A father and six adult children have been discovered living inside the cellar of a farmhouse in Ruinerwold close to Meppel. One of the adult children escaped and ran to a bar where he asked people for help only after drinking five glasses of beer. A 58 year old man has been arrested at the scene by the police.

LeBron James’ comments regarding the situation between Hong Kong and China have not gone down well with protesters as he has received criticism by them. The protesters have held up pictures of LeBron grimacing while videos have surfaced on the internet of protesters burning the NBA legend’s jerseys.

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed four pieces of legislation taking a hard line on China, three related to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and one commending Canada in its dispute over the extradition of a Chinese telecom executive.

Police in Hong Kong said a homemade bomb was detonated on Sunday amid violent protests. The device was hidden in a bush and was triggered by a mobile phone as a police vehicle passed nearby in the Mong Kok district of Kowloon. The bomb caused no damage or injuries. Meanwhile, HK leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday ruled out making any concessions to pro-democracy protesters.

Gunmen from a drug cartel killed at least 13 police officers while another nine were injured in an ambush in Mexico. The gunmen fired at the officers using sniper rifles, AR-15’s and AK-47 assault weapons. The incident took place in El Aguaje, a town in the Aguililla region of Michoacan state.

Three staffers at a North Carolina assisted-living facility have been accused of running a ’fight club’ in which they encouraged the elderly residents to get into a physical altercation. Marilyn McKey, 32, Tonacia Tyson, 20, and Taneshia Jordan, 26, were each charged with assaulting disabled persons in connection with the abuse at the Danby House in Winston-Salem. The three even filmed the fight.

Hunter Biden who is a part of the biggest scandal that US President Donald Trump is facing has defended his work overseas though he still expresses regret about how it has been used against his father. US President Donald Trump is facing an impeachment inquiry because of his phone call with Ukraine regarding Hunter Biden’s work overseas.

A woman who was shot twice in the chest by a former Olympic equestrian athlete said her recovery has been overtaken by brutal online comments blaming her for the attack. Kanarek and her fiance had moved into a farmhouse owned by Michael Barisone for training. But tensions escalated after Barisone tried to kick them out because of flooding.

A British couple and their 3-month-old son are being detained in a federal immigration facility in Pennsylvania after they say they accidentally strayed across the US-Canada border. The family said they blundered into Washington state while trying to avoid an animal in the road on the Canadian side and have since been ’treated like criminals’ by their US jailers.

The Montgomery County police officer who died Monday at a Silver Spring parking garage took his own life, officials said Tuesday evening. County Police Chief Marcus Jones initially had said that the death of Officer Thomas Bomba, 38, was being investigated as a homicide.

Mark Zuckerberg is facing a backlash after admitting that he secretly met with conservative politicians. Politico reported that Zuckerberg held ’off the record’ discussions as he met with conservative talkshow hosts, journalists and at least one Republican lawmaker. The website said the dinners began in July as Zuckerberg sought to ’cultivate friends on the right’.

Twitter on Tuesday clarified its stance around abusive tweets by world leaders, laying out a number of ’enforceable offenses’ that could result in their tweets being removed. Twitter said that it would ’focus on the language of reported Tweets and do not attempt to determine all potential interpretations of the content or its intent’.

Less than two days after being hit by a massive asteroid and enveloped in a black hole, Fortnite is back online. Season 11 - or Chapter 2 - is now live, with gamers getting used to a whole new map and updated gameplay.

The big pitch for the Pixelbook Go is that it takes a lot of what you like about the Pixelbook and Google’s aesthetic in general, and charges only $650. It doesn’t fold like the original Pixelbook and isn’t a tablet computer with an attachable keyboard like the flawed Pixel Slate. Pixelbook Go is just a straightforward laptop.

Google’s Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL phones have been launched with a radar sensor, which will detect the user’s presence and will help enable in-the-air gestures. The Pixel 4 comes with a 5.7 inch full HD + OLED display, while the Pixel 4 XL features a 6.3 inch Quad HD OLED screen.

US Senator Bernie Sanders has secured the endorsement of US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to be the Democratic presidential candidate in 2020. In addition, Ilhan Omar, Representative for Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib, Representative for Michigan, will also endorse Sanders.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced after meeting with the House Democratic caucus on Tuesday that there will be no vote -- at least for now -- on the launch of formal impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Pelosi also responded to a question on why they wouldn’t just vote to call the White House’s bluff by stating they’re not there to call bluffs.

In an interview, former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter said he used ’poor judgment’ in serving on the board of a Ukrainian gas company. ’I did nothing wrong at all’, he added. The interview was the first time Hunter had responded to questions about his foreign business ties. He did acknowledge that he would ’probably not’ have been asked to serve on the board if his father was not VP.

President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani and Vice President Pence said they would not comply with congressional demands to turn over documents related to the July 25 phone call between Trump and his Ukraine counterpart -- a call central to a House impeachment inquiry -- as the deadline for cooperating expires Tuesday.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is further downgrading its outlook for the world economy, predicting that growth this year will be the weakest since 2008. The new forecast predicts global growth of 3% this year, down 0.2 percentage point from its previous forecast in July. For the US this year, the IMF projects a 2.4% gain, down from 2.9% in 2018.

The US Energy Information Administration, in its latest short-term energy outlook, has cut its forecast of oil production by the end of 2020 for the fourth straight month. It now expects output to rise by just 370,000 bpd over the course of next year. This is the slowest growth in four years. At the same time, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the US has fallen in each of the last 10 months.

Google unveiled its Pixel 4 smartphone and other hardware devices at the annual Made by Google event Tuesday. The new phone boasts better facial recognition technology, a second camera lens, and motion-sensing technology that allows consumers to skip songs or switch apps without ever touching the phone.

The production and deliveries of the first electric motorcycle of Harley Davidson Inc were stopped, the company announced on Monday. The decision was taken after a glitch was discovered in the final quality checks. As a result, the company has decided to go in for additional testing and analysis.

The Grayscale Digital Large Cap fund has received the approval to trade publicly under the ticker GDLCF. The fund, made up of some of the most liquid digital coins, will be now available to retail buyers. Until recently, the fund was only offered to accredited investors, with shares issued based on demand.

Forex trading platform FXCM Group has launched a basket of five cryptocurrencies aimed at retail investors. Called CryptoMajor, the basket product includes Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin cash (BCH) and Ethereum (ETH).