Robert Lewandowski scored three goals, all in the first half, as his Barcelona side beat Alaves 3-0 away in the ninth round of the Spanish Premier League. Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who signed a contract on Wednesday, was not yet in the table leader's matchday squad.more

The London area where homes sell the fastest has been named. New data from property site Rightmove has listed the fastest-selling areas in the capital, and the top area sees homes change hands in just a month.more

Online financial fraud is the second most valuable criminal business after drugs, generating up to USD 1 trillion in revenue. In Poland, fraudsters defraud more than PLN 0.5 billion annually, reports ‘Puls Biznesu’.more

Fungi move, communicate and have sex,’ conveyed mycologist Dr Marta Wrzosek. They are similar to animals and share a common ancestor with them.more

Sparks from the Middle East conflict are igniting hatred in the UK too, wrote British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in The Sunday Times on the eve of the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel. He stressed that only a two-state solution could break the cycle of violence in the Middle East.more

No. 4 seeded American Coco Gauff won Czech Karolina Muchova 6:1, 6:3 in the final of the WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Beijing. The duel lasted one hour and 17 minutes.more

During the negotiations over the terms of Brexit, Russian intelligence recruited with the help of so-called compromises an Irish parliamentarian to seek to undermine relations between the UK, Ireland and the European Union, ‘The Sunday Times’ revealed today.more

Real Madrid defeated Villarreal 2:0 in front of their home crowd in the ninth round of the Spanish Premier League. The defending champions ‘The Kings’ have 21 points, the same as table-leading Barcelona, who play against Alaves today.more

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Friday that it has launched an investigation into the potentially unlawful use of facial recognition technology by Irish airline Ryanair.more

Fifteen people were arrested yesterday in London in connection with a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians and a counter demonstration, the London Metropolitan Police reported. However, police are not ruling out further arrests.more

Dutchman Arne Slot has become the first ever coach to lead Liverpool's players to nine wins in their first 10 stakes matches. Yesterday, ‘The Reds’ beat Crystal Palace 1:0 in the seventh round of the Premier League. Manchester City and Arsenal also picked up victories.more

Parts of Antarctica are turning green more quickly than previously thought, leaving scientists "shocked" at the impact of climate change in the region. The area covered by vegetation in the Antarctic Peninsula is 10 times larger than four decades ago, a UK research team has said.more

Workers should be offered tax breaks on private health insurance to tackle the worklessness crisis facing Britain, business leaders have said. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is calling for an overhaul of the tax system to improve workplace health.more

An Afghan man who raped and robbed a young Polish man at the Max-Weber-Platz underground station in the Bavarian capital in August 2023 was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison by the Munich state court.more

The latest report entitled ‘How do Poles currently use dentists? ‘How do Poles currently use dentists?’ shows that nearly 40% of compatriots would prefer to avoid dental surgeries from afar mainly because the cost of treatment and visits is too high. Almost 39% speak of fear of the white coat and the doctor himself. Fear of pain deters almost 30% of Poles. Negative experiences discourage more thanmore

The UK has sent a team of engineering troops to Poland to help with flood relief in the south of the country, the British government announced yesterday.more

There will be major changes to the structure of the Billie Jean King Cup women's tennis tournament next season. In the 2026 season, eight rather than 12 national teams will play in the finals, the international federation announced.more

Artificial intelligence has sent an innocent man to prison. A bricklayer living in Rome was arrested on the basis of an international arrest warrant issued by the Swiss canton of Ticino on suspicion of two thefts. The AI system wrongly identified him as the perpetrator, he was meanwhile at work.more

Defending champions Real Madrid will take on a rival with whom they have won only one of their last six league games - Villarreal - in the ninth round of the Spanish football league. ‘The royals’ will enter this match after an unexpected defeat against Lille 0:1 in the Champions League.more

Four in every 10 (40%) UK working households cannot afford an average-priced two- or three-bedroom home with an 80% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgage, according to research from Zoopla.more

Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has criticised “slightly daft” proposals from academics to serve beer in two-third pint measures as he called for no further regulations to be introduced in the under-pressure pub sector.more

There are difficulties at German airports, including Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Duesseldorf, today. A glitch in the air traffic control system has led to the cancellation and delay of dozens of flights, writes the tagesschau portal.more

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The Israeli army today announced the destruction of a 3.5km tunnel under Lebanon's border with Syria through which Hezbollah was smuggling Iranian weapons. It added that around 100 Hezbollah fighters were killed yesterday in fighting in the south of the country. Israel is continuing air strikes. One was carried out near a hospital.more

One million people in England now vape despite never having been regular smokers, a seven-fold increase in just three years, according to research that has prompted alarm among health experts.more