Archaeologists have found skulls of Gay erectus on the seabed between the Indonesian islands. This upright human species may have learned to hunt from its more modern counterpart. The findings came to light during dredging work in the Strait of Madura. Gay erectus lived from 2 million to 140,000 years ago. Never before have remains […]
A truck in Thailand went haywire on Thursday after the vehicle was hit. The truck continued to drive around in circles for about 10 minutes and kept crashing over the median. Eventually, the truck came to a standstill because the tank was empty. Ukrainian firefighters have their hands full after the largest Russian air raid
Suriname goes to the polls for parliamentary elections on the night of Sunday to Monday (Dutch time). The elections are organized differently this time, which will make it more difficult, especially for smaller parties. In addition, these are the first elections without Desi Bouterse. The electoral system in Suriname has been thoroughly overhauled. Since 1987,
Twelve people died in the night from Saturday to Sunday due to a wave of Russian drone attacks on Ukraine. Kyiv was among the cities attacked. The Ukrainian army speaks of the largest drone attack since the Russian invasion. The fatalities occurred in various locations throughout the country, according to national Ukrainian emergency services on
The French authorities are taking extra security measures around the electricity network after the southeast experienced a power outage again on Saturday night to Sunday. The police again think that there was intent involved. “I strongly condemn these malicious acts that affect our country,” the mayor of Nice writes on X. On the night of
The Netherlands will send the 24th and final F-16 fighter jet to Ukraine on Monday. This completes the delivery of the pledged F-16s to Ukraine. This was announced by Minister Ruben Brekelmans (Defense). The delivery of the F-16s was announced in August 2023 by then Prime Minister Mark Rutte. In the summer of 2024, Ukraine
Donald Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine very quickly. Now, the American president seems to be preparing to withdraw his hands from the conflict. Trump had a two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. Ukraine and its European allies waited in suspense to see if the American would put pressure
North Korea has arrested three employees of a shipyard following a major accident during the christening of a new naval vessel. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reacted furiously to the incident, calling it an “unforgivable criminal act”. One of those arrested is the chief engineer of the shipyard, the North Korean state press agency reported
With Max Verstappen starting from fourth place, Formula 1 enters the great unknown in Monaco on Sunday. The mandatory two-stopper offers numerous possibilities: for chaos, but also for another procession in the narrow streets. The new rule boils down to this: each driver must use at least three sets of tires of at least two
Exactly five years ago, the murder of the Black American George Floyd shook the Black Lives Matter movement awake. But protests against racism and excessive police violence did not lead to large-scale changes within the American police. And those are not likely to come for the time being. What happened to George Floyd? On Monday