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Empty shelves at Albert Heijn, a diesel deal between Trump and Putin: unrest in the world and nearby makes us think about emergency situations. Dicks Dumpstore notices this in the sales of water filters.

Empty shelves at Albert Heijn, a Trump diesel deal with Putin: unrest in the world and proximity makes us think about emergencies. Dick's Dumpstore notices it from the sale of water filters.

The curtain has fallen on the leap second: the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGMP) in Paris has decided that the extra second will disappear. Instead, the highest international authority on measurement standards opts for a leap hour. The existence of the second has to do with the rotation of the earth. The earth sometimes turns a little slower due to melting ice, changing weather patterns and the forces of tides.

Albanian tenants were caught red-handed with a cannabis farm. Yet the owners of the House Rent real estate agency in Leeuwarden continued to accept their cash payments. The brothers (37 and 31) have been sentenced to community service.

Jessica Hogervorst from Leiden searches Wednesday between the houses in Stiens for the rare nutcracker. It is apparently photogenic: it does not come when a bird “looks a bit like a sparrow”.

The king must work with the cabinet to repair the backlogs caused by the colonial past. This is stated in the plan of Zwart Manifest, a collaboration of organisations working against racism, which was presented to Prime Minister Jetten this week. "After recognition and apologies, it is now time to work on recovery," says Dagmar Oudshoorn, director of Amnesty International Netherlands and affiliated with Zwart Manifest.