Workers at nine train operating companies and at railways operator Network Rail will strike for 24 hours from midday on September 26, the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) has said.more

Inflation in Italy rose to 8.4 percent in August and is the highest since 1985, the national statistical institute Istat reported yesterday.more

Spain midfielder Fabian Ruiz has joined Paris Saint-Germain after four seasons at SSC Napoli. The contract is expected to run until the end of June 2027.more

Meghan Markle's interview, which was published in "The Cut" on Monday, was widely reported in the media. Journalists, with both amusement and indignation, welcomed Markle's statement, according to which her wedding with Harry was to cause euphoria on the streets of South Africa similar to the one that took over the country after Nelson Mandela was released from prison.more

43 percent Poles live in houses, and 25 percent. in apartments owned by them or their spouse - according to the CBOS survey on the housing situation in Poland. Within 15 years, the percentage of people living in houses has increased by 10 percentage points.more

After the meeting of the Ukrainian minister of culture and information policy, Oleksandr Tkachenko, with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay at the agency's headquarters in Paris, UNESCO announced that it supports Ukraine's request for Ukrainian Odessa to be included in the World Heritage List.more

Boris Johnson has confirmed additional government support for energy bills is coming amid the escalating cost of living crisis.more

People living in social housing in England could see rent increases capped below inflation next year, the government has said. more

Prince George and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge will go by different names once they return to school, according to reports.more

The match of the 1st round of the US Open Grand Slam tournament turned out to be unexpectedly difficult for Rafael Nadal. Seeded second, the Spanish tennis player took more than three hours to beat Australian Rinky Hijikata 198th in the world ranking 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 3. Meanwhile, Osaka and Raducanu have said goodbye to the event.more

South London residents were evacuated from their homes after an unexploded World War Two bomb was discovered on Tuesday afternoon. more

The British Queen Elizabeth II will not return to London or Windsor to receive the new prime minister, and instead the audience will be at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where the monarch spends the summer each year, Buckingham Palace reported today.more

The Ukrainian authorities informed about the heavy fighting in the Kherson Oblast, which Ukrainian forces are trying to recover from the hands of the Russian occupiers. According to military experts, "it won't happen soon," the BBC said today.more

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The Home Secretary should use their powers to reform "failing" police forces and replace the chief constable if necessary, a report has found.more

NASA plans to launch a second attempt on Saturday to launch the Artemis I Space Launch System rocket towards the moon - five days after its launch was canceled due to a failure of one of its engines.more

25 years ago - after midnight on August 30/31, 1997 - Princess Diana died in a car accident in Paris, she was already the wife of the British heir to the throne, Prince Charles. Her death and reaction to it became one of the most important events in modern British history.more

Hubert Hurkacz advanced to the second round of the US Open Grand Slam tournament. The Polish tennis player, seeded eighth, won with the German Oscar Otte 6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 4. The match lasted less than two hours.more

Inflation in Germany once again approached the level of 8%. After two months of decline, it rose to 7.9%, as consumer prices in August were higher than a year ago, the Federal Statistical Office informed yesterday. The German central bank estimates that inflation may reach even 10% in autumn.more

More than half of British voters want early elections later this year, and even the relative majority of Conservative voters are in favor of it, which in such a case would probably lose power, according to a poll released yesterday.more

The last leader of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, died at the age of 91, the Reuters agency reported yesterday evening, citing the Russian media citing a statement from the central clinical hospital in Moscow. In early July, it was reported that Gorbachev was hospitalized.more

Brazilian winger of the Dutch Ajax Amsterdam Antony has officially become the new English Manchester United player for € 95 million. His contract will run until 2027 - informed the English club.more

In Edinburgh, cleaning services began yesterday to clear up rubbish that has not been collected for 12 days due to the strike. However, the backlog of rubbish removal is so large that some of it will not be cleared up before the next round of strikes begins in a week's time.more

73 percent employees would like to work 4 days a week with their salary for 5 days, according to a ManpowerGroup study. Respondents believe that greater flexibility, such as the ability to choose whether to work from home or office, increases the quality of their work.more

Ireland’s energy watchdog, the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU), grid operator EirGrid and Energy Minister Eamon Ryan will all appear before the Oireachtas climate change committee amid an increase in system warnings — alerts the buffer between what is produced and what is demanded are narrow.more