Spanish policemen killed in pursuit of drug smugglers at sea
Drug smugglers are increasingly moving away from major ports such as Antwerp, Rotterdam or Hamburg and are increasingly bringing drugs ashore in Spain and Portugal by speedboats.
Landmark decision in China: legal ban on firing employees to replace them with AI
The Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court has ruled that it is illegal to dismiss a worker who has been replaced by artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, in the USA, a bipartisan proposal on transparency is making progress.
Mission accomplished in the USA: 1,500 experimental beagles released from Ridglan Farms
1,500 beagles, destined to be used as guinea pigs in a Wisconsin research facility, have been released after weeks of protests and tension. Now begins the long road to adoption.
UK sends paratroopers toward suspected hantavirus patient on remote island
The United Kingdom is sending military paratroopers to a remote island to assist in the care of a suspected hantavirus patient. The Dutch cruise ship has meanwhile docked in the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, after which authorities are holding a controlled evacuation and repatriation of passengers on Sunday and Monday.
Two wingsuiters collide and crash over Austria
Two women with wingsuits were seriously injured in an accident in Vorarlberg, Austria, on Saturday afternoon after colliding in mid-air.
Putin tries to lure Zelensky to Moscow and proposes old acquaintance as European mediator
Russian President Vladimir Putin is making sky-high demands for a possible meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
More than 100 passengers felled by highly contagious norovirus on cruise ship
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the norovirus has broken out on a cruise ship touring the Caribbean. More than 100 passengers and 10 crew members have already been felled by the contagious stomach flu.
Dutch backpacker (21) brings measles to Panama
A 21-year-old Dutch backpacker may have triggered an outbreak of measles in Panama. The young traveler returned last week from a long tour of South America and reported with symptoms of high fever, coughing and a blown-out rash. Doctors quickly diagnosed measles shortly after arriving in Panama City. Subsequently, the young Dutchman was placed in isolation. This is the first time in a long time that the contagious disease has appeared in the Central American country.
Dutch boy (14) missing for weeks finally found
A reassuring message reaches us from Poland: The 14-year-old Dutch boy who had been missing for three weeks has been found in Poland. He is healthy and well and was sleeping under a blanket at a bus stop.
Fourteen policemen die in meticulously prepared attack in Pakistan
A suicide bombing took place on Saturday night in the city of Bannu, in northwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan.