This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman "for their discoveries on nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID -19."more
Barcelona has announced a contract extension with 16-year-old Lamin Yamal. The new contract runs until the summer of 2026. This is the maximum period for which a player under the age of 18 can be signed.more
If the UK's ruling Conservative Party was hoping that the ongoing annual conference in Manchester would help it turn around its dismal ratings, it is completely failing so far. The dominant theme is what won't get done: tax cuts and the construction of the HS2 high-speed rail line.more
In Portugal and mainland Spain, record air temperatures for the beginning of October were recorded on Sunday and Monday - they exceeded 37 degrees Celsius.more
Duchess Sarah Ferguson has passed along information that her one-time assistant, Jenean Chapman, was murdered in Texas. The aristocrat wants to help the woman's family transport her body from Dallas - where the crime was committed - to New York.more
Sweden's national soccer team selector Janne Andersson has declared that if his team does not advance to Euro 2024 then he will leave immediately, and that could happen in as little as two weeks.more
The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) fined the American company Apple for monopolistic practices of USD 50 million. The watchdog says the tech giant abused its dominant position by imposing unfavorable conditions on dating app providers.more
Families are eating less healthily and turning to ready meals and processed foods due to the cost of living crisis, a study has found.
More than two-thirds of people (69%) said they considered themselves to be healthy eaters but 28% said they were eating less nutritious food because it is too expensive, according to the BBC Good Food Nation survey.more
Yesterday, work began on transforming the Austrian house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 into a police station. This is intended to discourage fans of the Nazi dictator from making pilgrimages to the town of Braunau am Inn, bordering Germany, explained the AP agency.more
Today's match between Piotr Zieliński's Napoli and Real Madrid and tomorrow's match between Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan promise to be the most interesting in the second round of the Champions League group stage. The meeting in Germany will be hosted by Szymon Marciniak. Robert Lewandowski's Barcelona will go to Porto.more
Clicking the “book” button is often preceded by long hours of online searching and reflection. Research has shown that the average Briton spends 53 hours planning their holiday, and many are mentally exhausted by travel FOBO - the fear of not choosing the best option. The most indecisive and tired are the representatives of Generation Z.more
The Carabinieri are looking for an Italian and a Polish woman who fled after their wedding near Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio without paying a restaurant bill of 8,000 euros. As it was established, the spouses flew to Germany - it is not ruled out that they will go to Poland from there.more
Krakow joins the UNICEF "Child-friendly City" program, thus becoming an official candidate for this title. The mayor of the city has already signed an agreement on this matter with the UNICEF authorities.more
The national living wage is set to increase to at least £11 an hour from next April, the chancellor is to confirm.
In a speech to the Conservative Party conference Jeremy Hunt is expected to say the move will benefit two million of the lowest-paid workers.more
Tax levels in the UK are at their highest since records began 70 years ago - and are unlikely to come down, a leading think tank says.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) forecasts taxes will amount to about 37% of national income by the next general election, due in 2024.more
Iga Świątek still ranks second in the world ranking of tennis players. Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka is in the lead with an advantage of 1,071 points over the Pole, and American Coco Gauff is third. Magda Linette maintained her 25th position.more
Water companies in England and Wales want bills to increase by £156 a year by 2030 to pay for upgrades and reduce sewage discharges. The increase would allow infrastructure spending to almost double to £96bn, the water industry says.more
The prime minister is set to launch a “plan for motorists” that includes curbing local 20mph speed limits, risking a fresh clash with eco-campaigners.more
Artificial intelligence promises a significant increase in prosperity, although this will not necessarily be reflected in GDP statistics, said Bank Pekao economists in their report. In their opinion, artificial intelligence will cause profound changes in the way we work and rest.more
Magda Linette advanced to the 1/8 finals of the WTA 1000 tournament on hard courts in Beijing. The Polish tennis player won today against Jennifer Brady after the American's draw at 3:1 for Linette in the first set.more
Britain's largest arms company, BAE Systems, has won a contract worth 3.95 billion pounds (4.56 billion euros) to build next-generation submarines as part of a defense pact between the US, Britain and Australia, the British government announced.more
Yesterday, the Million Hearts March passed through the streets of Warsaw. According to media reports around the world, up to a million Poles came to the center of the Polish capital. "This is a breakthrough moment in the history of our homeland," Donald Tusk commented on the event.more
There have never been so many immigrants in France as today, mainly due to the law allowing family reunification, said Didier Leschi, director general of the French Office for Immigration and Integration, on CNEWS.more
The management board of Abha Club dismissed coach Czesław Michniewicz - says the official statement of the Saudi Arabian Premier League football club published on social media.more
Britain will send an additional 200 troops to Kosovo in the coming days to join its 400-strong contingent as part of the NATO KFOR peacekeeping mission, the British Ministry of Defense announced.more