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In bygone days it was an ideal smuggling method, nowadays a gun hidden in a book immediately falls on a routine check with X-ray equipment. The…

There are reports of black snow from various Siberian cities. The snow is most likely discolored by the coal-fired power stations in the area.

The curtain definitely falls for the largest passenger aircraft of all time, the Airbus A380. This double-decker bus that has been in the air for more than ten years appears to be a strategic blunder. The device is...

The planned merger of the train divisions of the French industrial group Alstom and its German counterpart Siemens is off the hook. EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager (Competition) forbids the...

A self-proclaimed 'bikini climber' has died tragically. She would have been frozen after a fall of twenty meters, Taiwan's media reported.

A woman was expelled from the Walmart in Wichita Falls, Texas, after driving an electric cart on Friday morning while drinking wine from a Pringles bus.

An accident from the future in Las Vegas. A self-propelled Tesla has been bumped into an independent robot. The robot did not 'survive' the blow.

The planet Saturn has been known for its rings for centuries, but they are gradually disappearing. They will be gone in 300 million years, and maybe 100 million years already. 'That's free...

The British Prime Minister Theresa May will state in the House of Commons on Monday that a new referendum on the Brexit is not on her agenda. Such a second plebiscite would be 'the British people...

An expectant couple who were so nervous about a ring of engagement falling through a roster during a proposal at Times Square in New York are being sought by the police.

The Kim dynasty has few chances of survival if the new generation of children falls from their faith. And so the stories and quotes from father of the father Kim Il-sung, his son and grandson run like red threads through the young lives.

The European population will not have the chance to speak out in a referendum about the Brexit. The European Commission has rejected a citizens' initiative that calls for an EU-wide plebiscite because it falls outside its competence.

'Touchdown confirmed!' It is a historic moment: the successful landing of NASA vehicle InSight on Mars. For the first time in history, ground drilling can be performed on that planet. Space Expo director Rob van den Berg is delighted. 'What a tension falls away from us!'

A French tourist was killed in Jordan by a fall in the historic city of Petra. The 28-year-old woman made a fall of 50 meters, according to a statement by the Jordanian civil defense.

Six people have had the fright of their lives in a skyscraper in the American city of Chicago. The elevator they were in fell down more than eighty floors and stayed around the 10th floor, local media reports.

A seventeen-year-old girl from France died in Outreau on Tuesday evening when her mobile phone fell into the bath water. The girl was electrocuted. Attempts to resuscitate the girl had unfortunately no result.

A 35-year-old German woman died Sunday in Sri Lanka when she tried to make a selfie. According to the police she fell, while she tried to immortalise herself on the edge of an abyss. The accident occurred in Horton Plains nature park, about 150 kilometers east of the capital Colombo.

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has explained to airlines in a memo how pilots can cope with a situation in which certain sensors deliver incorrect data in an airplane. The reason is the crash of a Boeing 737 Max from the Indonesian Lion Air. None of the 189 occupants were recovered alive after the aircraft was deposited in the Java Sea last week.

It is almost certain that the air disaster with a brand new Boeing 737MAX from the Indonesian prize fighter Lion Air last week is due to a fatal 'cover' by the pilots. The acute problem was possibly as unexpected as unpredictable in spite of all training in the cockpit.

The hurricane Willa, which races towards the Pacific over Mexico, has increased in strength so far that it now falls into the highest category. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami reports wind speeds of 260 kilometers per hour with highs. Willa lands in the course of Tuesday afternoon or evening (local time). That will be accompanied by abundant rainfall, up to 450 millimeters.

Porn actress Stormy Daniels had to defeat her legal battle with US President Donald Trump. A judge ruled that a tweet from Trump in which he accuses her of fraud falls under freedom of expression. And so no slander, as claimed by Stormy Daniels.

'Do not worry about international criticism', Mohammed bin Salman told his military commanders this summer, referring to the fuss about the massacres that Saudi Arabia is provoking in Yemen. 'We want to leave an indelible impression on generations of Yemenis. We want their children, women and even the men to tremble with fear when the name Saudi Arabia falls. '

It hails at the planet Saturn. Ice water comes from the sky, coming from the famous rings around the planet. It sometimes falls by about 10,000 kilos per second. The space probe Cassini has discovered that.

Bill Cosby started his life in prison and will from now on be thoroughly evaluated to determine how extensive his treatment will be as a sex offender. That is based on the question of how dangerous he is, reports TMZ.

'I am completely devastated.' Dannie Whitford swallows, and falls silent. He does not know it anymore. Storm Florence has made his home uninhabitable.

Thousands of smaller entrepreneurs with their own company will receive an additional tax assessment. The director-major shareholder (dga) who lends more than € 500,000 to his own company, with the 'dga tax', will raise the state treasury with € 1.8 billion. Entrepreneurs are surprised and furious. How could this happen? Read the file about this SME tax.

The number of deaths from hurricane Florence in the states of North and South Carolina in the United States has risen to five. There may be more, local media reports. Florence has meanwhile been watered down to a tropical storm.

Hurricane Florence leaves a trail of vandalism in the United States. Because of the storm, trees are blown away and streets run under water. In the city of New Bern, according to CNN, at least two hundred people were saved who had been in trouble because of high water.

Several people were injured by a landslide at a popular beach on the Greek island of Zakynthos. The Greek broadcaster ERT reports that high waves arose due to the avalanche. As a result, boats with holidaymakers would also have been added.

The group leader of the Christian Democrats in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, wants to become the next President of the European Commission. The 46-year-old German announced his official candidacy on behalf of the European People's Party (EPP) via Twitter.