Australian researchers have discovered a 'superb' series that is resistant to all known types of antibiotics. The researchers at the University of Melbourne report this. The bacterium, called Staphylcoccus epidermidis, mainly occurs in hospitals and is related to MRSA.
Israeli soldiers have shot a Palestinian man on the occupied West Bank Monday who attacked them. An army spokesman told the Haaretz newspaper that the perpetrator at a checkpoint near Hebron pulled a knife and went off with the guards. These opened the fire in a reaction.
A Catholic brother (80) who used to abuse children in his thirties still has to go to prison in Australia. A court sentenced Gerard McNamara to a prison sentence of nine months, message broadcaster ABC.
A judge in Myanmar has sentenced two journalists from Reuters news agency, who have been detained since December last year, to seven years in prison. The two journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were accused of having obtained secret government documents about troop movements. The time since December 2017 that they are in the cell is deducted from the seven years in prison.
The Roman Catholic Church in Australia refuses to cooperate with the government's plan for priests to report abuse to the police if they hear about it during confession. That is what the bishops' conference in the country announced on Friday. The government proposal was one of the recommendations after an investigation into sexual abuse within the church.
An action to raise money for a helpful homeless man has resulted in a legal joust. The 35-year-old Johnny Bobbitt drags a couple to the court that over the internet retrieved more than $ 400,000 (over € 341,000), the BBC. They would have put money in their own pocket.
A few dozen boat people have succeeded in making the long dangerous crossing to Australia, but the question is how happy they should be. They have landed in a remote swamp area where it is teeming with crocodiles.
The Australian city of Melbourne commemorates Tuesday the 27-year-old Dutch woman who recently died there. During a bike ride she was scooped by a motorist in a stolen car. To commemorate her there is a bike ride. 'Start where you want and finish at the corner of Chapel Street and Grosvenor Street \u0026 # x27 ;, #,' the place of the accident, the organizers say.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull resigns after a power struggle within his own Liberal party. Australian media reports that Friday. Turnbull is succeeded by Scott Morrison, the current Minister of Finance.
Pope Francis, who was confronted with countless instances of sexual abuse of minors by priests in various countries, has written a letter on unprecedented paws about these scandals. He called on all Roman Catholics in the world to help 'eradicate this culture of death'.
Hajj, the largest pilgrimage in the world, is about to begin. From Sunday evening to Friday evening, the Saudi city of Mecca will visit around three million Muslims from all parts of the world, including several thousand pilgrims from the Netherlands.
Israeli security officials killed a man in the Muslim quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem who had an attack in mind.
The lion's den. An American satellite goes there on Saturday. The Parker Solar Probe goes to the sun. He arrives there in November. The solar probe should teach us more about the atmosphere of the sun.
In Australia it may be winter at present, there too people are struggling with drought. One of the consequences of this is that the most famous inhabitants of the country move into the cities en masse.
Two Americans who had Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night painted on their house, have come to the end in a conflict with the municipality. He had fined the duo of 10,000 dollars (more than 8600 euros), the BBC reports.
The Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries have called on Russia to provide clarification on the crash of the MH17 passenger plane. The Boeing was brought down from Schiphol to Malaysia in July 2014 by an anti-aircraft missile in eastern Ukraine. All 298 occupants died. Among them were 196 Dutch.
Good news for those who love avocado. In Australia, a farmer managed to grow giant avocados: Avozilla's.
What could have become a drama ended this afternoon as a fairy tale. The twelve Thai football players of the Wilde Zwijnen team and their coach have all escaped from the Tham Luang cave. Hollywood is warming up for the story that seems written for the white screen.
A huge crocodile that roams through inhabited territory in Australia is finally captured after a manhunt of no less than eight years. The saltwater crocodile of five meters long and 600 kilos heavily ran into a cage. On pictures you can see how the big animal is tied to a trailer.
The most important university in Australia has been attacked for months by hackers. According to Australian media, the attack was carried out by Chinese state hackers, but Australia and the Australian National University say nothing about it.
A re-paved road in Australia caused a lot of trouble when the weather changed. Soon after the construction, the rain came down from the sky, after which the sun caused extreme heat. And then things went wrong.
Thai Seals yesterday succeeded in penetrating a little deeper into the flooded cave complex, where twelve teenagers and their football coach have been missing for more than a week. After days of heavy rainfall, the weather is finally favorable and the water level in the cave, located near Chiang Rai, has decreased slightly.
Holidaymakers who are going to Spain soon may have to be careful on Mallorca. A white shark was spotted near the city. According to scientists, that is remarkable: the last time the white shark was seen was thirty years ago.
Anyone looking for a dried-up lake in Australia with the satellite images from Google Earth comes across something remarkable: a fifty-meter-long penis. How the print comes and who is responsible for it is not known.
The Belgian State Secretary for asylum seeks to ensure that asylum seekers who report in Europe are automatically referred back. Applications for accommodation in Europe must, according to Theo Francken, be handled in Africa, for example.
A 22-year-old comedian has been raped and murdered shortly after hatred.
Australia is going to build a submarine internet cable to the Solomon Islands and thus prevents a Chinese company from doing so. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the construction on Wednesday after consultation with his counterpart on the islands Rick Houenipwela.
A gullible German has gone into the ship for at least 10,000 euros. He was informed by strangers from Australia via e-mail that a 13 million euro legacy was waiting for him from a deceased, distant relative.
A quarter of a century ago, the first one emerged in the Amsterdam Pijp, now there are 146 all over the country: meeting centers for people with dementia and their informal caregivers. Meanwhile, there is international interest in the low-threshold and affordable provision that was once devised at the Psychiatry department of VUmc in Amsterdam. On Thursday, the official announcement of an international network (\u0026 # x27; MeetingDem Network \u0026 # x27;) will provide even more foundation and, hopefully, the initiators, even more follow-up abroad.
Scientists from Australia have drawn a remarkable conclusion after their research: according to the team, the human body has a second brain at the buttocks.
