A pet cat has been infected with the novel coronavirus in Belgium after being contaminated by its owner, Belgian health authorities said Friday. Cases of contamination of pets are rare and authorities ruled out any risk of contamination to humans from home animals. The reports follows ...
Belgian brain doctor awarded for easing coma survivors' return
Not all patients who fall into a coma return, and when they do it can mark a moment of joy for their loved ones — but their troubles are rarely over. Often, brain damage leaves them paralyzed or unable to communicate. Belgian neurologist Steven Laureys has ...
A wolf is believed to have snatched a domesticated kangaroo in Belgium and wounded another, a wolf expert said on Wednesday. The missing marsupial is "probably dead," eaten "as a Christmas meal" on Tuesday night, said Jan Loos, confirming information he had given to local ...
Rwandan given 25 years for genocide by court in Belgium, former colonial ruler
A Belgian court on Friday sentenced a former Rwandan official to 25 years in prison over his part in his country's 1994 massacres. Fabien Neretse, an agricultural engineer, was arrested in France in 2011. He was found guilty of genocide and war crimes on Thursday ...
The Battle of the Bulge was the last German offensive of World War II, and the Siege of Bastogne the scene of a heroic defense by American paratroopers. Seventy-five years on, the Belgian town is hosting colorful re-enactments followed by solemn ceremonies of remembrance. Veterans, historians ...
Thousands in Belgium march to demand end to violence against women
Thousands of people protested in Brussels on Sunday against violence targeting women, placing pairs of women's shoes painted red outside a court to symbolize victims of femicide. Singing and chanting, protesters carried banners reading "She leaves him, he kills her," "A dress is not a ...
Japanese finish in first and second places at prestigious Belgian saxophone contest
Japanese saxophonists finished first and second in the seventh Adolphe Sax International Competition, which was held in Belgium through Saturday. Kenta Saito, 27, from Tokyo won the first prize, held in Dinant, southern Belgium, the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone. Saito ...
A former senior Rwandan official went on trial in Belgium on Monday accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide in his country. Friends and relatives of the alleged victims of 71-year-old Fabien Neretse were present as he arrived at the Brussels court, leaning on ...
Twelve migrants found alive in refrigerated produce truck in Belgium
Twelve migrants — 11 Syrians and a Sudanese, all men — have been found alive in a refrigerated truck in Belgium transporting fruit and vegetables, police said Wednesday. The discovery came as British police investigate the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found a ...
Northern Irish brothers wanted in U.K. probe of 39 trafficking truck victims
British police probing the deaths of 39 people in a truck said Tuesday they wanted to question two Northern Irish brothers on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking. Essex Police, which is investigating last week's grim discovery, said they wanted to speak to Ronan Hughes, ...
Uighur in Belgium fears for family in China after asylum snag
A Uighur refugee living in Belgium complained Tuesday that Chinese authorities had cracked down on his family after they applied for the right to join him. Abdulhamid Tursun's case has raised controversy in Belgium, where rights groups accuse the Belgian authorities of having effectively "delivered ...
