Parts of northern Italy are facing their worst drought in 70 years, with the country’s longest river at risk of drying up, while Spain has been battling wildfires brought on by a heatwave.more
There was no heartbreak for Girona this time. After falling just short of promotion the last two seasons, the Catalan club made it back to the top flight on Sunday to end a three-year spell in the Spanish second division.more
EasyJet has announced plans to cut more flights over the busy summer period. The airline previously expected to run about 97% of its pre-Covid flight levels between July and September but that is now being scaled back to 90%.more
French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance has fallen short of an absolute majority in the second round of France's parliamentary election, according to preliminary official results.more
Max Verstappen held off severe late pressure from Carlos Sainz to win Formula 1's 2022 Canadian Grand Prix following a late safety car disruption, with Lewis Hamilton taking third.more
It is not for the government to intervene to stop rail strikes, the transport secretary has said - despite unions calling for talks. Grant Shapps said the RMT union's request for a meeting was a "stunt" and the union was "determined to go on strike".more
Scientific advisers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unanimously recommended vaccinating children under 5 years of age against Covid-19. Thus, all Americans are eligible to receive the vaccine, with the exception of infants under 6 months of age.more
Hubert Hurkacz won the final against Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev 6: 1, 6: 4 and triumphed in the ATP tournament on grass courts in Halle. The Pole won the fifth title in his career, but the first on this surface.more
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the British army must be ready to fight again in Europe, warned the new commander of the land forces, General Patrick Sanders, in a letter sent to his subordinates.more
In 2021, during the pandemic, 50,000 Poles left the city to live in the countryside. Poland recorded the last such large migration from the city to the countryside before the financial crisis in 2008, sums up Dr. Andrzej Zborowski from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management of the Jagiellonian University.more
Nearly a quarter of Americans living abroad are "seriously considering" or "planning" to renounce their citizenship. The main reason is inconvenient tax regulations.more
Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka has resigned from participation in the Grand Slam Wimbledon, which begins on June 27. The reason, according to foreign media, is the constant problems with the Achilles tendon. Earlier, Canadian Eugenie Bouchard withdrew from the event.more
John Holland-Kaye, president of the UK's largest airport, London Heathrow, said it will take 12 to 18 months to restore the normal situation at airports that are unable to handle all scheduled flights due to a lack of staff.more
"I want to continue. There is still a fire in me," former Real Madrid football coach Zinedine Zidane told Telefoot. For a year, the famous "Zizou" has been unemployed after parting with the "Royal", with whom he won the Champions League three times.more
Russia's war against Ukraine may take years; we cannot stop supporting Kiev, even if the price of this aid is high, it cannot be compared to the sacrifice of the Ukrainians - said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in an interview for "Bild am Sonntag".more
We have to prepare for a long war in Ukraine and ensure that this country survives, because if Russia kept the occupied territories, no country in the world could feel safe, wrote British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a text for The Sunday Times.more
Officials in the city of Uvalde, Texas, in the US, are exploiting loopholes and other laws in the state to keep documents from the recent shootout, which killed 21 people, not disclosed, US public radio NPR said today.more
Hubert Hurkacz will play today with Russian Daniil Medvedev, leading in the world ranking of tennis players, in the final of the ATP tournament on grass courts in Halle. The Pole, who has never lost a decisive match in his career, will fight for the fifth title.more
Some asylum claimants who arrived in the UK in small boats or in the back of lorries could be electronically tagged under a new Home Office trial. A 12-month trial could apply to adults due to be removed from the UK after arriving via what the government calls "dangerous or unnecessary" routes.more
A record temperature of 41 degrees Celsius was recorded yesterday in the resort of Biarritz on the Bay of Biscay in the west of France. Other areas of Andalusia in southern Spain have been covered by the orange warning, and their residents are not advised to go out into the streets and practice sports during the day.more
Seven-time Formula 1 world champion British Lewis Hamilton, after two training sessions before today's Canadian Grand Prix - again this year - said that the car that the team puts at his disposal is ... a disaster.more
Briton Tyson Fury, who defended his WBC heavyweight boxing title in April by knocking out his compatriot Dillian Whyte and then retired, recently admitted that he is ready to return to the ring when he receives... £500m.more
The COVID-19 pandemic is marked by conspiracy theories spread by denying circles. A study by scientists of the Medical University of Silesia has shown that belief in such false beliefs can also be harmful to mental health, because it increases the risk of anxiety and depression symptoms.more
