A 58-year-old American has been released after having been unjustly imprisoned for 38 years. Malcolm Alexander was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape in 1979, but this week, new DNA research showed that the man is innocent.
Two British winter sportsmen were killed in the French Alps after falling hundreds of meters down. The two 25-year-olds probably slipped when they were skiing off-piste in Chamonix, near Mont Blanc. That reports the BBC.
Dozens of baboons escaped from their stay in a Parisian zoo on Friday afternoon. The Paris Zoological Park, also known as the Vincennes Zoo, has been cleared according to French media.
US President Donald Trump believes that his economic policy can turn out to be beneficial for the rest of the world. ''America First' does not mean 'America on its own'', Trump emphasized in Davos. He praised his country as the ideal location for businesses.
The governor of the Afghan province of Farah has resigned. Mohammad Arif Shah Jahan announced his departure after protests from residents against the deteriorating security situation in the area, message news channel TOLO.
Over a hundred days, strict European legislation on privacy and data protection will come into effect, but only Austria and Germany have the necessary regulations in order. The European Commission urges the other Member States to make haste.
One of the children of David and Louise Turpin, the horror couple that tortured their thirteen children at home, also had a hard time at school. That says a former classmate of the now grown woman. In a heartbreaking message on Facebook, he expresses his regret. 'Every year someone was 'chosen' to bully, at our school she was.'
Tuesday afternoon the nominations for the Oscars will be announced. The organization has tightened up the protocols with the dramatic 'enveloppegate' in the memory.
Paris sighs under a rat plague. The animals are now so brutal that they no longer attract passers-by and show themselves in broad daylight, the newspaper Le Parisien reports.
Hackers have copied frequently used apps like WhatsApp, Signal and Adobe Flash Player. The copies worked exactly like the real apps, so that the victims did not get suspicious. But secretly the apps could take photos with the camera of the affected smartphone, intercept text messages and apps, find passwords, see where someone is, listen to the microphone and read contact lists.
Woof woof, the train is coming. If you are waiting for the train in Japan soon, you might suddenly hear dog sounds. Research has shown that barking trains can drive deer on the track and that saves considerably in the number of collisions.
A wolf walks around in the British county of Berkshire. The animal escaped after the storm had damaged its stay in a wolf shelter. The police tries to catch the animal and warns everyone to stay out of the neighborhood.
Cheating often does not happen without reason.
Venezuelan security forces have arrested at least five alleged insurgents after heavy firefights in a place outside of Caracas. It would be rebels associated with pilot Oscar Pérez, reported the state television. Last year he fired government buildings from a stolen helicopter.
The University of California was charged with a student from San Diego because there was no one who stopped her when she was demonstrating on a highway against President Donald Trump. She was hit by a car there.
'Why would we bring all these people from backward countries here?' The American president would have made that statement during a meeting with senators about immigration policy in his Oval Office. According to two initiates, Trump was referring to countries such as Haiti, El Salvador and several African countries.
The French police have the entire spoils of the jewelery theft in the Hôtel Ritz in Paris. The jewels were in a bag that was found at the thieves in the hotel on Wednesday, reports BFMTV. The police confirmed that message. The loot represented a value of an estimated 4.5 million euros.
Dark clouds get together above Paul Manafort, the former campaign leader of President Donald Trump. He was indicted by a court in New York for fraud by a Russian company, after the company had borrowed nearly $ 19 million from Manafort to invest in a Ukrainian media company.
The Swiss town of Zermatt is no longer isolated from the outside world. The Swiss broadcaster SRF reported Wednesday evening that the train traffic between the municipality and nearby Täsch has started again. There was safe driving over the approximately 5 kilometers long track between the places.
The Swiss village of Zermatt is isolated from the outside world. Due to avalanche danger, the authorities have closed the motorways, train connections, ski slopes and hiking trails in the vicinity of the small town near the Matterhorn mountain.
13,000 winter sports enthusiasts in the Swiss ski resort Zermatt have been cut off from the outside world. Due to the heavy snowfall the avalanche danger has been raised to the highest alarm level. As a result, the roads and the track to the area are closed. How long the closure will take is not clear.
King Felipe enjoys broad appreciation in Spain. This is shown by a survey that was held to measure support for the monarchy. They rate him with the figure of 7.4, much higher than any politician.
With no less than four prizes, Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri became Sunday night as the big winner at the presentation of the Golden Globes. The film, from Thursday in our country to see, was voted best drama. In addition to leading actress Frances McDormand and supporting actor Sam Rockwell, writer-director Martin McDonagh was also honored, the man who invented it all.
The extreme cold that has been ravaging for more than a week, especially in the north-east of the United States, has certainly claimed 18 lives so far. Meteorologists expect the cold to last for a few more days.
An avalanche has certainly claimed a life in Austria. A second man is still being sought and a search for possible missing persons is also being carried out at another location in the mountains.
Nearly 90 people have been evacuated from the Swiss holiday resort of La Fouly for fear of avalanches. The people in the town, in the mountains about 65 kilometers southeast of Lausanne, had to leave their chalets on Thursday.
A Ryanair passenger has been arrested after he left a stationary aircraft via the emergency exit. He then sat for quite some time on the wing of the aircraft, reports British media Wednesday. The man probably hangs a hefty fine over the head.
In France, a great fuss arose after two agents were mistreated during New Year's Eve when they were summoned because of a quarrel during a private party. 'A cowardly lynching party', the French president Emmanuel Macron calls the excessive violence.
Dr. Phil has been under fire since Thursday because he would have helped addicted guests to alcohol and drugs. Now, according to a shocking research report, he concluded deals with clinics: in exchange for taking a treatment program developed by him, he would mention their name in the show. This news also comes out via STAT and The Boston Globe, who did research together on the show.
The police in the capital of Iran reported on Thursday that they will no longer arrest women if they do not meet the Islamic dress code.
