Sierra Leone sold one of the world's largest rough diamonds at an auction in New York on Monday. The gemstone yielded an amount of 6.5 million dollars (about 5.5 million euros). The West African country wants to use that to finance development projects.
Billions of people in the world still do not have a toilet, which makes them susceptible to all sorts of illnesses. In order to draw attention to that, Sunday is World Toilet Day again. The objective is to give everyone access to sanitary facilities in 2030 and to do something about the water contaminated with poo.
The missing British TV maker and adventurer Benedict Allen is 'alive and well' seen in the vicinity of a runway in Papua New Guinea.
US President Donald Trump agrees with the assessment of US intelligence services about Russian interference with presidential elections in the US.
914 teckels, 373 golden retrievers, 318 beagles and 295 dalmatians parade Thursday for a jury during the first day of the world's largest dog show. In Germany, Leipzig, almost 25,000 fourteen are admired and evaluated these days.
The British island of St. Helena, one of the world's most remote places, has been able to welcome the first commercial flight on Saturday to drive the spot.
The dog lover and president of Russia Vladimir Putin received a special sheepdog for his birthday. On Wednesday, he received a puppy from the ancient Alabai breed from his Turkmen colleague Berdimoechamedov. This is a Turkmenian variant of the Central Asian Sheepdog.
He would make up to one million dollars a night. This is evidenced by transcripts of a lawsuit by Las Vegas striker Stephen Paddock who has been given CNN.
Buy online cheese and still live from the cheese farmer, get personal explanation of the cheese. Kaan's Cheese Shop from Alkmaar has said this week- the world's first 'stream store', a mix between a web shop and a physical store.
The world can warn what it wants, but now there's no more strain on Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un when it's threatening each other. The question is who first loses his head.
Also a calf- one of the oldest species in the world- needs sleep. This is shown by a study by the California Institute of Technology, published in Current Biology. Scientists had previously found that invertebrates such as fruitflies and worms that did, now it is also clear that the primitive malignant type of Cassiopea is a pretext.
Violet Moss-Brown, known to be the oldest man on the planet, died on Montego Bay Jamaica on Friday at the age of 117. That is what the Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness reported on Saturday through Twitter.
BRUSSELS European Union is shooting the United States with satellite imagery of the ravage that hurricane Harvey has done in Texas state. The US authorities have asked for it, according to the European Commission. Using data from the European Sentinel satellites, the damage in the affected area is mapped.
The Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition presale goes like a spear. The console is the fastest selling Xbox in the pre-sale ever, Microsoft reports.
HTC rolls out Android 8.0 in the coming fourth quarter. On Twitter, the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer announces that the newest HTC U11 device will be the first to get the new software. After the U11 follow the previously released U Ultra and the HTC 10.
The long wait from Android fans has been rewarded; Google has released version 8.0 of the world's most widely used operating system. The official name has already been speculated and the most commonly mentioned candidate has also become Oreo.
Google launches Android O on Monday night, bringing the world's most popular operating system to version number eight. Nevertheless, the launch of a new Android version does not immediately mean that everyone will make the switch. According to TechCrunch, one third of all Android devices still run on Marshmallow, version 6, from 2015.
Webstore giant Amazon has gained green light to take over Whole Foods supermarket group.
The proposed acquisition of the American seed trader Monsanto by the German chemical company Bayer strikes objections from the European Commission.
The new features of Android 8.0 (Code Name O) have actually been said and written, but the official name was not yet known. Android Police has now discovered the suspicious name of the following Android version in a link to a video on Google+. The successor to Android Nougat is called Android Oreo.
Patrick Kluivert (41) and Edgar Davids (44) were arrested after they had awaiting Saturday at a political meeting in Zimbabwe, where also the controversial President Robert Mugabe, 93, was present.
The oil price drops further on Tuesday. Traders fear that OPEC oil cartel will not be able to move members to production restrictions.
Disasters caused by extreme weather conditions threaten about two thirds of all Europeans by the end of this century. In the period 2071-2100, the effects of climate change in the EU, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland will die 80,000 to 240,000 people annually.
On Tsuiji, the largest fish market in the world in Tokyo, a fierce fire broke out on Thursday. Every year tens of thousands of tourists visit the market full of stalls with exotic fish and sushi.
The Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones Huawei threatens Apple's position as number two of the world.
Unknowns in the Twentse Wierden dumped a box of two young kittens as old dirt along the side of the road.
United Airlines has been reconsidered. The American airline was accused of a giant rabbit who was found dead in the luggage room of a device three months ago when arriving at Chicago Airport.
The number of monthly Facebook users has risen to over 2 billion, an increase of 17 percent over a year ago. This is evidenced by figures that published the world's most popular social networking site.
Anthony Scaramucci has removed a series of confrontational messages from his Twitter account one day after his entry into the White House as communications director. Those were not too friendly for his boss Donald Trump ('weird guy') or his policy plans.
Wonder Boy. A name that seems quite forgotten appears in the video history that is not long ago. You must be an age (certainly over 35) to remember the glory days of this character from the 8 bit era. Does a remake of the classic The Dragon's Trap also speak the youthful gamer?
