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.
The active volcano Kilauea on Hawaii has made a first victim. A man was injured when he was hit by a hot piece of lava. He stood on the balcony of his house when he was struck. According to a mayor's spokesman, 'the lava slapped his lower leg and shattered everything in that spot.'
The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has entered a new phase. The disease has reached Mbandaka, the capital of the Equateur province. In the urban area, Ebola can penetrate much faster than in rural areas, where the disease had been observed so far.
A veterinary practice comes with a remarkable advice: do not throw sticks anymore with your dog!
The Catalan parliament has chosen a new regional prime minister. Quim Torra, an ally of former prime minister Carles Puigdemont, received sufficient support on Monday.
A Belgian woman is angry that her hairdresser charges twice as much as for men. She filed a complaint with the Institute for Equality between Women and Men.
Doctors have taken a 23 kg tumor from a man in Vietnam. That was only half of the whole tumor in his back and lower body. The rest will be removed later, according to local media.
The Basque terrorist movement ETA says it has lifted itself. The group states in a letter that 'all structures have been completely dismantled and the political initiative has been terminated', said the newspaper El Diario. The letter is dated April 16.
The EU 'takes note' of President Donald Trump's decision to exempt EU member states from US import duties on steel and aluminum until 1 June. The EU ought to 'be excluded from these measures fully and permanently', the European Commission says and warns that it is 'not under threat'.
Russia is increasingly diverting its oil exports to Europe to China. The big refining companies got 19% less crude oil this year than last year.
How does Warren Buffett live, the world's best investor? Market researchers have been trying to copy their investment method for years. Savings and patience are the recipes, even at breakfast.
In the run-up to the dismantling of the terrorist organization, the ETA has handed over two cases with weapons to the French authorities. Sources of the Spanish terrorist campaign told the Spanish news agency Europa Press that the weapons were delivered in the city of Bayonne in the French Basque Country.
President Trump has fully opened the attack on Opec oil cartel. The oil producers keep prices 'artificially high'. The US will no longer accept that, according to the president on Friday.
A quarrel about the legacy of the wealthy stock exchange trader Michael Morgan Taylor who died during 9/11 has led to a bizarre ruling by the judge.
The Basque terror movement ETA announces in the first weekend of May that the organization will be lifted. Sources around the ETA told the Spanish newspaper El País that the decision to dismantle in French Basque country will be announced.
Three Flemish companies are being prosecuted for the export of chemical products to Syria, one of which may have been used to make the nerve gas sarin. They said they were not aware of the license obligation, reports the weekly Knack.
The French lower house on Tuesday agreed to far-reaching reforms of the railways, a pet subject by President Emmanuel Macron. Against the plans this month has already been stopped several times and for Wednesday there are again work interruptions on the program.
The German Federal Public Prosecutor's Office has conducted house searches with right-wing extremists in various German states. Four suspects in Lower Saxony, Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein are suspected of terrorism.
According to the US, the Chinese and Russian government have started to artificially lower their currencies. That is how they manipulate their exports, according to President Trump. That accusation from Trump for the first time; previously the president reported that he had no signals of currency manipulation.
Buyers have paid tens of thousands of dollars for doors of rooms of the famous Chelsea Hotel in New York, behind which celebrities have slept. A masterpiece was the door of the room where Bob Dylan spent a lot of time. The piece of wood was repelled at 125,000 dollars, about 100,000 euros.
China opens its market with metal trade for foreign investors. The government announced this on Friday.
Manufacturers are prohibited from offering food with the same packaging in different EU countries but with a significantly different composition. To this end, the European Commission will adjust the legislation, following complaints from mainly Central and Eastern Europe about 'food apartheid'.
The two victims who died in the German Münster by the attack with a camper van have been identified. They are a 51-year-old woman from the Lueneburg region in Lower Saxony and a man of 65 from the Borken region in North Rhine-Westphalia.
South African former president Jacob Zuma will appear in court on Friday for suspected corruption, fraud and money laundering.
Data from some 87 million Facebook users, mainly Americans, may have been transferred to research bureau Cambridge Analytica. That's what Facebook told us in a statement. Earlier, on the basis of estimates, it was thought that data would be about 50 million people.
The search for abuses at the top man of WPP, the largest advertising company in the world, has put the share of Wednesday significantly lower on the British stock market.
The Philippine Supreme Court has ordered the police to give openness to thousands of deadly incidents in the war against drugs. The government had wanted to keep the details secret, but the court stood up.
The products that are for sale in the Netherlands via the German website Amazon.de appear to be cheaper in 50% of cases than comparable articles from established Dutch webshops.
All eyes were this week in the British Cheshire focused on the bride and groom, Jeni Arrowsmith and Mark Wood. Until the hired owl with the rings flew majestically towards the altar. What happened next only caused chaos.
South Korean steelmakers are shooting up on the stock market Monday after claims of a deal with the US.
