Prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old who witnesses say pushed a 39-year-old Polish man under an oncoming tram. The incident happened on Monday in The Hague. The man died on the spot.more

At this stage of the pandemic, it is too early to shake hands, according to hygiene expert Carlo Signorelli of the University of Milan. In his opinion, collective immunity is still a long way off.more

Former US President Donald Trump's new social network, dubbed TRUTH Social and launched on Wednesday in an initial test version for "invited guests only", was hacked after a few hours, US Newsweek reported yesterday.more

Near the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which has been in eruption since 19 September, a team rescuing dogs surrounded by lava found human bones. There have been various speculations in the media and online forums about the unusual discovery.more

The US has reached an agreement with France, Italy, Spain and the UK on a digital tax and will roll back punitive tariffs on goods imported from these countries introduced in connection with the taxation of internet giants, the US Department of Finance announced yesterday.more

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved boosters for those who received the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines while authorising anyone eligible for an extra dose to receive a brand different from that used in their original inoculation.more

A woman has died and a man has been injured after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico film set. Police in the US state said Mr Baldwin discharged the weapon during filming for the 19th Century western Rust.more

From 24 October, travellers to the Netherlands from Poland must show a certificate of vaccination against Covid-19 or a negative coronavirus test, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.more

The grandson of Queen Elizabeth II has joined forces with Re:wild to take a stand against oil drilling in Africa. Along with leading environmentalists and celebrities supporting the initiative, Prince Harry has written an open letter calling for the oil company ReconAfrica to be stopped from further oil and gas extraction in the Okavango river basin in the south-west of the continent.more

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, yesterday called on the US Congress to establish paid parental leave. The US is the only developed country that does not guarantee this.more

More than 500 people were evacuated this morning in the municipalities of Tazacorte and Los Llanos de Aridane on the Canary island of La Palma as lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano approached residential areas.more

The fact that it was only the publication of the New York Times that led to the dismissal of the editor-in-chief of the German tabloid Bild, Julian Reichelt, provokes questions about the culture in the media environment in Germany, wrote the Columbia Journalism Review yesterday, an American periodical devoted to the ethics of the media world.more

The Swiss government decided on Wednesday that restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic will not be loosened because of too high a risk of another wave of infections. All current restrictions remain in place, it added.more

Austria plans to require proof of vaccination, recovery, or a negative Covid-19 test to enter workplaces, announced the Health Minister on Wednesday.more

Record-breaking hail, some the size of grapefruits, fell on Australia's west coast this week, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reported yesterday. A thunderstorm near the town of Mackay, about 950km north of Brisbane, brought hail as large as 16cm in diameter.more

A 39-year-old Polish man was hit and killed by a tram at the Anthony Fokkersingel stop in The Hague on Monday evening. According to eye-witnesses, he was pushed.more

Facebook will soon announce a change of name for the company, industry website The Verge reported yesterday. The change will apply only to the company, not the portal, but it should signal a shift in the company's policy and a move away from a focus on social media.more

Despite the increase in Covid-19 cases, closing stores and restoring curfew in the Netherlands are currently not being considered, said Jaap van Dissel, head of the pandemic management team. In his opinion, this is possible thanks to the high vaccination rate against the coronavirus.more

The social media giant Facebook agreed to pay a $ 14.25 million fine for discriminating against Americans applying for a job with the company, according to US authorities. The amount is determined by the agreement between the parties to the dispute, Facebook and the federal government.more

The first case of AY4.2, a new variant of the Delta coronavirus identified in the UK, was detected in an 11-year-old Israeli boy after he returned from Moldova, The Times of Israel reported.more

More than 660,000 tests for the presence of the coronavirus were carried out last 24 hours in Italy, the health ministry said. This is the highest number of studies since the beginning of the pandemic and the effect of the entry into force of the requirement to have a Covid-19 pass in all workplaces.more

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to rule favourably today on the possibility of people vaccinated against Covid-19 being given an extra dose of a product, but from a different company, than they were previously given. According to media reports, the FDA is expected to recommend using preparations from the same company at the same time.more

A former secretary of the Stutthof concentration camp was today charged in the Itzehoe District Court with complicity in the murder of more than 11,000. The 96-year-old Irmgard Furchner appeared in the courtroom in a wheelchair. The woman did not appear at the first start date of the trial.more

People vaccinated against SARS-CoV2 may have partial immunity against SARS-CoV1 and the viruses that cause the common cold. It may be possible to develop vaccines that protect against selected families of coronaviruses.more

The earth shook this morning in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Lebanon. The epicentre of the tremor, which caused no casualties, was on one of the Greek islands, Reuters reported.more