Forget what you know. That is what Robin Hood asks the viewer in the first minutes of this brand new film, from next week in the bios. Not without reason, that request. Because Taron Egerton (29) joins in a long line of actors who have played the mythical title hero before.
The Belgian zinc smelter Nyrstar, the largest in Europe with a branch in Brabant, is coming to the stock market on Monday. More and more investors are following a devastating report by ABN Amro about the future of the company.
A pilot with fear of flying has been falsely dismissed by his employer. He has to go back to work.
In the first year after its opening, the Louvre has attracted more than one million visitors in Abu Dhabi. Museum director Manuel Rabate wrote that on Twitter.
'On 11 November, exactly 100 years ago, the Armistice went into Paris, like everywhere else in France,' said Emmanuel Macron this morning at the Arc de Triomphe. 'That was the end of four long and terrible years. In those four years Europe has almost committed suicide. 'In the presence of nearly eighty government leaders, the French head of state commemorated the 'armistice', which marked the end of the First World War.
The homosexual man who, through a women's profile on Tinder, was able to get four men in bed, gets a long-term prison sentence. His victims only learned that he was a man when they were blindfolded during sex- or, in one case, with a second appointment.
Is winter in Iran starting today? From today onwards, strict American sanctions against the country, announced by Donald Trump with a combative 'movie poster' and a reference to the fear of the harsh, long winter in the popular TV series Game of Thrones. But there are plenty of doubts whether the sanctions will be effective enough to force the Tehran regime to its knees and agree with twelve strict American demands.
The long political career of Angela Dorothea Merkel (64) is slowly coming to an end. On Monday, the German CDU-cheffin told fellow party members and the equally bewildered journaille in Berlin that she stops as a powerful chairman of her own Christian party: 'There is a need for fresh wind and space for the future.'
The suspicious packages that an arrested man would have sent to, among other prominent Democrats, contain explosive material. That's what FBI boss Chris Wray announced during a press conference. The federal police found the suspected sender on the trail of a difficult to find fingerprint on a mail item intended for Congressman Maxine Waters.
Rusk with rainbow mice in the aquarium of Australian Sydney. The male penguins Sphen and Magic have become the proud dads of baby Sphengic after a long journey and with the help of the caretakers.
A gang of young people, mainly teenagers, pushes prostitutes into Brussels and demands money to 'protect' them. As soon as the prostitutes do not pay, they become victims of cynical harassment with far-reaching consequences.
Donald Trump is furious at the New York Times, which revealed on Thursday that the US President's iPhone is being tapped by both the Russians and the Chinese. He is working hard to the newspaper. 'Fake news', he calls, as often. A more remarkable thing is his claim that he hardly uses smartphones. He tweeted that Thursday... probably from his iPhone.
The authorities in Mexican coastal areas are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Willa. The governor of the western state of Nayarit says that more than 10,000 people are being evacuated. Schools must close the doors.
Energy company Engie Electrabel is looking for floating power stations that can support the Belgian main electricity grid in the ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge and Ostend. Such 'electricity ships' are normally anchored at developing countries, but the Belgians now need them to survive the winter.
On Curaçao church leader Orlando B.- who turned out to be a sex-hungry predator who also abused underage girls- sentenced to fourteen years in prison on Thursday. Nor may he exercise the function of church leader for nineteen years.
The prevented junk in the Bavarian Gemering, where two Dutch criminals were arrested, is reminiscent of a feature film. A gang tried to ram a bank with a lightning stolen Audi, but was awaited by the police. This was followed by a shooting and a chase, with four injuries as a result. 'The agents were in mortal danger.'
Ten days after the collision between two cargo ships in the Mediterranean near Corsica, oil run away washed ashore on southern French beaches. The smeerboel ended up in Saint-Tropez and two neighboring municipalities. That is what the Prefect of Toulon said on Tuesday. It is an area of 16 kilometers long.
The horse with carriage has been part of the streets of Rome since Roman times. For centuries the horse was by far the most used means of transport, but even now tourists are still comfortably leaning back around the Roman city center.
Working in the City of London demands the utmost of people- trainees at a law firm have again experienced last week. Their boss sent them an e-mail on Friday at a quarter to five with the question if they could work through the night. Those who refused, had to provide 'proof' to legitimize the failure.
The Chinese brand Huawei has not been a small player for a long time. Last week, Bloomberg Intelligence even reported that the brand in the home country had overtaken Apple. Yesterday, Richard Yu presented the Mate 20 Series smartphones and a new smartwatch at the London ExCel Arena. Both with impressive and striking specifications and possibilities.
Turkish researchers have left the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. According to a witness from Reuters news agency, a team of about ten agents left the building after a search of about 9.5 hours. Not long after that the Turkish prosecutor came out to investigate the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.
Turkey has given a new name to the road leading to the new American embassy in the country. The road in the capital Ankara is now called the Malcolm X road, to the leader of the militant civil rights movement for black Americans who was murdered in 1965.
Belgians cast their vote on Sunday in municipal and provincial elections. They are the first polls since 2014 and are seen as an important indicator for the parliamentary elections in May next year. Approximately 8.2 million Belgians can vote for municipal councils and in Flanders and Wallonia also for provincial councils.
America is plagued by a wave of overdoses by synthetic weed. In the capital Washington DC, 100 overdoses per week are no exception. Emergency services can barely handle the situation. It is the last resort in a long row of drugs and an opiate crisis that holds the US in its grip.
The American preacher Andrew Brunson is released immediately. The Turkish judge sentenced him to three years in prison, but said immediately that he no longer has to go back to jail, since he has been in pre-trial detention long enough. All restrictions on the evangelical minister have also been lifted.
A long fierce heather on a training ground of the German armed forces has finally been extinguished. On Wednesday, the 'Bundeswehr' reported that the fire at the village of Stavern, about 35 kilometers east of Emmen, had been extinguished after five weeks. There are still 160 of the original 1600 firefighters present, but there are no more fires to be seen.
Francisco Tejón, leader of the dreaded Castañas drug gang in southern Spain, pulls a long nose to the Spanish police. He appears together with the singer of Latin group Clase A in a video clip of the reggaeton song 'Candela'. The video was published last week and has been viewed more than 50,000 times.
A great-nephew of Adolf Hitler gets a page in the German newspaper Bild to review a few world leaders.
Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a Chief Justice a few hours after the Senate's decisive vote. This happened in a small ceremony at the court. President Trump welcomed the approval for Kavanaugh. 'I congratulate the senate on approving a fantastic candidate.'
You just have to dare; write a biography about Churchill. More than a thousand have been published in recent decades. But Churchill's life can always be rewritten in the light of current political circumstances.
