Is secession looming in Canada? Indeed, on October 19, in the oil-rich province of Alberta, residents will vote on whether to hold a binding referendum on independence. Prime Minister Mark Carney is monitoring the situation with suspicion and warns of "dangerous bluffing".
Europe is currently under unseen high temperatures. Western Europe in particular is panting and sweating as temperatures smoothly climb toward 40 degrees Celsius and, unfortunately, the first victims of the heat are already to be mourned.
Did a young Dutch woman who disappeared without a trace in Ireland in 1978 end up in North Korea? According to De Telegraaf, there's a chance that the mysteriously disappeared Leidy Kaspersma was actually abducted to North Korea. Even worse, she might have even been brainwashed and trained as a spy. The Telegraph traveled to several countries for a podcast series about the woman "Kidnapped to North Korea" and spoke to numerous people, including family members, former lovers, old friends and several experts on North Korea and terrorist groups. The result is an extraordinary investigation.
The public prosecutor's office in Rennes, Brittany, France, has opened a murder investigation after the lifeless body of an 11-year-old boy was found on Sunday. Meanwhile, the two main suspects have confessed to the facts.
A remarkable incident reaches us from the US state of Nebraska.
Since April 1, it has been prohibited in France to buy, sell, import, possess or use nicotine products for oral use. And this ban firmly hits the Swedish economy because French people were buying these nicotine pouches en masse from the Swedish market.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that a very controversial verdict in a minor rape case will be referred to the Court of Appeal. The British Prime Minister shares the stunned and shocked public reaction.
In Laos, seven men are still trapped in an underground, flooded gold mine. Rescue efforts are hampered by narrow passages, strong currents and persistent rain.
Two swimmers died on Sunday on the southwest coast of France after being swept away by a powerful sea current. The incidents occurred in Lacanau and Lège-Cap-Ferret, in the Gironde department. A warning about dangerous currents was in effect this weekend.
A Royal Air Force jet with current British defense minister John Healey on board was confronted with severe GPS malfunctions for three hours.