A Belgian port seized tons of cocaine. Criminals tried to take it back.

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BRUSSELS — On a dark Friday evening in November, three people scaled a fence in the sprawling North Sea port of Antwerp, pulled knives on customs workers and forced them to open a confiscated container. Security officials say the assailants knew exactly what they’d find. Inside, tucked … Read more

Tons of trash clogs a river in Bosnia. It’s a seasonal problem that activists want an end to

VISEGRAD, Bosnia-Herzegovina — With predictable seasonality, tons of garbage floats down a river at least twice a year and ends up near the eastern Bosnian town of Visegrad behind a barrier installed by a local hydroelectric plant. An environmental activist watched as workers removed trash from the river. “New year, new problems or rather old … Read more

American Airlines will pay to bury 10,000 tons of CO2 underground

American Airlines signed a deal to trap 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide underground. It’s part of the airline’s plans to limit the pollution causing climate change, and it marks the first major deal for the Bill Gates-backed startup Graphyte that’s developing cutting-edge technology to tackle the problem. Similar startups are selling services to big brands … Read more

Leonardo DiCaprio Has 49th Birthday Party With Tons of Celebrity Guests

Leo DeCaprio got a taste of what’s goin’ down in a year, because his 49th birthday party was off the hook! The party went down at an event space in Bev Hills and the guest list is exhausting to type … Lady Gaga, Salma Hayek, Snoop Dogg, Irmelin Indenbirken, Soleil Moon Frye, Scott Eastwood, Casey … Read more

Magic The Gathering Reveals Tons of New Doctor Who Cards

Next month, Doctor Who turns 60, and it’s celebrating in style between a trio of new episodes and all sorts of retrospective lookbacks—but one of its most intriguing collaborations to mark six decades of adventuring in time and space is bringing the series to the world of Magic: The Gathering, in a series of decks … Read more

Gill, Shreyas slam tons as India post mammoth 399/5 in Indore ODI vs Australia

Shubman Gill (104 off 97) and Shreyas Iyer (105 off 90) hit brilliant tons and added 200 for the second wicket as India posted an imposing 399/5 in the second ODI against Australia at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Sunday, September 24. Sent in to bat after losing the toss, India lost Ruturaj … Read more

Volunteers head off plastic waste disaster by eradicating tons of garbage from Hungarian river

TISZAROFF, Hungary — Hundreds of muddy plastic bottles, chunks of Styrofoam and different waterlogged items of garbage are piled onto a flatbed trailer on the banks of the Tisza River in Hungary — a metric ton of waste that was eliminated by hand from the waterway and its floodplain in a single day. It’s the … Read more