Approximately two million people in Central America may face severe hunger in the near future. Due to drought, harvests have failed in countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. Small farmers have therefore not harvested enough to eat and sell, and there is not enough stock left to pass the time until the next harvest.
The police in the Canadian capital Ottawa have raised the alarm about a big black bear. A block of houses has been set up in the northern district of Byward Market, near the parliament building in the center.
In the Egyptian 5-star resort Steigenberger Aqua Magic very harmful (poop) bacteria have been found. This is shown by research carried out by tour operator Thomas Cook. At the hotel in Hurghada, dozens of tourists fell ill last month. A British couple died, possibly due to a serious form of food poisoning.
A missing toddler of 1.5 years old, after five days without food and drink, is found alive in a forest in the south of China. The toddler had gone into the forest on her own and a day later her father gave her up as missing.
Warning: this photo will ruin your appetite. Eating sushi has cost a 71-year-old Korean man his forearm. Doctors saw no other option than to amputate the terribly swollen forearm.
Hundreds of imprisoned migrants in the Libyan capital Tripoli have been left to their fate by their guards. That happened after battles broke out in the neighborhood. According to an anonymous counselor, it is a detention center in Ain Zara, where an estimated four hundred migrants are trapped.
No British tourist has complained this year about the food in his Spanish hotel. Not so much because the meals in the Spanish hotel sector have improved, but because Spain together with Great Britain has made a known fraud practice impossible.
A popular tourist hotel in Hurghada, Egypt, was evacuated after the mysterious death of two English guests.
The worst flooding in a hundred years continues to plague the South Indian state of Kerala. Between 800,000 and 1 million people are now internally displaced and housed in emergency shelters, announced the Minister of Agriculture of Kerala Sunil Kumar. The death toll has risen to more than 350.
An 81-year-old woman complained to Thomas Cook because in her hotel in Benidorm there were 'too many Spaniards'.
A heartbreaking scene. A killer whale named Tahlequah (J35) could not let go of her deceased calf. For two and a half weeks the killer whale pushed her dead daughter along with her forehead. Last Saturday she said goodbye to her young.
The fact that life continues after a drama, is now revealed by the apartment of the world famous TV chef Anthony Bourdain after his unexpected suicide comes in the rental.
In the French amusement park Puy du Fou, crows help to clean up waste. Puy du Fou at Les Epesses in the Vendée department is the second most visited theme park in France. The park has history as its theme, with shows in which trained animals often have a role.
Chem Giant Monsanto has to pay millions to a man who told the judge that he has been given cancer by the Roundup glyphosate agent. A jury in the US state of California put the man in the right and determined the total compensation of 289 million dollars (253 million euros). Monsanto appeals.
A 44-year-old woman and her daughter (4) were detained for three days in a prison in Dubai. The British woman's visa was not right after landing, but the woman had drunk a glass of wine with her food was the drop.
The Red Cross fears a new famine in North Korea due to the heat wave on the Korean peninsula. The harvest of rice, maize and other crops threatens to fail and has 'possibly catastrophic consequences', warns the international aid organization.
The federal appeals court in Seattle has instructed the American environmental agency EPA to ban the widely used insecticide chlorpyrifos. Two of the three judges were of the opinion that a decision by the then EPA boss Scott Pruitt should be reversed.
The British government is considering banning the eating of dog meat after reports that this practice also occurs there.
The emergency services in Indonesia found more bodies between the rubble of collapsed buildings after the earthquake on Lombok. The death toll has risen to 131, reports a spokesperson for the emergency response service BNPB. According to him, the number of deaths will increase even further.
The death toll due to the earthquake on Lombok has increased further. A spokesperson for the BNPB emergency response service spoke about 105 deceased victims.
The American authorities rescued eleven children from an underground residential complex in a sparsely populated, mountainous area in New Mexico. According to the local sheriff, they lived there under 'the saddest living conditions and poverty I have seen', reports American media.
Tourists who are expelled from their hotel because of misconduct, spend the rest of their holidays more and more on Mallorca's beach.
'Super investor' Warren Buffett has significantly increased profits from its Berkshire Hathaway fund by 67% over the past quarter.
A very special delivery. The pregnant Falon Griffin has her daughter in the world brought to the toilet of the American fast food chain Chick-Fil-A. On the occasion of the bizarre delivery, the new-born girl received a beautiful gift: a lifetime of free food and a job for when she is 16 years old.
A court in Moscow has imposed a jail sentence of fifteen days on a member of the punk band Pussy Riot who ran the field on Sunday during the World Cup finals. The band has announced this via its own Facebook page. Veronika Nikulshina also gets a ban on visiting sporting events.
The Austrian capital Vienna wants to ban food from strong smelling food such as liver cheese, kebabs, pizza and noodles in the underground. The measure will be introduced on a metro line in September.
The US government has published a list of Chinese products for which it wants to increase import duties by 10 percent. In total, it is about 200 billion dollars worth of goods. With the list, President Donald Trump's government is heading for a further escalation of the trade war between the United States and China.
Enthusiastic, lively, sporty. Little by little the information of the Thai grandsons who were rescued in the last few days drips inside. Three boys were celebrating their birthday, another had asthma, yet another promised to help his parents 'better in future'. Everyone has his own story.
The eight boys who have been rescued from Tham Luang's cave system on Sunday and Monday are doing well according to circumstances. That's what a Thai employee from the Ministry of Health said.
An American condemned to death has a very high calorie wish list for his last meal.
