Six-year-old boy held after shooting teacher in US
A six-year-old boy opened fire in an elementary school classroom in the eastern US state of Virginia on Friday, seriously injuring a teacher, police...
Philips to cut 4,000 jobs as recall losses deepen
Dutch medical device manufacturer Philips said Monday it will slash 4,000 jobs after a massive financial hit for a recall of faulty sleep respirators...
Dutch open trailblazing skatepark for LGBTQ people, women
Skateboarders in colourful outfits zip around a skatepark unique in Amsterdam, one of the first in the world to provide a safe space for...
Record-breaking number of US arrivals in June 2022
WILLEMSTAD – July 18, 2022 - The Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB) is reporting 37,541 stayover visitors for the month of June. It is the...
Oslo shooting being treated as ‘act of Islamist terrorism’: anti-terrorist service
Norway's domestic intelligence service PST, which is responsible for counter-terrorism, said Saturday that it was treating a deadly overnight shooting near a gay bar...
Pope Francis leaves hospital, quips ‘I am still alive’
A jovial Pope Francis joked with well-wishers on Saturday as he left hospital after a three-night stay for bronchitis, and headed back to the...
At least six killed in US Walmart shooting (video)
An attacker shot and killed at least six people at a Walmart late Tuesday in the US state of Virginia, police said, adding the...
Russia awards pilots involved in US drone crash incident (video)
Russia's defence ministry said Friday it had decorated pilots involved in an incident this week that led to an American drone to crash over...
23 dead, 11 injured in Vietnam karaoke bar fire (video)
The death toll from a fire that tore through a karaoke bar in southern Vietnam has risen to 23, an official said Wednesday.
The blaze...
Amazon to cut more than 18,000 jobs
Amazon announced Wednesday it will cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing "the uncertain economy" and the fact the online retail giant...
