts and concerns were with those affected.

Persons: CNN —, De Telegraaf, Rene Verhulst Organizations: CNN, NOS, Ede, Authorities Locations: Ede

☆ Dutch hostage situation in nightclub continuing, three released, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A hostage situation in a nightclub in the eastern Dutch town of Ede was continuing on Saturday, and three people have been released, police said in a statement. A gunman took several people hostage earlier on Saturday and threatened to detonate a bomb, media reports said. Several special police units were deployed to the scene, a building in the centre of town, police said in a post on social media. People were being held at the Petticoat nightclub by a man with weapons and explosives, national newspaper de Telegraaf reported, citing several anonymous sources. Trains to and from Ede were cancelled, railway operator NS said on its website.

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☆ How Fragrance Companies Are Experimenting With AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Leila Jordan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The company works on the business-to-business side of the industry, designing and creating scents for various companies worldwide. Givaudan launched Myrissi, its AI tool, last year to demystify fragrance development. A new kind of signature scentSome fragrance brands use tech to decipher scent preferences and create personalized scents. Chaille de Nere told BI he didn't want that to happen in the fragrance industry. While AI's role in the beauty industry has yet to take shape, the fragrance industry is betting on the technology.

Persons: Rachel Herz, Herz, Frederik Duerinck, Hertz, Johan Chaille de, Givaudan, Sandra Kinnmark, Angelica Lonnberg, Caroline Borg, Kinnmark, Duerinck, EveryHuman, TJ, Chaille de Nere, perfumers, Chaille de Organizations: Brown University, NOS, Emotiontech, Hallwyl, NOS Emotiontech, Union Locations: Swedish, Highland, Stockholm, London

The ruling was not related to a defense effort to disqualify Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., who is leading the case. Count 5 concerned a call that Mr. Trump made to David Ralston, who was then the speaker of the Georgia House. During that conversation Mr. Trump pressed Mr. Ralston to call a special legislative session to appoint new electors. Mr. Trump and his former personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, had faced the most charges, at 13 apiece. They include Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, and John Eastman, a legal architect of the plot to deploy fake electors in swing states that Mr. Trump lost.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Scott McAfee, Fani, Willis, “, importuned, Brad Raffensperger, ”, McAfee, Steven H, Count, Raffensperger, Joseph R, Biden, David Ralston, Ralston, Rudolph W, Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman, Ray Smith III, Robert Cheeley, Anthony Michael Kreis, Kreis, Donald Trump, ” Norman Eisen, Eisen, Smith’s, Don Samuel, Ray Smith, Brian Kemp of, Nathan Wade Organizations: Fulton Superior Court, Prosecutors, Count, Trump, White House, Georgia State University, Act . Defense, Gov, Republican Locations: Atlanta, Georgia, Fulton, Fulton County ,, Brian Kemp of Georgia

☆ Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s sons publish unfinished novel that the late author wanted ‘destroyed’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Pau Mosquera | Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Gabriel García Márquez’s last novel, “Memories of My Melancholy Whores,” was published 20 years ago, but the late Colombian author’s legacy did not end there. On Wednesday, the day García Márquez would have turned 97, the now-finished novel, “Until August,” was published by the author’s sons Rodrigo and Gonzalo García. But, as the pair acknowledge in the book’s preamble, García Márquez didn’t want the work to be released. The Colombian author’s memory loss undermined his confidence in his work, his sons said. García Márquez’s sons have confirmed that there are no other unfinished novels in storage.

Persons: CNN — Gabriel García Márquez’s, ”, —, “, Rodrigo, Gonzalo García, didn’t, García, Gonzalo, Gabriel García Marquez, Fernando Vergara, ” Rodrigo, García Márquez, Márquez, Ana Magdalena Bach, Cristóbal Pera Organizations: CNN, University of Texas, Cervantes Institute, Random Locations: Colombian, Madrid, Bogota, Colombia, Caribbean, “

☆ Are we in the Anthropocene Epoch? Not so fast, geologists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Scientists have voted against a proposal to declare a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene to reflect how profoundly human activity has altered the planet. The vote followed a 15-year process to select a geological site that best captures humanity’s impact on the planet. Some experts argued that the start of the Anthropocene could be better defined in other ways, such as the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. “This is the commission’s expert group for this interval of geological time and we are bound by its decision. Regardless of whether the term is officially classified as a geological epoch, Anthropocene is already widely in use, Cohen noted.

Persons: Kim Cohen, ”, Cohen, Phil Gibbard, eon, Colin Waters, Waters, …, David Harper, ” Harper, hadn’t, “ Organizations: CNN —, International Union of Geological Sciences, CNN Tuesday, geosciences, Utrecht University, Scott Polar Research, University of Cambridge, Geologists, University of Leicester, Durham University, International, of Locations: Ontario, Netherlands, United Kingdom

☆ Why Monster Beverage is the best-performing stock of the last 30 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Natalie Rice | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It's actually an energy drink company: Monster Beverage . Monster's stock has climbed for decades, along with sales, which have grown consistently for 31 years straight. Between Feb. 14, 1994, and Wednesday, Monster's stock appreciated by about 200,000%. Monster Beverage is a holding company composed of subsidiaries that produce and manufacture drinks including energy, alcohol, teas and coffees. The company attracted the attention of beverage giant Coca-Cola , which entered into a strategic partnership with the company now called Monster Beverage in 2015.

Persons: It's, Rodney Sacks, Hilton Schlosberg, Mark Astrachan, Sacks, Schlosberg, Monster, Nik Modi, Modi, Coke, Monster's, they've Organizations: Monster Beverage, South, Beverage, Energy, Natural Corporation, Capital Markets, Analysts, Nascar

Taylor tied the course record with an 11-under 60 in the first round and shot 70 in the second. That moved much of the second round into Saturday and there was another delay — this one for just 21 minutes — in the morning because of unplayable conditions. Scottie Scheffler — eyeing his third straight Phoenix Open win — shot 66 and is four shots back at 8 under. Theegala shot up the leaderboard on the back nine, with birdies on Nos. The 26-year-old — a three-time All-American at Pepperdine — earned his first PGA Tour win last year at the Fortinet Championship.

Persons: Theegala, Nick Taylor, Andrew Novak, Taylor, Novak, It’s, McNealy, Doug Ghin, Scottie Scheffler — eyeing, He's, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Pepperdine —, ” Theegala, ” Organizations: TPC Scottsdale, Phoenix, PGA, American, Pepperdine, “ Locations: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dustin Johnson won LIV Golf Las Vegas on Saturday in windy and chilly conditions for his third victory on the Saudi-funded tour, pulling ahead with a birdie on No. Johnson shot a 1-under 69 to finish at 12-under 198 at Las Vegas Country Club, breaking out of a late six-way tie on another day with the temperature barely climbing into the 50s in the shadow of the Super Bowl. Johnson opened with a birdie on the par-5 first, then dropped back with bogeys on Nos. 13, 15 and 17 — holing a 12-footer on the par-4 17th — and made the par save on the par-4 18th for the victory, hitting to 12 feet from the rough and two-putting. The 39-year-old Johnson has won in each of LIV's first three seasons, taking playoffs in Boston in September 2022 and Tulsa, Oklahoma, last May.

Persons: — Dustin Johnson, LIV, Peter Uihlein, Talor Gooch, Johnson, “, ” Johnson, I’ve, ” Gooch, Uihlein, Gooch, ” Uihlein, LIV's, ” Matthew Wolff, Graeme McDowell, Paul Casey, Jason Kokrak, Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, McDowell, Brooks Koepka, ___ Organizations: LAS VEGAS, LIV Golf, LIV Golf Las Vegas, Saudi, Las Vegas Country Club, Super, PGA, Johnson's 4Aces Locations: LIV Golf Las, Boston, Tulsa , Oklahoma, Saudi, Hong Kong, Doral, Kokrak

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau each shot 8-under 62 on Friday to share the lead at LIV Golf Las Vegas, with fellow major champion Jon Rahm two strokes back with a day left in his second event on the Saudi-funded tour. In the shadow of the Super Bowl, Johnson and DeChambeau reached 11-under 129 at Las Vegas Country Club on another chilly day with the temperature barely in the 50s. Rahm had a 63 to join Peter Uihlein (65) and Matthew Wolff (66) at 9 under. In the team competition, Johnson's 4Aces were tied for the lead at 26 under with a RangeGoats team featuring Uihlein, Wolff and Watson. Last year, Johnson won LIV Golf Tulsa and DeChambeau topped fields at Greenbrier and Chicago.

Persons: — Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Johnson, DeChambeau, Rahm, Peter Uihlein, Matthew Wolff, Talor Gooch, Jason Kokrak, Paul Casey, Harold Varner III, Bubba Watson, Cameron Smith, Laurie Canter, Johnson's 4Aces, Uihlein, Wolff, Watson, DeChambeau's Crushers, Nos, Joaquin Niemann, Sergio Garcia, ___ Organizations: LAS VEGAS, LIV Golf, LIV Golf Las Vegas, Saudi, Las Vegas Country Club, LIV Golf Tulsa Locations: LIV Golf Las, Greenbrier, Chicago, Mexico

The Fall-Winter 2024 edition of Seoul Fashion Week, which wrapped up earlier this week, saw runway shows from more than 20 established and emerging brands. Jean Chung/Getty ImagesA Fashion Week attendee in all-black, complete with hoodie, bomber jacket and chunky futuristic footwear. Jean Chung/Getty ImagesJeong Yoon-gyeong, left, and Lee Yosep, right, wear gray bags from South Korean label Nos Couleurs. Jean Chung/Getty ImagesModels (from left) Yun Mi-young, 58, Choi Soon-hea, 80, and Kang Seun-hee, 64, on the first day of Seoul Fashion Week. Jean Chung/Getty ImagesWearing a black dress and adorned with lipstick kisses, model Shlee Nau was excited to see South Korean brand Ulkin's show.

Persons: Sooy Park’s, Maison, Jean Chung, Kahyun Lee, CNN Parnika, ” Kahyun Lee, CNN Ha, Choi, Jeong Yoon, Lee Yosep, Yun Mi, Kang Seun, Kang, Soeun Kim, CNN Wu Qin Qin, Shlee Nau, Kang Hyun, Jeong Organizations: South Korea CNN, Seoul Fashion, Maison Nica, CNN Locations: Seoul, South Korea, York, London, Milan, Paris, South, South Korea’s

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark had an unforgettable round at hallowed Pebble Beach when everything went his way and every putt seemed to go in. It also might be enough to give him another big title and $3.6 million without hitting another shot at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Dustin Johnson was the last player to win Pebble Beach over 54 holes in 2009. Payne Stewart was the last player to win over 54 holes at Pebble Beach with a birdie on his last hole Saturday in 1999. Aberg, who missed a 2-foot par putt at Spyglass Hill on Thursday, has played bogey-free for two days at Pebble Beach.

Persons: Wyndham Clark, Clark, Ludvig Aberg, Gary Young, Dustin Johnson, Payne Stewart, “, ” Clark, “ You've, ’, let’s, Hurly Long, Young, Aberg, Matthieu Pavon of, birdied, Scottie Scheffler, ___ Organizations: —, Nature, PGA, Carmel, Texas Tech, Torrey Locations: Calif, Germany, Matthieu Pavon of France, Torrey Pines

BRADENTON, Fla, (AP) — Hometown favorite Kelly Korda shot a 3-under 68 with an eagle-birdie finish Saturday to take a three-shot lead into the final round of the LPGA Drive On Championship. Trying to complete a wire-to-wire victory at Bradenton Country Club, Korda rebounded with the late flurry after making consecutive bogeys on Nos. “Being in Florida I always get a lot of support, but hometown, it’s crazy. “It was really windy,” said Ko, a victory short of entering the LPGA Hall of Fame. It didn’t really die down until we were pretty much on the last hole.”___

Persons: Kelly Korda, Korda, “ I’m, I’ve, ” Korda, “, It’s, Lydia Ko, Megan Khang, Ayaka Furue, ”, Ko Organizations: BRADENTON, Bradenton Country Club, Hall of Fame Locations: Fla, Florida

☆ Forget the 'Magnificent 7,' these Nasdaq stocks are next in line to lead rally, according to the charts
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Frank Cappelleri | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

We know all about the Nasdaq-100 index and the 'Magnificent 7' hype lately, but what about the stocks next in line? Well, the Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF (QQQJ) tracks the next biggest 100 Nasdaq stocks after the Nasdaq 100 – roughly Nasdaq stocks Nos. This isn't a surprise given that tech is the biggest sector in the Nasdaq Composite itself. Most importantly, the top 10 NDX stocks represent nearly 46% of the entire index. In fact, a similar scenario occurred in 2022 that eventually led to QQQJ outperforming NDX later in the year.

Persons: QQQJ, QQQJ outperforming NDX, Frank Cappelleri Organizations: Nasdaq, NASDAQ Locations: QQQJ, Technology

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy won the Dubai Desert Classic for a record fourth time after reeling in Cameron Young early in the final round then holding off Adrian Meronk down the back nine to seal a one-stroke victory on Sunday. Among his 38 wins as a professional, he had also won the Tour Championship and Wells Fargo Championship three times. Young started Day 4 with a two-stroke lead but was trailing McIlroy — his playing partner in the final group — after making bogey at No. McIlroy broke a tie with South African great Ernie Els, who had also won the Dubai Desert Classic three times, and has started 2024 with a second and first. “A couple little things still to work on,” McIlroy added, “but these weeks are great.

Persons: — Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Adrian Meronk, McIlroy, Young, McIlroy —, Tommy Fleetwood —, ”, ” Meronk, Ernie Els, “ It’s, ” McIlroy Organizations: United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Sunday, Wells Fargo, Dubai Invitational, South, Dubai Desert Locations: DUBAI, United Arab, Nos, Meronk, European, Dubai

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Sam Burns shot the best round of his life with “RTR” shaved into the side of his head. Burns fired a career-low 61 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Michael Kim and a two-shot lead on Dunlap at The American Express. While Burns was at 17-under 127 after his second straight impressive round, Dunlap and South Korea’s K.H. Burns shot 62 at the BMW Championship last season and at the Byron Nelson in 2021. He used that familiarity with the American Express courses to shoot 65-63 in the first two rounds, including six birdies on the back nine of the Nicklaus course Friday.

Persons: — Sam Burns, ”, Justin Thomas, Nick Dunlap, Burns, sizzling, Michael Kim, Dunlap, K.H, Lee, Tiger Woods, ” Dunlap, “ I've, Phil Mickelson, “ It’s, ” Burns, didn’t, Byron Nelson, Nicklaus, Thomas, gleeful, “, Nick, Saban’s, ” Kim, Kim, Alex Noren, Zach Johnson, Bob Hope, David Duval, Adam Hadwin, ___ Organizations: LSU, The American Express, Dunlap, Tiger, U.S . Amateur, U.S . Junior, PGA, BMW, La Quinta, Louisiana, Southern California's, American Express, Nicklaus, Palmer, La Quinta Country, Hadwin Locations: QUINTA, Calif, Alabama, Coachella, Dunlap, Tucson , Arizona, Nos, La, Louisiana, Palm Springs, San Diego, Sweden

He missed it when it became a World Golf Championship for only Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup players. So what to make of this new PGA Tour model of signature events and $20 million purses with small fields and most of them not having cuts? "If all the players play in those and we get great fields playing for a lot of money, then it's great. And the PGA Tour has been about doing the best for everybody, for all the pros and members. “So I'm a little mixed on that.”That's what the PGA Tour is facing this year.

Persons: — Stewart Cink, Cink, I'm, LIV, ” Cink, It's, Cink —, he's, Brian Harman, Jon Rahm, Max Homa, Patrick Cantlay, Cantlay, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Kurt Kitayama, Arnold Palmer, “, Harman, Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, McIlroy, Hatton, ” Hatton, ” Organizations: British, Sony, PGA, Firestone, Ryder, Cup, FedEx, LIV Golf, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Dubai, Dubai Invitational, Fleetwood, Alaska Airlines Locations: HONOLULU, Hawaii, Saudi, East Lake, Atlanta, Riviera, Bay Hill, Maui, Kapalua, San Francisco, Portland , Oregon, London, Dubai, Florida, West Coast

DALLAS (AP) — Jalen Williams scored 23 points and Oklahoma City rallied after allowing Dallas’ NBA-record 30-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Mavericks 126-120 on Saturday night. Dallas led 120-118 before the Thunder scored the game’s final eight points. A dunk by rookie Chet Holmgren tied the score, and Williams put the Thunder ahead for good with a reverse drive with 40 seconds left. Williams hit two free throws with eight seconds left for the final points. The Mavericks’ run was the l ongest without allowing a basket in the play-by-play era, which dates to 1996-97.

Persons: — Jalen Williams, Dallas ’, Luka Doncic, Chet Holmgren, Williams, Shai Gilgeous, Alexander, Mark Daigneault, ”, Jason Kidd, ” Daigneault, ” Gilgeous, Cason Wallace, Davis Bertans, Bertans, Holmgren, OKC, Doncic, Larry Bird, Kyrie Irving, Tim Hardaway Jr, Dereck Lively, “, ’ ” Kidd, Doncic’s, Anamaria Goltes, Gabriela, ___ Organizations: DALLAS, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Dallas ’ NBA, Mavericks, NBA, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Thunder, Luka, ”, ” Mavericks, Memphis, Dallas ’, Houston, Wednesday, Utah Locations: Doncic, midcourt, Oklahoma

3 and setting up a top-five matchup with Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game on Friday in Las Vegas. Political Cartoons View All 1265 ImagesThe last time there were two Pac-12 teams in the top five of the AP poll was 2016, when Southern California finished No. Among the top eight teams there are only four losses, one each for Oregon, Ohio State, Texas and Alabama. 5 Oregon vs. No. 3 Washington in Las Vegas, Pac-12 championship.

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Voters choices could be critical to the country's immigration and climate change policies, and its relations with European Union partners. A poll published on the eve of the election showed anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) tied for the lead with the conservative People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte, followed closely by a joint Labour/Green ticket. Justice Minister Dilan Yesilgoz, a Turkish immigrant tough on immigration, who took over from Rutte at the helm of VVD, is hoping to become the country's first woman prime minister. [1/10]Dutch far-right politician and leader of the PVV party, Geert Wilders votes during the Dutch parliamentary elections, in The Hague, Netherlands November 22, 2023. "I hope I don't wake up tomorrow and we have Wilders as a prime minister.

Persons: Geert Wilders, Mark Rutte, It's, Wilders, Anne Frank, Van, Dilan Yesilgoz, Maria Tolman, Pieter Schilperoort, Yves Herman Acquire, Hungary's Victor Orban, Ria van der, That's, Arie van der, Pieter Omtzigt, We've, we'd, Rutte, Johnny Cotton, Toby Sterling, Bart Meijer, Stephanie van den Berg, Charlotte van Campenhout, Ingrid Melander, Toby Chopra, Angus MacSwan Organizations: European Union, Freedom Party, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Labour, Green, Others, REUTERS, Amsterdam, Christian Democrats, NOS, Thomson Locations: AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Van Gogh, Amsterdam, Turkish, Rutte, Yesilgoz, The Hague, Ukraine

[1/9] People cast their votes during the Dutch parliamentary elections in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 22 2023. Only one thing is certain: the Netherlands will get its first new prime minister in over a decade, after Rutte resigned in July as his fourth coalition government collapsed, ending a 13-year tenure. Restricting immigration - the issue that triggered the collapse of Rutte's last cabinet - has been a key issue in the campaign. Justice Minister Dilan Yesilgoz, a Turkish immigrant tough on immigration and Rutte's successor at the helm of the VVD, who is hoping to become the country's first woman prime minister, responded:"I don't think anyone believes Wilders would be a prime minister for all. The party that wins the most seats traditionally takes a lead in negotiations and provides the prime minister, but even that is not guaranteed under the Dutch system.

Persons: de Wouw, Geert Wilders, Mark Rutte, Rutte, It's, Wilders, Dilan Yesilgoz, Frans Timmermans, Pieter Omtzigt, Johnny Cotton, Toby Sterling, Bart Meijer, Stephanie van den Berg, Charlotte van Campenhout, Ingrid Melander, Sharon Singleton, Robert Birsel Organizations: REUTERS, Freedom Party, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Labour, Green, NOS, Christian Democrats, Thomson Locations: Amsterdam, Netherlands, AMSTERDAM, Turkish, The Netherlands, North

☆ Dutch vote in tight election with far right set for gains
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Dutch voters cast their ballots on Wednesday in a nail-biting election in which opinion polls show at least three parties - including the far right -could hope for the top spot. ”I hope I don’t wake up tomorrow and we have Wilders as a prime minister. Mark Rutte will be leaving the post of prime minister after 13 years. A hard-right coalition could also soften plans to reduce livestock and fertilizer use, which are strongly opposed by farmers. Rutte will remain in a caretaker role until a new government is installed, likely in the first half of 2024.

Persons: Geert Wilders, Mark Rutte, Wilders, That’s, ”, Arie van der, Nicolas Economou, Rutte, Frans Timmermans, It’s, ” Wilders, Dilan Yesilgoz, Pieter Omtzigt Organizations: CNN, Freedom Party, People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, ”, Christian Democrats, NOS Locations: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Turkish

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