The leader of the world ranking, Iga Świątek, will face Łesia Curenko in the first round of the French Open Grand Slam. Hubert Hurkacz will play against the Italian Giulio Zeppieri.more

Ukrainian refugees are being left homeless as relationships with host families in the UK break down, community groups have warned. more

"We will not allow such scenes as in Ukraine to take place on Polish soil. The Polish army is and will be even stronger and more numerous," Minister of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak assured yesterday in Kraśnik (Lubelskie Voivodeship).more

RB Leipzig players won the German Cup for the first time in history. In the final in Berlin they defeated SC Freiburg 4: 2 after a penalty shootout. After 90 minutes and extra time it was 1-1. So the team from Leipzig made up for defeats in the finals with other rivals - in 2019 and 2021.more

zasfdmore

"There is nothing more bitter, Gerhard Schroeder made a mistake," wrote the RND portal yesterday in a comment, "not in some detail, but in an issue that is central to his entire political life. The ties with Putin have caused irreparable damage to both Schroeder and Germany as a whole."more

A team from the University of Manchester have been working with scientists in Australia - where sunbeds are already banned. They looked at the harm and costs linked with indoor tanning.more

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has dismissed allegations that he received "sexual gifts" from former Haitian Football Federation (FHF) president Yves Jean-Bart during his 2013 visit to the country.more

The chances of a coup in Russia are now greater than before the country's aggression against Ukraine, says Naunihal Singh, who has investigated around 500 coups around the world. According to the author of the book "The Takeover of Power", the risk for Vladimir Putin will increase with the problems related to the war in Ukraine and the increasingly tougher sanctions by the West.more

A new immersive world is opening in Canada Water and it’s gloriously weird.more

The British royal family provides accommodation to refugees from Ukraine, but this has been organized in secret so as not to make publicity, the Daily Express revealed today.more

An MI5 spy used his status to terrorise his partner before moving abroad to continue intelligence work while under investigation, the BBC has found. more

The prize pool of the Grand Slam French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros clay courts, which begins tomorrow, is € 43.6 million. The winners of the singles competition will earn 2.2 million in Paris each.more

A shopper has explained how he cut the cost of a basket-full of shopping from Asda from £55 to less than £17 using a trick proposed by Martin Lewis. The founder of the MoneySavingExpert has given a lot of advice about how to reduce the cost of your shopping. more

The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has denied claims that he groped and exposed himself to an employee at his SpaceX rocket company six years ago. A report in the Business Insider news outlet on Thursday alleged SpaceX paid the ex-flight attendant $250,000 (£200,000) to settle the claim.more

A further 11 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the UK, bringing the total to 20 already, the country's Health Minister Sajid Javid announced yesterday. He added that most of the cases are mild.more

The club of the French football league Paris Saint-Germain has announced that they are parting ways with Angel Di Maria. The Argentine in the colors of the Paris team played seven seasons and helped to win 18 titles.more

Passenger numbers at European airports will not return to pre-pandemic coronavirus levels until 2024 at the earliest. - announced yesterday the industry association of European airports ACI Europe.more

British Foreign Minister Liz Truss announced that she would like to send modern weapons also to Moldova to protect the country from the threat of Russian invasion, and revealed that talks are underway on this subject.more

Real Madrid drew 0-0 at home with Betis Sevilla in the last round of the Spanish Premier League. The "Royal" had already secured the title of the championship, and the match against the Andalusians was the last test before the final of the Champions League on 28 May.more

From July, refugees from Ukraine will be entitled to regular social benefits in Germany. The Bundesrat, the second chamber of the German parliament, approved a law yesterday that implements an agreement on the matter between the federal government and the states, ARD television reports.more

A man has been found guilty of being a member of a banned fascist group. Alex Davies, 27, from Swansea, was accused of being a member of National Action (NA), after it was banned in December 2016.more

The secretary general of the Elysee Palace, Alexis Kohler, announced yesterday the composition of the new French government. The current ambassador to Great Britain Catherine Colonna was appointed the new head of diplomacy. Elizabeth Borne took office on Monday.more

Only in the last round of the English Premier League will the champion of the country be determined. Before tomorrow's clash with Aston Villa, Manchester City leads with 90 points. Second is Liverpool, who have amassed 89 and will play against Wolverhampton Wanderers.more

Stanley in the Falklands Islands is the first Overseas Territory to win the competition for city status, while Douglas on the Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man has also claimed the civic honour. The Cabinet Office said that Bangor in Northern Ireland, along with Colchester, Doncaster and Milton Keynes in England, plus Dunfermline in Scotland and Wrexham in Wales have also won the honour.more