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.
The international community wants to spend more than 1.7 billion euros extra for aid to the crisis area around Lake Chad. During a donor conference in Berlin, the needy population of one of the poorest regions in the world was pledged about three times as much as a year ago at a similar meeting in Oslo.
The episodes of Anthony's Bourdain show Parts Unknown in which his girlfriend Asia Argento was shown, have been taken offline by CNN. The actress, who turned out to be one of the voices of the MeToo movement, is accused of sexual abuse of a minor.
Germany has given Namibia the physical remains of 27 people who were killed in the colonial period. Robbed parts of the body were then taken from the African country to be used in so-called 'race studies'.
US President Donald Trump, according to a federal judge, went outside his book with three decisions that made it easier to dismiss federal officials. The judge has destroyed important parts of three presidential decrees, reports The New York Times.
The son of a captured opposition leader from Bahrain has asked Queen Elizabeth in an open letter to use her influence with King Hamad of Bahrain to ensure that his father is treated humanely. This is what the British newspaper The Independent reports on Thursday.
North Korea has stopped dismantling the Sohae rocket base. This is what the organization The 38 North reports on the basis of satellite images from 16 August. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had promised in a conversation with US President Donald Trump that the base would be completely dismantled.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been heard for the first time in almost a year. At least, the 'news agency' of Islamic State, Al-Furqan, has distributed an audio message, which would be from the IS leader.
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.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is not sure that all people who may have become infected with the deadly Ebola virus in the northeast of the Congo have been identified. This has to do with the war situation in parts of the province of Kivu. Rescuers have not been able to reach some dangerous places.
A 30-year-old Italian motorist just wanted to drive over the bridge when the disaster occurred. She saw that something was wrong, but she thought about an accident. 'Then I suddenly saw dozens of people running my way. They shouted, 'The bridge collapses, flees!'
The political branch of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) once again consulted with the Syrian regime last week. The vice-president of the so-called Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) said that in the capital Damascus there was talk about decentralization and the constitution.
The fact that life continues after a drama, is now revealed by the apartment of the world famous TV chef Anthony Bourdain after his unexpected suicide comes in the rental.
An 18-year-old boy has a girl he met, raped and murdered through social media. He chopped her body into pieces with an ax and threw it away through the Russian city of Magnitogorsk.
Danish submarine and rocket builder Peter Madsen (47) sentenced to life imprisonment has been mistreated in prison. An eighteen-year-old fellow prisoner struck the murderer of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall in such a way that he had to be treated in the hospital, his lawyer reported to Danish media.
A day after the heavy earthquake at Lombok, foreign tourists try to leave the Indonesian island on Monday. There are long lines of waiting at Mataram airport and airline Garuda is using additional flights.
During the earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok, according to local authorities, at least three deaths occurred. There was also considerable damage to buildings. There are no reports of any injuries. The quake had a force of 7.0.
In the heat-affected Portugal, dozens of fires are burning. One of the largest fires rages in mountainous areas near Monchique on the north side of the Algarve, which is popular with tourists.
The heat has certainly claimed three lives in Spain in recent days. In Barcelona, passers-by found a man in the street in whom the blood ran out of his mouth. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. It turned out that the man was overcome by the heat.
The Turkish parliament has given its approval to all parts of a new security law. It must be a new tool in the fight against terrorism after the state of emergency has been lifted in the country last week after two years.
Fifty years after a plane from the Indian Air Force crashed in the state of Himachal Pradesh in the far north of India, mountaineers found the body of one of the 102 occupants. Parts of the device were also found.
The heat does not want to give way in Japan. On Wednesday, eight people succumbed to the enormous heat that holds many parts of the country in its grip. More than two thousand people ended up in hospital on Wednesday because they were unwell because of the heat.
Botswana, the country with the world's largest elephant population, is considering lifting the ban on the pleasure hunt for elephants. The government of the country in southern Africa says that harvesting small farmers is threatened by the thousands of elephants living in the wild.
A heat wave killed five people in Japan and 1500 people had to be admitted to the hospital. It was the hottest in Hiroshima. In that region the mercury increased to 38 degrees, Japanese media reported.
It did not matter much, or the rescue operation around the Thai cave boys had ended in a tragedy. Two hours after the last Thai cave boy was freed, the water pumps at the Tham Luang cave system did it. Some hundred rescue workers still present in the cave had to flee the rapidly rising water.
In the event of attacks or major natural disasters, YouTube will now also publish written news reports. That news comes from reliable websites such as The New York Times or CNN. With this new feature, YouTube wants to counter the spread of fake news.
The South Sudanese army has killed 232 civilians and raped 120 women and girls in May and April. This is stated in a research report from the United Nations (UN). According to the UN, three commanders bear the greatest responsibility for the atrocities committed between 16 April and 24 May. Possibly war crimes.
Former foreign minister Boris Johnson fears that the United Kingdom is on its way to becoming a colony of the European Union. He writes this Monday in his letter of resignation to British Prime Minister Theresa May. According to Johnson, his country is 'really on the way to colony status.'
A summit this week between the EU and Japan, in the presence of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, has been postponed to 17 July for one week and moved from Brussels to Tokyo. That was decided in connection with the severe weather in Japan. Abe does not want to leave the country now.
The death toll in Japan as a result of the heavy rainfall and flooding has risen to over 100. Dozens of people are still missing, the Japanese authorities report. Because of the heavy thunderstorms and associated torrential rains, parts of the south and west of the country are flooded.
