Serious road traffic offenses such as speeding or driving under the influence of alcohol should lead to driving bans across the EU, said a European Parliament resolution adopted yesterday.more

Artificial intelligence created by OpenAI will use a nuclear attack and use the explanation "I just want to have peace in the world" - according to a simulation conducted by American scientists, during which AI played the roles of different countries according to three conflict scenarios.more

70 percent of restaurants in Italy will use artificial intelligence this year, according to the "Gastronomy and Technology" report. Some establishments already have robots that, for example, replace waiters in many activities.more

On Cape Breton Island, in the northeastern corner of Nova Scotia, local authorities declared a state of emergency yesterday after more than a meter of snow fell there since Saturday. Further rainfall is expected, up to a total of one and a half meters of snow.more

The giving of written homework in primary schools in France has been prohibited since 1956. In Sweden, homework is not accepted, while in Finland it is done every day, but to a small extent. In China, the ministry does not recommend homework, but schools do not comply.more

Italy is the queen of Europe in terms of tourist reputation - announced the Italian Opinion Research Institute Demoskopika in a report, citing the highest result in the ETR (European Tourism Reputation) classification. The next places were taken by Spain and Germany. ​more

The US and UK have launched joint strikes on 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen. It comes after the US launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq on Friday in response to a deadly drone attack on a US military base.more

Canadian women are having fewer and fewer children. Figures for 2022 show that statistically there were 1.33 children for every woman of reproductive age. This is the fewest in more than a century, reported Statistics Canada, Canada's statistics office.more

The National Institute of Statistics (INE) in Madrid announced yesterday that in 2023, Spain was visited by a record number of foreign tourists - over 85 million. This is over 1 million more than the estimates of Pedro Sanchez's government.more

Tradition dating back to 1887 holds that if the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow at sunrise, there will be another six weeks of winter - but if doesn't, the US can expect an early spring.more

The introduction, from 25 April on selected days, of an entrance ticket to Venice for those who only come there for a few hours without staying overnight, does not mean that the city will be closed and inhospitable, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro assured on Thursday.more

According to astronomers' predictions, a space rock that could be up to 480 metres in diameter will pass our planet today (2 February). Details of its passage are given on the CNEOS website.more

The Presidents of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the EC, Usula Von der Leyen, welcomed the EU summit agreement on €50 billion in aid for Ukraine. At the same time, they stressed the need for EU countries to increase the supply of arms and ammunition to the country fighting Russian aggression.more

A permanent road connection to Sweden, approximately 60-80 km long, running through the northern part of the Gulf of Bothnia, would secure Finland in the event of an escalation of tension in the Baltic Sea and Russia blocking the navigation channels. The Finnish authorities have started to assess the profitability of the project, Yle radio reported.more

The Chinese Ministry of State Security has published a list of 10 reasons why the services may summon a citizen for tea on suspicion of intelligence activities. This is the first time that authorities have formally used the euphemism meaning a summons for questioning or initiation of an investigation.more

A large farmers' protest has been taking place in Brussels in front of the European Parliament this morning. More than 1,000 Belgian tractors entered the city and blocked access roads to the European Parliament, where the EU summit was scheduled for today.more

A group of businessmen "close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu" has drawn up a "secret plan" outlining the post-war fate of the Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. The editorial believes that the project, which envisages the creation of a Palestinian state over time, is a "trial balloon" released by the Israeli prime minister.more

Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship ever built, has set sail on its first voyage. The Colossus set off from Miami, Florida, and set course for the Caribbean. Its 'godfather' was the famous Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi.more

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are said to be facing "desperate times" as their "spending is out of control" after their many expensive legal battles and unsuccessful commercial projects.more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski has already decided to replace the supreme commander of the armed forces, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, the British Financial Times reported yesterday, citing four people familiar with the situation.more

Former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Tony Romeo claims to have found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean the wreckage of the plane of legendary pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared nearly 90 years ago during an attempt to circle the Earth, Reuters reported yesterday.more

The temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius recorded in 2021 in Sicily, Italy, is a new verified heat record in "continental Europe", announced the UN World Meteorological Agency (WMO), which officially confirmed the result.more

Over the last few hundred million years, the Moon's circumference has shrunk by almost 50 meters. For this reason, seismic movements and faults appear on our natural satellite. They were found especially in the area where a manned NASA spacecraft is scheduled to land in 2026.more

Ryanair has cut its profit expectations for the year to the end of March, after some online travel agents stopped selling its flights. The airline reduced fares to fill seats in December after it said sites including Booking.com, Kiwi and Kayak suddenly removed its flights. more

The lowest level of ethnic prejudice in Ukraine concerns Ukrainians themselves (Ukrainian-speaking people) and Poles, while the highest - among Russians and Belarusians - according to the results of a study conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KMIS).more