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Five Short News Reports (Sunday, May 17)

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FC Twente Women won the KNVB Cup against PSV in Rotterdam on Saturday. Twente was initially 2-0 behind. Jaimy Ravensbergen scored two goals, and Twente won on penalties 4-3.

ASML will cooperate with Tata Electronics from India. The companies signed an agreement in The Hague during the visit of Prime Minister Modi. The cooperation concerns knowledge, technology, and equipment for a chip factory in Gujarat.

Swatch temporarily closed stores in several countries on Saturday due to large crowds. In Leidschendam, police and security sent a few hundred people away. There was unrest at the Swatch store in Mall of the Netherlands.

In Canada, a passenger on the cruise ship Hondius tested positive for the hantavirus. The result still needs to be confirmed in a laboratory. The patient is in isolation and is stable; eleven crew members have the virus.

People who use gas will pay more due to a new CO2 levy. Gasoline is also included in the new European emissions trading system. The FD reports this, and many households still have few alternatives to gas.

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