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The United Nations has called on Russia and the US-led international coalition to investigate the air strikes they have carried out for violations of humanitarian law.

VVD and SP want to get rid of the controversial office of the European Commission that has the task of fighting fake news. The government must advocate the abolition of EUvsDisinfo in Brussels, according to government party VVD and opposition party SP. The two parties seem to have a view of a majority in the House.

The life-threatening antics of participants in a wedding procession have caused a chaos on the A12 towards Brussels on Saturday night. A fellow road user recorded with a smartphone how revelers stopped in the middle of the highway to throw the groom in the air. Minister of Mobility Ben Weyts reacts furiously. 'It is time that examples are set. Disgusted. The street is not theirs. '

The partner and brother of a seventeen-year-old Libyan girl injured the young woman with knife stabs in Germany and sent images of this to the new friend of the victim. The men committed the assassination attempt because the pregnant teenager had a friend and wanted to get rid of the traditional Islamic marriage with a 34-year-old Syrian, reported German media Saturday.

The Slovak authorities released all seven suspects who were detained for involvement in the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova.

In Iceland around 600 computers have been stolen, which are used to extract Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies- the so-called 'mines'. The computers were stolen in a series of thefts from data centers in Iceland. According to the police, this is the biggest robbery ever on the North Atlantic island.

Sniff a line of coke, use heroin or smoke a joint while watching a football match during the World Cup in Russia. That is allowed, provided you have a recipe and the necessary papers. This is reported by various Russian media, including The Moscow Times.

A 26-year-old British, who has been fantasizing about murdering a person for years, has been given a lifelong prison sentence to carry out that wish. She and her friend lured their 18-year-old victim, the autistic Aaron Pajich, to their home in Australian Perth. The teenager was tortured and murdered.

The average price of a owner-occupied home in twenty large cities in the United States rose by 0.6 percent in December compared to a month earlier.

The Democrats have published their version of the memo about the role of the FBI in Russiagate. In that letter, the FBI and the Ministry of Justice have not misused their position in the investigation into Russian interference in the American elections.

The Venezuelan lost 11 kilos on average in 2017 and 90 percent of the population of 30 million people now live in poverty. This has shown the latest study on the impact of the dramatic economic crisis and food shortages.

Switzerland has suspended its donations to the British aid organization Oxfam. The reason is the (sexual) misconduct of aid workers after the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.

On Monday, Oxfam UK published the full internal report on (sexual) misconduct after the earthquake in Haiti in 2010. The British aid organization has become embroiled in a sex scandal and wants to open up with the publication.

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov does not want to comment on Saturday on the investigation of the American special prosecutor Robert Mueller. In his indictment, thirteen Russians and three Russian authorities are accused of interference in the American elections and political trials.

News sites that embed tweets can thus infringe the copyrights that rest on the images shown. That remarkable statement was made by a federal judge in the American state of New York on Thursday.

The dollar index lost 0.4% to a three-year low, while US WTI oil rose 1.7% in value.

The stock exchanges in New York are expected to open on Monday with considerable profits. Friday was already a clear recovery on Wall Street of the heavy price falls earlier in the week.

Chocoholics attention. Eating as much chocolate as you want and at the same time earning a living, you can. The British confectionery manufacturer Cadbury's is diligently looking for chocolate tasters and has published a vacancy.

Russiagate, or the possible interference of the Kremlin in the American elections, has received a spectacular follow-up in Russia itself. Anti-corruption blogger Aleksej Navalny, who is excluded from the presidential election next month, says he has evidence that billionaire Oleg Deripaska was the secret emissary of the Kremlin in 2016 with Paul Manafort, then the campaign chief of Donald Trump.

Ukraine has launched an online register containing 75,000 names of fathers who do not pay the maintenance. With the 'wall of shame' the country wants to enforce that they still pay. Those on the list may not travel abroad unless they pay for six months. In case of an entry on the list, the police may confiscate the vehicle of the person in question.

Good news for solar lovers: it's good for the line!

Russian President Putin is sad that his name does not adorn an American list of 'Russian oligarchs'. This was reported by the Russian news agency Sputnik on Tuesday. Putin reacted so jokingly to a 'Kremlin list' published by the US Treasury Department with the names of business people close to the Russian power center.

Facebook has published its privacy rules for the first time and will bring video 's that help users to control who has access to their data.

US President Donald Trump had ordered the dismissal in June last year of the Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, who is investigating alleged Russian interference in the Presidential elections. It never came from a dismissal, because a leading Trump lawyer advised against this. He even threatened with boarding if Trump Mueller would fire.

Will it be Al-Sisi? Or Al-Sisi? Tens of millions of Egyptians have only one real choice at the presidential election at the end of March: the incumbent leader. His potential rivals have been professionally eliminated in recent weeks. The last contender, former army boss Sami Anan, was arrested yesterday.

Half a century after the mysterious disappearance of two sisters and their little brother in Australia, it seems that the case is solved.

The Danish inventor Peter Madsen has mistreated and tortured journalist Kim Wall before he murdered her. This is clear from the full charges that were published on Tuesday. Last week, the prosecutor already said that the murder on Madsen's submarine was planned and prepared.

The death toll due to the hotel fire in the Czech capital Prague has risen to four. Two women died from their injuries one day after the fire, a spokesperson for the hospital said. Nothing has yet been published about their nationality.

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Scientists have made a breakthrough in the development of a blood test that can detect eight types of cancer. For five of those types of cancer there is no test yet. Because of this blood test, cancer can be detected a year earlier than current scans.