Are the New Yorkers slurping their beloved plastic straws for the last time? If it is up to the municipal administration of the American metropolis. Fast food chains and restaurants may be banned from using plastic straws for longer.
The creators of Maya the Bee are furious at Greenpeace, which has the little children's heroine promoted in an inimitable film of cigarettes.
A man calling 112 with the announcement 'I'm being chased by a pig' was not really taken seriously at first.
It has been confirmed several times, but thanks to French medical scientists it is now one hundred percent certain: Adolf Hitler committed suicide in 1945. The French investigated the jaw of the Fuehrer who has been in possession of Russia since the end of the Second World War, and established that it is authentic.
They have a spot in the front of the route that they can no longer take away. Jolanda, Corinne, Mariëlle and Ria all come from the Bollenstreek and have chosen the wedding of Harry and Meghan to celebrate their twenty-year friendship. Mariëlle and Ria were already there when William and Kate married, but with the extended company it is 'even more fun'.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has 'strong indications' that the outbreak of ebola in Congo 'can be brought under control.' The organization does not see the new outbreak of the deadly virus as an international emergency at the moment. From Sunday, emergency services will vaccinate people in risk areas with an experimental vaccine.
A 57-year-old man in Melbourne really wanted to get his flight on Thursday morning. On images you can see how he roughly tries to tear open a plane door at the local airport. He also throws his foot in the fight.
A Japanese conductor has made an 'unforgivable' mistake. He had left a few seconds too early. It is now the second time in half a year that a Japanese public transport company apologizes for a train that left too early.
An English couple who wear nannies on the production line is now so desperate that they offer an annual salary of 82,000 euros.
An American doctor has been charged with treating patients for 18 years with diseases they did not have at all. With the money he earned with it, he led a luxury life. Even children received unnecessary treatments from the horror doctor.
A veterinary practice comes with a remarkable advice: do not throw sticks anymore with your dog!
The 31-year-old man who after the murder of his ex-girlfriend threatened to jump fourteen high, turns out to be professional 'Clown Tobi' who also worked as CliniClown.
In the negotiations on the British departure from the European Union, no 'significant progress' has been made in the last two months. That turned out on Monday after EU negotiator Michel Barnier had briefed EU ministers for European Affairs.
The 81-year-old Australian, James Harrison, has donated blood for the very last time. For the past sixty years, he sat in the chair every week to save millions of babies with his special blood.
Cannes cheered tonight for Bond villain Mads Mikkelsen, who plays the leading role in the survival drama Arctic. 'By far the most difficult recordings I've ever done,' said 52-year-old Dane about filming in the polar cold in Iceland.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is not only eccentric in fashion, he also made a number of idiosyncratic statements about German politics in an interview with French magazine Le Point.
A man who stole a unique painting from a London pub has regretted it. The portrait of a dog in a Victorian suit was returned after the owner of the pub shared the images of the theft.
When you are young, you often do not suffer from a hangover after a night out. But after the 29th the drink really starts to strike.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has condemned the prohibition of justice on the use of the Telegram chat app in his country. 'The government wants a secure but not a state-controlled internet,' Rohani wrote on Instagram on Friday.
An American fashion house has just put a new style on the mark. Perfect for warm weather... The trousers make a lot of dust.
The walkman, the CD player and the floppy disk, they all came up and disappeared again. These six things are according to trend watcher Michael McQueen also on extinction:
The prison sentence of Bill Cosby could just be better than one would think: he gets a special treatment in prison, reports TMZ. There are reasons for this.
While his lawyers are still talking about his innocence and appeal, Bill Cosby is after his conviction mentally preparing for the prison.
To celebrate the birth of Prince Louis, Legoland Windsor gives away free tickets to everyone with the same name! They can go to the amusement park free of charge in the coming months.
The lawsuit initiated by porn actress Stormy Daniels against lawyer Michael Cohen is suspended. The rights of US President Donald Trump's lawyer would be jeopardized if the case continues while he is also the subject of a criminal investigation, the judge said. The case has been shut down for three months.
The songs are expected to be heard only at the earliest this fall, but the news that the Swedish pop group ABBA will come up with new material after thirty-five years beat up like a bomb on King's Day. The official international ABBA fan club, established in Roosendaal since 1986, received a few dozen members spontaneously on Friday.
The British police have arrested three teenagers after images of the abuse of a girl were distributed through social media (15). The video images have been viewed more than 330,000 times on the internet, reports the local newspaper Birmingham Mail.
What virtually no one really dared to dream, has become reality yesterday. At least, if Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in later this year, as they have agreed, actually put their scribbles under a peace treaty. North and South Korea officially end the Korean War after 65 years.
Dj John Dahlbäck, one of the great DJs from Sweden, worked with Avicii at the start of his career and has good memories of making music with him. That writes the Swedish SVT News, who spoke the DJ when he returned from a tour through the United States.
Avicii, one of the most famous DJs in the world, died in Oman at the age of 28. That's what his manager reports on Friday.
