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Exotic islands, two ancient factions and a bloody war that has continued. These are the themes that embody Battle for Azeroth, the seventh and newest expansion of World of Warcraft.

It does not stop. After the inflatable unicorn and floating unicorn islands in the sea, the Cornetto ice cream brand responds well to the unicorn trend. The dessert obviously has a very appropriate name: the UniCornetto.

Hurricane Lane has so far been weakened that officially there is no longer a hurricane but a tropical storm. On the night from Friday to Saturday (Dutch time), Lane weakened. First to a hurricane of the 1st category and then become a tropical storm.

Hurricane Lane that passes through Hawaii has been further reduced to the 3rd category. Lane is located south of Hawaii and is expected to head north-west. The hurricane brings wind speeds of up to 200 kilometers per hour, reports the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Lane, the toughest in 25 years that threatens to hit Hawaii, was deflected northbound on Thursday and headed for Oahu. That is the most densely populated island of the archipelago. Schools, government buildings and businesses are already closed. The residents have barricaded their homes and constructed emergency supplies.

For the first time in thirty years, a very heavy hurricane threatens to hit the American state of Hawaii. In the cyclone that has been given the name Lane, wind speeds of over 250 kilometers per hour are measured.

The Italian police found more than 20 tons of hashish in a ship's two fuel tanks with a street value of 150 to 200 million euros. The eleven passengers, all from Montenegro, have been arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling.

The death toll after the earthquake in Lombok is running extremely fast. The authorities reported 105 fatalities and 236 serious injuries earlier in the day, now the counter is 347 dead.

All Dutch people who want to leave the Lombok and Gili islands hit by an earthquake have left or have a prospect of departure.

Container distributor A.P. Møller-Maersk anticipates a sharp decrease in sales this year. The operating result is expected to fall from $ 4 to $ 5 billion to $ 3.5 to $ 4.2 billion.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague advises people to travel to the Indonesian island of Lombok and the nearby Gili Islands.

A day after the heavy earthquake at Lombok, foreign tourists try to leave the Indonesian island on Monday. There are long lines of waiting at Mataram airport and airline Garuda is using additional flights.

A German tourist was drowned by a high wave that suddenly struck the Balearic Islands. The one and a half meter high wave is also called 'a mini-tsunami' and reached the Spanish islands of Mallorca and Menorca in the Mediterranean on Monday.

The Mauritanian navy intercepted a boat with migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands. The 125 passengers, according to a spokesperson for the navy, had paid about 850 euros for the failed crossing.

English security forces warn that terrorists are being recruited to carry out attacks in popular holiday resorts this summer.

The British former minister of foreign affairs Lord Peter Carrington has passed away. British media report that. The Conservative Carrington was 99 years old and sat together in the 1950s in a cabinet with Winston Churchill.

The death toll due to the shipping accident in Indonesia has risen to 31. Some 130 passengers on the inoperative ferry have been rescued, says an official from the Ministry of Transport. Three people are still missing.

Holidaymakers who are going to Spain soon may have to be careful on Mallorca. A white shark was spotted near the city. According to scientists, that is remarkable: the last time the white shark was seen was thirty years ago.

The 82-year-old Masafumi Nagasaki is not allowed to return to the island where he has been living voluntarily for thirty years. His last wish was to die there, but the Japanese government does not allow this.

Today, exactly two years ago, the United Kingdom voted for a departure from the European Union. A lot has happened since then, but one thing is not yet: the economic boom promised by proponents of a brexit.

The book stalls on the Seine are just as close to the city of light as the Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame. The 'bouquinistes' have a hard time because they are getting less and less read, but they see nothing in the proposal to get their green cabinets on the Unesco World Heritage List.

Many coral reefs can not keep up with the expected rise in sea level. In particular, tropical coasts and low-lying islands have a greater chance of flooding and erosion. This appears Wednesday from international research, where the Dutch researcher Aimée Slangen of NIOZ Zeeonderzoek cooperated. The research is published in the science magazine Nature.

Australia is going to build a submarine internet cable to the Solomon Islands and thus prevents a Chinese company from doing so. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the construction on Wednesday after consultation with his counterpart on the islands Rick Houenipwela.

Singapore Airlines claims to have the longest scheduled flight in the world. Passengers can fly directly from Singapore to the American city of Newark every day in almost nineteen hours, the New York Times reports.

The tropical storm Alberto, with which the Atlantic hurricane season has been opened prematurely, has declined slightly on its way to the Florida Panhandle strip in the northwest of the American state. According to the meteorological service, the center of the depression is now 80 kilometers south of Panama City in Florida and wind speeds of 96 kilometers per hour have been measured.

Two US naval ships sailed close to islands in the South China Sea on Sunday, claimed by China. The warships were about twelve nautical miles from the coast of some of the Paracel Islands.

Inflatable things always do well, but forget the floating flamingos and unicorns. The new motorized inflatable bumper cars are the new hype.

More than 3 million Irish people can vote in a referendum on Friday about legalization of abortion. They have to speak out about a constitutional article that makes abortion almost impossible. If that is voted down, the initiator will legalize prime minister Leo Varadkar abortion until three months from the pregnancy.

The Netherlands does not recognize the elections in Venezuela, where the leftist president Nicolás Maduro was re-elected this weekend. 'They were not free and independent elections,' said minister Stef Blok of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday in the House of Representatives.

Venezuela goes to the polls Sunday to choose a new president. The fact that the head of state, Nicolas Maduro, will take office in 2013, seems almost certain.