The member of a Belgian political party has been discredited after being caught with three kilograms of heroin. The timing can not be worse: in fact, his party is launching a plan against international drug suppliers in the battle for the forthcoming Antwerp municipal elections.
Leslie Moonves, the CEO of the television network CBS, was immediately released from his position. His departure follows new revelations from The New Yorker magazine about sexual misconduct. At the end of July, media also published similar stories about Moonves as one of the most powerful men in Hollywood.
Islamic extremists in the northeast of Nigeria attacked the city of Gudumbali and caused a massacre. That's what two residents and a security guard said on Saturday. They said that many people died, but they could not name numbers.
In Beijing Wildlife Park, a zoo in the Chinese capital Beijing, young lions, tigers and hyenas are looked after by a special appearance. A Golden Retriever mothers over the boy as if it were her own.
US President Donald Trump has Pat Cipollone in mind as successor to legal adviser Donald McGahn, who will soon leave the White House. The Washington Post writes this with a reference to two sources that are aware of the state of affairs.
It does not stop. After the inflatable unicorn and floating unicorn islands in the sea, the Cornetto ice cream brand responds well to the unicorn trend. The dessert obviously has a very appropriate name: the UniCornetto.
In Uganda, protests broke out on Friday after parliamentarian and pop star Bobi Wine was stopped at the airport. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, and another opposition member wanted to be treated medically abroad. They would have been tortured when they were in detention.
Snapchat has a shameful problem with their location indicators. The company Mapbox, which Snapchat obtains maps from, probably has to deal with a hack.
The police in the American city of Massachusetts is looking for a woman who, through the use of a fake name, has dumped her sick dog at a grooming salon.
The American rock group Metallica brings its own whiskey on the market. According to a statement from the group, it is not just a different name for an already existing mediocre whiskey, but a real drink that has been worked on for years.
Former Scottish Prime Minister Alex Salmond has canceled his membership of the Scottish National Party (SNP). The 63-year-old party champion became discredited by allegations of sexual misconduct. He denies having committed criminal offenses, but says he wants to prevent his party from suffering the fuss.
'Made in North Korea' does not seem to be a direct cause to run to the store, but the Committee for the Promotion of International Trade of the Socialist Resistance naturally thinks otherwise. The communist country seems to export everything.
Counterfeit webshops are a big problem in Germany. More than four million Germans have ever fallen victim to fake web shops. This is shown by a study by a number of consumer organizations. The study will be released on Monday evening via the broadcaster ARD.
One of the first computers that Apple has ever made is auctioned. The device still works, says auction house RR Auction, which hopes for an amount of 300,000 dollars, almost 260,000 euros. The buyer receives, among other things, the original motherboard, without modifications, and an authentic manual.
Hurricane Lane that passes through Hawaii has been further reduced to the 3rd category. Lane is located south of Hawaii and is expected to head north-west. The hurricane brings wind speeds of up to 200 kilometers per hour, reports the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.
For the first time in thirty years, a very heavy hurricane threatens to hit the American state of Hawaii. In the cyclone that has been given the name Lane, wind speeds of over 250 kilometers per hour are measured.
America can prepare for a series of controversial interviews in which porn actress Stormy Daniels- also known under her real name Stephanie Clifford- opens a book about her bed adventures with the current president Donald Trump.
A new drug buster has risen in the world. El Mencho is the name. The Mexican has taken over from Joaquin Guzmán or El Chapo.
Jeremy Meeks owes his career as a model to the prison photo that the police issued from him after a complaint for gun possession and the adversity of his arrest. He soon got the nickname of 'best-known criminal in the world', but now internet users have set their sights on someone else; a woman this time.
The parents of first lady Lady Melania Trump have become American citizens. Viktor (74) and Amalija (72) Knavs took the oath on the American constitution on Thursday (local time), writes The New York Times. Their lawyer Michael Wildes has confirmed this to the newspaper.
A Russian court sentenced four members of an extremely violent gang to life-long prison sentences. The gang members terrorized the roads around Moscow for years, where they committed seventeen murders. A fifth man is sentenced to 20 years in prison, reports Russian media.
Anyone who wants to steal a pot of that wonderful beach sand on holiday in Sardinia will get the lid on the nose from the Italian authorities. In order to protect the nature of the island, the fines for this crime have been increased to 3000 euros.
The Venezuelan secret service has arrested a politician of the opposition after the alleged attack on President Maduro. This is reported by the opposition party Primero Justicia (Justice First), who states that parliamentarian Juan Requesens and his sister Rafaela were 'kidnapped' by a group of agents at night.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds the opposition responsible for the alleged attack on his life. 'The testimonies point to Julio Borges. We know he has the cowardice to participate in such a thing, 'Maduro said in a television speech.
Flemish youths have mistreated two kittens so severely that one of the young kittens has not survived. A woman intervened and prevented the second creature from having the same fate.
Zimbabweans go to the polls today to elect a new parliament and a new president. These are special elections, because for the first time since the independence of Great Britain in 1980, Robert Mugabe's name is not on any voting list.
The former Spanish king Juan Carlos is under fire again. This time by his former mistress, a German entrepreneur. She states that he used her bank accounts to raise bribes and that in her name all sorts of real estate was bought.
Two American tourists who were stuck in a lift in Portugal have received help from an unexpected corner. The women searched online for the telephone number of the Lisbon police ('Lisbon'), but called unhappily with the emergency services in a place of the same name in Maine, an American state.
'My name is Garrett Michael Boofias, I am five years old, I am a bulldog and my favorite color is blue... and red and black and green.' That is the beginning of the letter with the funeral wishes of the 5-year-old Garrett Michael Matthias from the American state of Iowa.
Macedonia is invited to become a member of NATO once the name issue has been definitively resolved. The leaders of the 29 member states have given their green light at their summit in Brussels.
