Geert Wilders, Reclusive Provocateur, Rises Before Dutch Vote

SPIJKENISSE, the Netherlands — He wants to end immigration from Muslim countries, tax head scarves and ban the Quran. He is partly of Indonesian heritage, and dyes his hair bright blond. He is omnipresent on social media but lives as a political phantom under police protection, rarely campaigning in person and reportedly sleeping in a different location every night….

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Dutch Leader Takes Trump-Like Turn in Face of Hard-Right Challenge

LONDON — The prime minister of the Netherlands, aiming to head off an insurgent challenge from right-wing populists, stunned many Dutch citizens this week with a strategy that could have come from President Trump’s playbook. In an open letter, published online and in full-page newspaper advertisements, the prime minister, Mark Rutte, warned of “something wrong with our country” and…

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Sunday Oliseh moves on from Nigeria with Fortuna in win-or-bust move

There is something to be said about the group of former Nigeria players known loosely as the Class of ’94. That core group of players re-awakened Nigeria’s football consciousness with swashbuckling, opponent-destroying football, and they also backed it up by qualifying for their first-ever World Cup and winning the African Nations Cup. When Nigeria won Olympic gold in 1996,…

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