AMSTERDAM, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Amsterdam, one of Europe's biggest cycling cities, is planning to ban super-sized electric "fatbikes" from its main park after a rise in high-speed crashes and injuries blamed on reckless riders. The ban on the bikes - which authorities say can travel up to 60 kph (40 mph) down Amsterdam's narrow streets...
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Elon Musk will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos for the first time on Thursday, marking a striking reversal for the billionaire who has publicly criticized the annual gathering of political and business elites. The world's richest person will join BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on a panel scheduled for 1530 GMT,...
GWANGYANG, South Korea: A woman in her 40s carried out a perilous rescue in South Korea’s South Jeolla Province on Jan 19, climbing down the exterior wall of an apartment building to reach her three young children trapped inside their burning home. The fire broke out at about 5.23pm local time at a fifth-floor unit in...
GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The owner of a Swiss bar that caught fire on New Year's Day, killing 40 people, appeared before prosecutors on Tuesday for a second set of hearings in the criminal investigation, according to a lawyer present. The French couple, Jacques and Jessica Moretti, are suspected of crimes including negligent homicide. Jacques Moretti,...
BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The time for flattering Donald Trump is over and Europe should hit back hard economically if the U.S. imposes tariffs on NATO allies that sent troops to Greenland, ex-NATO boss and former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Tuesday. Rasmussen said Trump's insistence that Greenland - a semi-autonomous Danish...
COPENHAGEN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - One Copenhagen clothing store's tongue-in-cheek take on U.S. President Donald Trump's red baseball caps has become an unlikely symbol of Danish solidarity with Greenland, as protests mount over Trump's demands to buy the vast self-governing territory. The red caps resemble the "Make America Great Again" caps of Trump's supporters but feature...
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - In the battle over President Donald Trump's effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook that is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, the justices may focus on the president's use of social media to carry out this unprecedented action. The justices are due to hear arguments...
LONDON: Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, son of the British celebrity couple David and Victoria Beckham, said he did not want to reconcile with his parents after a family rift he described in a lengthy post on social media on Monday (Jan 19). The 26-year-old said that his parents have been controlling narratives in the press about his...
COPENHAGEN, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters gathered across Denmark on Saturday in solidarity with Greenland amid U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to annex the Arctic island, demanding that the United States respect Greenlanders' right to self-determination. Trump says Greenland is vital to U.S. security because of its strategic location and large supply of minerals...
Jan 17 (Reuters) - Indonesian rescuers were searching on Saturday for an ATR 42-500 fisheries surveillance aircraft that went missing with 11 people on board, officials said. The Indonesia Air Transport plane lost contact with air traffic control at about 1:30 p.m. (0530 GMT) around Maros region in South Sulawesi province, Andi Sultan, an official at...
