Princess Beatrix and Princess Mabel attended Thursday the funeral ceremony of former Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Kofi Annan. Also the Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, the current UN boss Antonio Guterres and the Heads of State of Ivory Coast, Liberia, Namibia and Niger were present at the ceremony in the Ghanaian capital Accra.
The police in Norway found the kayak of the missing Dutchman Arjen Kamphuis. The canoe was in the area where other things of his have been discovered before. What these are, the police do not want to say yet. According to good friend Ancilla van de Leest, there would be identity papers from Kamphuis.
The American emergency response service FEMA has asked the EU for satellite images of hurricane Florence. That request has been granted. Current images that the European Copernicus system has made of the American East Coast are made available by the European Coordination Center for Disaster Relief, so that Washington can map out the situation better.
The Philippine authorities evacuate thousands of people from the coastal areas because of the approaching typhoon Mangkhut. The heavy storm probably reaches Luzon on Saturday, the largest island in the Philippines.
Hurricane Florence has further weakened on the way to the American coast. It is now a storm in the second category, reports the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami. Nevertheless, heavy rainfall and possible flooding are still taken into account.
Discussions between French and British fishermen about the fishing rights for scallops did not work out. That is what the French Minister of Agriculture and Food, Stéphane Travert, said. He warned of new conditions at sea now that the scallop war is likely to continue.
Miner Henry Dole is worth more than his weight in gold. The drill operator of RNC Minerals found a gold clog of 93.5 kilos at a depth of 500 meters in the Beta Hunt mine near Kambala (Australia)!
For Americans living on the east coast, the countdown has started. Another day and a half and then Florence comes ashore. A very heavy hurricane, meteorologists warn. ' He could even become the heaviest category '', says Johnny Willemse of Weeronline.
European legislation needs to be put in place to tackle the spread of terrorist messages via the internet. This video or audio fragment must be offline within an hour.
More than one and a half million people on the American East Coast have been ordered to leave due to the arrival of Hurricane Florence. The super storm is the toughest to threaten the area in three decades. Florence is currently a hurricane of the fourth category with wind speeds of up to 210 kilometers per hour.
On the east coast of the United States more than one million people have been advised to leave because of the approaching hurricane Florence. The powerful hurricane is expected to land onshore in North and South Carolina on Thursday. The emergency state has now been declared there, as well as in Virginia and Maryland.
Sint Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius must take extreme weather conditions into account this week. Weeronline reports that hurricane Isaac, according to most computer calculations, draws on the Windward Islands on Thursday or Friday.
The tropical storm of Florence has sunk so fast in the Atlantic on Sunday that there is now a hurricane with wind speeds of 120 kilometers per hour. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami expects Florence to develop into a whirling storm of category 3 or higher over the next 24 hours.
The end of the rainbow must be in Como. In that place a Roman amphora with countless pure gold coins was found during excavation work in the historic old city center.
An earthquake with the force of 8.1 on the Richter scale has taken place off the coast of Fiji. Authorities in New Zealand are now investigating the probability of a tsunami.
The French navy is ready to intervene when a new naval battle presents itself in the 'scallop war'. There is a fear that French fishermen will once again attack their British counterparts when they are fishing for scallop shells off the Normandy coast.
More than six hundred refugees have been rescued from the sea off the coast of southern Spain. It involved two large groups divided over sixteen wooden boats.
The tropical storm Gordon may grow into a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico before it lands in the southeast of the American state of Louisiana. That happens late or early Wednesday morning early, is the expectation.
In a traffic accident with a bus in the north of Spain, at least six people were killed and about 25 wounded. The bus crashed on a motorway in Avilés where roadworks were taking place, in a pillar of a viaduct, local media reported.
Employees of the American embassy in Cuba may have become victims of attacks with microwave weapons. Because of this they heard loud bangs and other irritating sounds. They are weapons that can make you ill or even cause brain damage.
France and Great Britain are trying to put an end to a high-level conflict over fishing for scallops. Raging fishermen from the countries this week carried out a sea battle off the coast of Normandy.
The mother of John McCain, who died at the age of 81, will be the most notable guest at his funeral next week. She is now 106 years old.
More and more Turks are fleeing their country and applying for asylum in Greece. In July alone, that happened 687 times, reports Greek media. Since the beginning of this year, Athens has already registered almost 2,000 Turks. According to a Coast Guard officer, the actual number is much larger, because many do not report to the authorities. They travel to Western or Central Europe.
Israel has re-opened the border crossing with the Gaza Strip at the city of Erez. The security situation has clearly improved over the past week, say the Israeli authorities.
The British rescue services have found the bodies of two missing passengers on a Belgian fishing boat on Sunday. This has been announced by the Belgian Maritime Rescue and Coordination Center. The ship was capsized on Saturday at the end of the afternoon off the coast of the English county of Norfolk.
Tourists on the Pacific Princess cruise ship have witnessed an exciting rescue action on the North Sea on Saturday night. Dozens of people on board saw how three people in a lifeboat were lifted from the luxury ship with great pain and effort.
The maritime health authorities in the Italian city of Catania (Sicily) have ordered that sixteen passengers on the Italian coast guard vessel Diciotti should be immediately brought ashore. It concerns eleven women and five men. Two of them may have tuberculosis, Italian media reports.
The UN refugee organization wants EU countries to make reception places available for around 150 rescued people on board an Italian coastguard ship. The UNHCR also calls on the Italian government to immediately dispose of the migrants concerned.
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.
Dozens of young migrants have after a few days left the Italian coast guard ship in the port of Catania. The nearly thirty minors left the ship from Wednesday to Thursday, reports Italian media. The adults must stay on board.
