A 23-year-old man picked up a strange child at a station in the German town of Wuppertal and then jumped for an arriving train. Because he lay down flat with the child between the rails, the five-year-old boy was only slightly injured and the man remained unharmed. [...]
A record number of wolves were killed in Norway last winter. Hunters shot thirty wolves, the Ministry of Environment reported. The high number does not mean that the country counts more wolves. The Norwegian government allowed a higher number of wolves to be shot during the past hunting season: 42.
Airline Southwest Airlines has given compensation to several passengers after a fatal accident. Passengers of flight 1380 received an excuse letter and 5000 dollars (more than 4000 euros), CNN said.
More and more refugees are entering Greece via the border river Evros. 'Since March more than 1000 people have crossed the river', warns the Red Cross. The aid organization states that last week it involved more than a hundred people a day.
A jogger has done in a park in Rome and lurid discovery. Under the foliage in Tre Fontane lay the charred and burning body of a woman. The police assume a murder.
Stop the presses! Research at Chapman University in Los Angeles has shown that men with a higher BMI have on average a higher number of bed partners than men with an average and low BMI.
A car driver has been ridden on players and supporters of a Wales football club. Eleven people had to be transferred to the hospital, report the BBC Friday.
President Trump has fully opened the attack on Opec oil cartel. The oil producers keep prices 'artificially high'. The US will no longer accept that, according to the president on Friday.
In the event of new confrontations between the Israeli army and Palestinian demonstrators at the border with the Gaza Strip, an activist was killed on Friday. The man, together with two others, was hit by Israeli bullets at the border fence and later succumbed to his injuries.
A quarrel about the legacy of the wealthy stock exchange trader Michael Morgan Taylor who died during 9/11 has led to a bizarre ruling by the judge.
A 69-year-old man who got a falling bank on his head on Friday, died in hospital. The man was on his way to the baker when the movers tried to pull a two-seater sofa with cords to a higher floor. This went wrong and the bank fell on the head of the unfortunate passerby.
The Brussels court has imposed community service sentences on five rioters who caused destruction in the Belgian capital in November after the qualifying match for the World Cup between Morocco and Côte d'Ivoire. A rapper who had been arrested for calling on the riots via Facebook was acquitted for lack of evidence.
India has once again been startled by rape and murder of young girls. On the night from Thursday to Friday, a nine-year-old girl was found strangled in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Presumably she had been raped for that.
The British pound lost ground on Friday after central bank president Carney dampened expectations about the British economy.
The American president Donald Trump does not go to the funeral of the former first lady Barbara Bush. He sends his wife Melania.
North and South Korea have a direct hotline between the leaders of the countries. The line was opened a week before North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae meet in the Panmunjom border town.
On the Asian island of Borneo an ant has been found that can disable his enemies by exploding, so they get a toxic substance over them.
The Flemish burgomaster Stefaan Devleeschouwer of the municipality of Brakel has been seriously affected by a traffic accident, which caused a 35-year-old roof worker to be seriously injured. The burgervader appeared to have looked too deeply into the glass, according to Belgian media.
The Basque terrorist movement ETA Friday apologized to its victims and their next of kin for half the century that they fought violently for an independent state in the north of Spain.
A missing 15-year-old boy whom Australia has been looking for intensively for two years has suddenly reappeared.
An Israeli military plane has dropped pamphlets above the Gaza Strip warning Palestinians not to come to the fence on the border with Israel. Just like the last few weeks, mass protests at the border are expected again on Friday.
