February was the ninth consecutive month in which average temperatures were record high for a given month, the Copernicus Climate Service (C3S), the EU's climate data body, announced today.more

Spanish gendarmerie officers defeated an organized criminal group robbing passengers at Barajas airport in Madrid. The practice mainly involved stealing valuable items from travelers' luggage.more

A few years ago, astronomers ruled out the chance of a potentially hazardous asteroid named Apophis redirecting and hitting Earth as it whizzes by.more

A man from Magdeburg in northeastern Germany says he has been vaccinated against the coronavirus 217 times in nearly two and a half years, with eight different vaccines. According to scientists, it had no negative impact on his immune system, German media report.more

The German trade union Verdi has called on airport security workers in Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg to join a warning strike by Lufthansa ground staff scheduled for today and tomorrow. This means that passengers at these airports can expect even greater difficulties.more

March 4 this year France decided to include the right to abortion in its constitution, becoming the first country to introduce such a provision into its constitution. Elsewhere in Europe, regulations vary but are mostly liberal. In the USA, from 2022, individual states will decide on the permissibility of abortion.more

Former President Donald Trump won 12 of 13 Republican Super Tuesday primaries, while President Joe Biden won 15 of 16 Democratic primaries. As a result, both are practically certain of their parties' nominations in the November presidential elections.more

'Putin's propaganda machine wants to discredit Germany, manipulate opinions and divide our society,' assessed Interior Ministry chief Nancy Faeser, referring to the conversation between Bundeswehr officers that was overheard and published by Russia. She announced increased protection against espionage and disinformation.more

There is a shortage of 4,000 lifeguards at Italian beaches ahead of the upcoming summer season, the daily newspaper La Repubblica reported. Young people are no longer interested in the job, admit representatives of the seaside tourist industry.more

Catalan Maria Branyas, the world's oldest living person, celebrated her 117th birthday yesterday. The senior citizen, who was born in the USA, is an avid enthusiast of the works of Frederic Chopin.more

The Congress of the French Parliament, a joint meeting of both houses of parliament convened to introduce amendments to the constitution, yesterday adopted a law on including the right to abortion in the constitution.more

Former US President Donald Trump cannot be excluded from running in the elections without a prior decision of Congress - the US Supreme Court ruled yesterday, invalidating the decision of the authorities of Colorado, Illinois and New Hampshire to exclude Trump from the primary elections due to his participation in the insurrection against the state.more

Every year, in the "Readers' Choice Awards" plebiscite, readers of "Traveller" magazine choose the most recommendable countries for tourism. Japan won this year's vote, which was attended by over half a million people.more

Norway is at the top of the list of European countries that can be safely traveled by car - this is the result of an analysis carried out by the Vignette Switzerland platform, taking into account data from the European Transport Safety Board. The criterion was not only the road infrastructure, but also the number of road accident victims per million inhabitants.more

The issue of the town of Depressa in Puglia in the south, where there is no Internet and almost no telephones, was brought to the attention of the Italian Parliament. When residents want to call or send a message, they must leave their homes. They gather in the square in front of the church because that is where the reception is best. ​more

For tourists, meeting a geisha in traditional costume is the quintessence of a trip to Japan. No wonder that visitors to the Gion district in Kyoto try at all costs to capture this phenomenal image in a photo. However, many of them do it in an intrusive way, which resulted in the introduction of a photography ban in 2019, which, however, is not respected.more

A record jackpot of 64.59 million Swiss francs was won Saturday in Switzerland by a lucky single ticket-holder, Swiss Lotto said in a statement. The winning ticket was held by a person in the German- or Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, it said, without elaborating.more

Russia is using private militias to control migration routes in Africa in order to increase the flow of illegal immigrants to western Europe at favourable times, such as before elections, the British 'Daily Telegraph' alerted yesterday, citing intelligence sources.more

Billionaire and one of the co-founders of OpenAI Elon Musk has sued the company and its chief executive Sam Altman, accusing them of misappropriating their founding mission by putting profits before the good of humanity. According to Musk, the Microsoft-linked company has in effect already created general artificial intelligence (AGI) and is worth $80bn.more

Thousands of people came today to the area around the Orthodox church in Moscow where the funeral of opposition politician Alexei Navalny is taking place. Those gathered chanted his name. There are communication problems at the site. Representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Russia attended the ceremony.more

The use of nuclear weapons by Russia in Ukraine or elsewhere is highly unlikely, the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed in a recent report, referring to Vladimir Putin's address to the nation yesterday.more

The German government is preparing more and more specifically for a possible attack by Russia on Germany or one of the NATO countries. The 13-page document for the Bundestag presents an analysis of the threats leading to the outbreak of war, reports the Bild daily.more

Vladimir Putin today warned of the danger of nuclear conflict if NATO troops were introduced into Ukraine. He spoke about it in his annual address to the nation.more

There were 285 nominations for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, of which 196 were individuals and 89 organisations, the Norwegian Nobel Institute announced yesterday. Last year 351 nominations were received, and in the record-breaking 2016 there were 376.more

Vladimir Putin is an organised crime gang leader, the widow of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny announced in the European Parliament yesterday. She added that in order to defeat the Kremlin, it is necessary to act innovatively.more