Record-breaking hail, some the size of grapefruits, fell on Australia's west coast this week, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reported yesterday. A thunderstorm near the town of Mackay, about 950km north of Brisbane, brought hail as large as 16cm in diameter.more

A 39-year-old Polish man was hit and killed by a tram at the Anthony Fokkersingel stop in The Hague on Monday evening. According to eye-witnesses, he was pushed.more

Facebook will soon announce a change of name for the company, industry website The Verge reported yesterday. The change will apply only to the company, not the portal, but it should signal a shift in the company's policy and a move away from a focus on social media.more

Despite the increase in Covid-19 cases, closing stores and restoring curfew in the Netherlands are currently not being considered, said Jaap van Dissel, head of the pandemic management team. In his opinion, this is possible thanks to the high vaccination rate against the coronavirus.more

The social media giant Facebook agreed to pay a $ 14.25 million fine for discriminating against Americans applying for a job with the company, according to US authorities. The amount is determined by the agreement between the parties to the dispute, Facebook and the federal government.more

The first case of AY4.2, a new variant of the Delta coronavirus identified in the UK, was detected in an 11-year-old Israeli boy after he returned from Moldova, The Times of Israel reported.more

More than 660,000 tests for the presence of the coronavirus were carried out last 24 hours in Italy, the health ministry said. This is the highest number of studies since the beginning of the pandemic and the effect of the entry into force of the requirement to have a Covid-19 pass in all workplaces.more

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to rule favourably today on the possibility of people vaccinated against Covid-19 being given an extra dose of a product, but from a different company, than they were previously given. According to media reports, the FDA is expected to recommend using preparations from the same company at the same time.more

A former secretary of the Stutthof concentration camp was today charged in the Itzehoe District Court with complicity in the murder of more than 11,000. The 96-year-old Irmgard Furchner appeared in the courtroom in a wheelchair. The woman did not appear at the first start date of the trial.more

People vaccinated against SARS-CoV2 may have partial immunity against SARS-CoV1 and the viruses that cause the common cold. It may be possible to develop vaccines that protect against selected families of coronaviruses.more

The earth shook this morning in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Lebanon. The epicentre of the tremor, which caused no casualties, was on one of the Greek islands, Reuters reported.more

The Spanish government intends to launch procedures to ban prostitution, announced Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the congress of the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).more

Facebook announced yesterday a plan to hire 10,000 specialists in the European Union to work on the creation of a metaverse, or virtual reality, in which FB sees the future of the internet, the group said.more

In Germany, almost 54.7 million people are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, which is 65.8%. of the entire population - informed yesterday the Berlin Institute of Robert Koch (RKI).more

An unusual story happened to a woman living in Golden, British Columbia, in the west of Canada. The woman was awakened during the night by a dog barking, and when she got up to see what was happening, she heard a roar and a moment later a large meteorite landed on her pillow.more

Australian authorities have developed a plan to gradually open borders and allow tourists to enter the country again, dpa reported today.more

According to the data of the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the cost of living in Spain has been increasing steadily for 7 months. The price of electricity soared - by almost 11 percent. from August to September, and by as much as 44 percent. compared to 2020, Spain, France and Greece want the European Commission to take up this matter.more

Countering the security threat posed by China's growing importance will be an important part of NATO's future strategy, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the Financial Times.more

Recipients of the single-dose J&J vaccine against coronavirus should not worry about its lower effectiveness, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the White House on ABC television. He assessed this following the approval for use of an additional booster vaccine by the company.more

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that in Auckland, which has almost 1.5 million inhabitants, the lockdown will be maintained for the next two weeks, despite the fact that nearly 90 percent City residents received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, the Reuters news agency reported.more

The chances that the Polish and Hungarian authorities will withdraw from conflicts with the European Union are decreasing, so the initiative must be taken over by Brussels, but instead of imposing financial penalties on these countries and using threats, it should seek cooperation and compromise.more

In a Neapolitan nativity scene, the Three Wise Men are holding a Covid-19 pass. Figures with the EU so-called Green Pass appeared in the workshop of a famous nativity scene artist at the time when this document began to be required in all workplaces in Italy.more

Consumers in the US and Europe are in no rush to spend $ 2.7 trillion in additional savings from the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Bloomberg. This dispels the hope of increasing consumption, which would contribute to economic growth - adds the agency.more

The European automotive market in September this year. returned to the 1995 level with sales of just over 718.5 thousand. new cars this month - informed the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). This is an annual decrease of 23.1 percent - adds the organization.more

Over 40,000 people took to the streets of French cities in demonstrations against sanitary passes. people - the AFP agency reported today. A total of 171 protests took place throughout the country. They have been organized for 14 weeks.more