The wildfires in and around the Fontainebleau region of France continue to disrupt traffic and vacation plans. The busy A6, better known as the Autoroute du Soleil, will remain closed in both directions between Soisy-sur-École and Nemours on Tuesday and Wednesday as firefighters work to bring the blaze under control.
A little less than a month after his escape, the male crested mangabey from Beekse Bergen Safari Park is still roaming free in the Esbeek area. According to the park, the monkey is still spotted regularly, but he has so far eluded capture.
Russia is increasingly using small drones equipped with fiber-optic cables to strike Ukrainian power stations and thus bypass air defenses. After all, these drones are immune to interference from jammers, as long as the thin cable is not cut or gets snagged.
The severe wildfire in the Spanish province of Almería is slowly coming under control, but the toll remains devastating. At least twelve people have lost their lives in and around Los Gallardos, and 23 people are still missing. Among the missing are Belgians. In fact, there has been no word from a Belgian couple for 48 hours.
On Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee temporarily lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee. This paves the way for Russian athletes to once again participate as full members in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and in future editions. The decision is controversial, especially as Russia continues its war in Ukraine, but it does mark a clear change of course for the IOC.
Terrifying scenes unfolded on Friday morning aboard a Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen, Germany. Shortly after takeoff, a passenger window came loose, causing a 61-year-old man to be partially sucked out. Fellow passengers managed to pull him back inside at the last minute.
Artist Justin Gignac is working on a unique art project titled “New York City Garbage”: for years, he has been collecting whatever trash he can find around venues where major events take place. He did the same around Madison Square Garden, where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married last week.
In Arizona, a shocking medical error is causing quite a stir. A toddler who was pronounced dead at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center was found to still be alive in the morgue five hours later. The boy was rushed to the hospital after an incident at a swimming pool, where a doctor officially pronounced him dead shortly afterward.
The guru of so-called “looksmaxxing” is no more. The American influencer, who had more than two million followers, reportedly drowned in a lake as he was fleeing from the police while on vacation in Thailand. According to local media, Connor Murphy was behaving erratically. He vandalized the luxurious villa where he was staying, walked into a lake, and drowned.
The well-known Van der Valk hotel along the E17 in Nazareth-De Pinte, Flanders, will soon be repurposed: the building will become a European return center for asylum seekers. Interestingly, the restaurant will remain open as usual. “Brunch, lunch, and dinner: we’ll keep serving those,” says manager Thomas Torrekens in a statement to the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad.