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US delegation to discuss Russian President Putin’s war crimes warrant at ICC
Fp Staff •The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly denied its forces have engaged in war crimes, or forcibly taken Ukrainian children
One killed, 30 injured after trains collide in southern Netherlands
•The front carriage of the passenger train derailed and a fire broke out in the rear carriage. Rescue teams were at the scene in the town of Voorschoten, a village between The Hague and Amsterdam
Centre for trial of ‘aggression’ crimes in Ukraine to be set up in Hague
Fp Staff •The International Criminal Court, also based in The Hague in the Netherlands, is already probing alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ICC can prosecute genocide in Ukraine but has no jurisdiction over crimes of aggression by Russia there
Special Kosovo court sentences rebel commander to 26 years in jail for murder, torture
•Salih Mustafa, 50, was found guilty of abusing prisoners in a makeshift jail in a barn run by the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the 1998-1999 independence war with Serbia
Why farmers' protests that kicked off in The Netherlands are spreading across Europe
Fp Explainers •In Germany, farmer groups are upset over a recent renewable energy Act passed by Parliament, while Polish cultivators are protesting the cost of fertiliser and cheap food imports. Italian and Spanish farmers are facing increased fuel prices and skyrocketing costs
RSF says Russian troops executed Maks Levin in cold blood: Who was the Ukrainian photographer?
Fp Explainers •Maks Levin, the 40-year-old father of four who had been working with Ukrainian and international media, is one of eight journalists killed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to RSF's tally
Indian brothers Vihaan and Nav Agarwal win Children's Peace Prize for waste project
•Previous winners of the prize include include Pakistani education advocate Malala Yousafzai and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg
Cairn tax dispute exposes major shortcomings in India’s economic policy
Ravi Shanker Kapoor •Revenue maximization can never be the goal of economic policy. It ought to be prosperity and not a bloated exchequer at the expense of intimidated wealth creators.
Dutch court orders oil giant Shell to cut carbon emissions 45% by 2030 in landmark climate case
•The case is the latest in a string of legal challenges filed by climate activists seeking action to rein in emissions, but it is believed to be the first targeting a multinational company
Dutch Cabinet resigns en masse: A look at the child subsidies scandal that led to govt's downfall
Fp Staff •As many as 26,000 parents were wrongly accused by the Dutch tax authorities of fraudulently claiming child allowance over several years from 2012, with as many as 10,000 families forced to repay tens of thousands of euros