BRUSSELS Yannick Ngakoue Jersey , Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Traces of fipronil had already been detected in Belgium in September 2016 in products containing eggs, head of Belgium's Food Agency said on Thursday.
One sample out of 14 contained traces of fipronil in September 2016, but no trace of the pesticide had been found before that Dede Westbrook Jersey , or from September to December 2016. After that, traces of fipronil have been found again from January to July 2017.
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Belgium's Public Health minister Maggie De Block also claimed that "public health in Belgium has never been endangered at any moment".
Since the beginning of the year, traces of fipronil in Belgium have mainly been found in egg powder in various products, according to Belgium's Food Agency.
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MADRID, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed and some 20 others injured after a van rammed into crowd in the Spanish city of Barcelona, local media reported Thursday.
The Catalan regional police force Mossos d'Esquadra informed of the incident Ronnie Harrison Jersey , which took place in the tourist area of the Ramblas, close to Plaza de Catalunya in the heart of the city at around 17:00 local time.
They reported in a tweet that a man aged in his mid 20s drove a white van into a crowd of people, "causing several injuries" Telvin Smith Jersey , while witnesses described the van drove into the crowd at around 80 kilometers an hour.
Large numbers of police and emergency services are now at the scene, which has been cordoned off, while early reports say the driver of the van is still at large after abandoning it and running away Blake Bortles Jersey , with Spanish media reporting that he was thought to be armed.
Police have confirmed the crash a terrorist incident. They also asked people to avoid the zone in order to "not obstruct the work of emergency services".
Latest reports say that the suspect and another person are barricaded in a nearby restaurant, Restaurant Istanbul, and they have taken hostages.
The Catalan regional government A.J. Bouye Jersey , Generalitat, closed nearby metro and railway stations, while people in the area of the attack have been asked to stay where they are until the police can indicate an exit route.
Over 230 suspected jihadist terrorists have been arrested in Spain since the start of 2015.
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By Sportswriter Wang Jimin
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas shocked gold medal favorite Allyson Felix to win a thrilling women's 400m final at the Rio Olympics on Monday.
Miller recorded a personal best of 49.44 seconds to finish just seven hundredths of a second ahead of the USA's Felix. Shericka Jackson of Jamaica took bronze in 49.85.
Miller led by several meters at the final bend but had to withstand a late charge from Felix before diving over the finish line.
Slow motion replays showed the 22-year-old's outstretched arms were just ahead of Felix.
Overcome with emotion, Miller remained on the ground for several minutes after her victory.
"This is the moment I have been waiting for, I just gave it my all. Such emotions I just can't say," said Miller.
"I've been going through so much this year. Everyone at home will all be celebrating this victory," she added.
Earlier at the Olympic Stadium, Kenya's David Rudisha romped to victory in the men's Olympic 800m final, securing his second straight gold medal in the event.
The 27-year-old clocked 1 minute 42.15 seconds to finish 0.45 of a second ahead of Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi.
Rudisha's time was 1.24 seconds slower than the world record he set when winning gold at the London 2012 Olympics.
"The feeling in my body was good. It is great to win such a big competition, my second gold. It's the greatest moment of my career," said the Kenyan.
In men's pole vault final, unheralded Brazilian Thiago Braz Da Silva sent the home crowd wild as he trumped France's defending Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie to win the gold.
In a thrilling competition in which Lavillenie was jeered every time he vaulted, Da Silva won gold with an Olympic record of 6.03 metres.
Elsewhere, Britain's Charlotte Dujardin won her second individual dressage gold on her horse Valegro, which is the 16th gold for Britain.
She became the first British woman to retain an individual Olympic title and is now Britain's joint most-decorated female athlete in the Games.
In gymnastics, star Siomone Biles lost to nobody but her own mistakes as she failed to grab the balance beam gold.
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