The introduction of a penalty of up to 10 days of imprisonment is demanded by the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, for the perpetrators of hooliganism in the city.more

The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared to at least 1,297 Sunday as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm.more

Alcorexia, or the disorder of abstaining from eating to compensate for the calories contained in consumed alcohol, is becoming a dangerous trend, said Spanish psychologist Albert Espelt in an interview with EFE.more

According to the 2020 Census Bureau, the population of New York City is 8.8 million, and compared to the previous decade, it increased by 629,000. New York mayor Bill de Blasio said on Twitter that he was pleased that the city was growing.more

Countries where health certificates allow people vaccinated against Covid-19 and convalescents to enter, for example, restaurants or cinemas, have introduced penalties for their lack. In Italy, it is the equivalent of PLN 1,800. In France, forgery of passes is punishable by up to five years in prison.more

A Polish priest from Edmonton, Marcin Mironiuk, who claimed that violence in former forced Indian schools was "lies" and "manipulation" and that Poles did not murder Jews in Jedwabne, was suspended indefinitely by Archbishop of Edmonton Richard Smith.more

November 1 is the target date for the Dutch government to lift all Corona measures. Thus, Corona tickets will no longer be shown anywhere, according to outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge.more

Russia has given veteran BBC correspondent Sarah Rainsford until the end of the month to leave the country in retaliation for what it called discrimination against Russian media in Britain, Bloomberg reported Friday.more

Poles took third place among foreign tourists in Hungary in 2020, and although this year there are slightly fewer of them, the autumn events will certainly encourage them to come - said Zoltan Guller, president of the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTUE). Last year, the largest number of foreign tourists came to Hungary from Germany and Austria.more

Panta Petrovic who has spent 20 years in his remote hilltop home found out about the pandemic on an unusual journey to the local supermarket - and has now got his jab.more

Berlin hotels are lacking guests. It is expected that pre-pandemic level of tourists will return not earlier than in 2024 - "Tagesspiegel" reports. more

Almost all universities in the Netherlands have ceased to actively recruit foreign students, informs the daily "Financieele Dagblad" due to overcrowded groups, overworked lecturers and lack of student housing.more

During an open session of the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn issued a warning that the "fourth wave is coming". He said people must "hold on again until spring" before restrictions are eased.more

NASA researchers used data from the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft to better understand the trajectory of the asteroid Bennu. This object will come closer to Earth in 2135. Research shows that Bennu is unlikely to be a threat until 2300.more

The Swedish government will extend the pandemic legislation by four months until the end of January 2022. The reason is the uncertainty surrounding the growing number of coronavirus infections.more

Developed at Flinders University, the vaccine is likely not only to protect against disease, but also against the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The preparation contains an artificially created protein and an adjuvant developed in Australia.more

15 cities in Italy have gone through the heat alert today and 17 tomorrow - this is the weather that accompanies the weekend, which is the culmination of summer holidays. About 13 million Italians are going on the journey. In historic cities, tourists find it difficult to explore monuments.more

The vast majority of subjects who received a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Israel experienced a significant increase in antibody levels a week after the injection, public broadcaster Kan.more

The outbreaks of fires in the municipalities of Gortynia and Megalopoli in the Peloponnese region in the Arkadia prefecture have been contained and there is currently no threat to the population - said the Vice-Governor of Arcadia Christos Lambropulos. Several fires are still active in Euboea.more

70 percent of Italians over the age of 12 have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. This was announced by the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza. 65 percent of the population has already completed their vaccinations.more

There is a shortage of employees in the hotel and catering industry in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, incl. people commuting to work from Poland. Their number has dropped by half compared to the time before the pandemic. The Association of Vorpommern entrepreneurs would like to bring employees from Ukraine.more

Located in Sicily, Mount Etna, the highest volcano in Europe, grew by 37 meters. This is the result of about 50 episodes of high activity recorded this year, during which a layer of volcanic eruption and lava products has accumulated there.more

The authorities of the Northern Territory of Australia want quarantine for foreigners to continue for another five years. At the same time, today, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, a lockdown has been introduced in the capital city of Canberra.more

900 firefighters from Greece and several other countries are still fighting fires on the Greek island of Evia. Local authorities say that after nine days of struggling with fire, they finally managed to regain control of the element. At the same time, other regions in Europe are struggling with record-high temperatures.more

The percentage of young people among the inhabitants of Germany, which has been declining for years, has fallen to the lowest recorded level. At the end of 2020, out of the country's 83.2 million inhabitants, only 8.4 million (10.1 percent) were aged 15 to 24, the Federal Statistical Office reported.more