The incident in northern Belgium took place around 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, Nieuwsblad reports after confirmation from the police. Two 12-year-old girls were walking in De Mik Park when they noticed they were being followed by a cyclist. The two try to escape, but are caught up not far from the petting zoo. The cyclist grabs one of the …

Cooking a live lobster will soon be banned in the UK. The UK government announced on Friday that it was updating the Animal Welfare Act. Octopuses, crabs and lobsters will now also be included. This happens after about 300 studies that show crustaceans and molluscs have feelings. In some countries, including Switzerland and New Zealand, cooking live shellfish is already …

Entrepreneurs should have more time to pay off their tax debt. This is what the association of entrepreneurs MKB-Nederland argued this morning in the Financieele Dagblad. In the OUR Radio 1 News director Leendert-Jan Visser explained the plea. “The deal with the cabinet was as follows: as soon as the cabinet was forced to take restrictive measures, there should also …

Bulgarian incumbent Rumen Radev is heading for a second presidential term. Judging by the exit polls, he won 66% of the vote, well ahead of his challenger Anastas Gerdzhikov, who was backed by former center-right Prime Minister Borissov. Last week there was also a vote for a new president. But because Radev did not obtain an absolute majority (49.4%), a …

A 70-year-old French hunter yesterday shot dead a Pyrenean bear attacking him. According to French media, the bear bit the man’s calf. He was rescued from his predicament by another fighter and later by a helicopter. The man was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The hunter, along with other members of a hunting club, were looking for wild boars …

The Sudanese army and civil society leaders have reached an agreement allowing ousted Prime Minister Hamdok to return to office. Negotiators from the country’s largest party, Umma, said it had been agreed that Hamdok would be allowed to form an independent government of technocrats and that all political prisoners would be released. The deal will be officially announced later today, …

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has provided its audiences with many extraordinary and incredible moments. But a group of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently explored whether it would be possible for Thanos to wear the Infinity Gauntlet the way he did. And no, you can’t. Of course, the result of the break impossible. But the researchers wondered if …

Thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East, have tried to reach the EU via Belarus from eastern Europe in recent months. They are arrested at the border with Poland, an EU member state, where tension is mounting. European countries accuse the Lukashenko regime of orchestrating a migrant crisis in retaliation for European sanctions. “Slavic people” Lukashenko did not object …

“We are asking people to limit their fuel consumption and travel with their vehicles at this time,” County Public Safety Secretary Mike Farnworth said at a press conference. Motorists are not allowed to refuel more than thirty liters of fuel. “We are not asking people to travel to hard hit areas – for their own benefit, but also to make …

Kurz, 35, has been criticized for allegedly using public money in 2016 to manipulate the polls to his advantage, allowing him to become leader of the conservative VP and therefore chancellor. Nine people from his immediate environment are also accused of this. Austrian judicial authorities are further investigating the case and have already raided Kurz’s official office and the Ministry …