During a search conducted as part of a drug investigation, French police unexpectedly discovered a work by Pablo Picasso. The exclusive piece may be worth several million euros. The investigation has since expanded to include theft and receiving stolen goods after the painting was found in a home in Champigny-sur-Marne, east of Paris.
Praise is being heaped on the zookeeper’s heroic actions. The 55-year-old co-owner of the park reportedly jumped from a height of 4.5 meters to save a child.
Protests in Albania have been ongoing for more than twenty days. Angry demonstrators have taken to the streets carrying signs featuring flamingos to oppose plans for a so-called Trump resort, but the underlying discontent extends beyond this single project. The planned luxury resorts by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the daughter and son-in-law of the U.S. president, would be built in a protected nature reserve known as a habitat for flamingos. The European Union is also viewing the plans with concern: according to Brussels, proceeding with construction could affect Albania’s chances of joining the EU.
Claude Guillemot, one of the five brothers who founded Ubisoft, died Friday evening in a plane crash in La Baule, in which two people lost their lives.
Whaling returns to Iceland following a two year hiatus.
Since the 1980s, two-thirds of all kiwis sold in Europe have been passing through the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. Soon, however, that whole story will come to an end. New Zealand producer Zespri is relocating its Belgian operations to the Dutch port of Vlissingen. After 2028, no more kiwis will be coming to Kiwiweg in Zeebrugge; instead, the Netherlands is snagging the contract.
On Thursday, no horse-drawn carriages were operating in Central Park, a staple of many tourists’ visits to New York. On Wednesday, the coachmen went on strike following the death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, a tourist from India. Calls for a ban on horse-drawn carriages in New York City are gaining momentum once again.
A “heat dome” is currently making nearly all of Western Europe sweat. And it’s also exceptionally warm in the Netherlands.
A group of Italian women traveled to the Greek resort island of Mykonos last week for a bachelorette party, but their trip ended in utter tragedy.
At the end of this month, a 59-year-old man is set to appear in court after working as a pilot for years without the proper license.