Germany abandons further security measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. After the abolition of the obligation to wear masks on long-distance trains, further relaxations will follow soon. A pandemic is no longer a threat, said German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach.more
Number five seed Hubert Hurkacz advanced to the 1/8 final of the ATP indoor hard court tournament in Rotterdam. The Polish tennis player defeated Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut 7:5, 6:7 (7-9), 7:6 (7-4) in the opening round.more
For the first time in almost 300 years, the British Queen Consort will be crowned with an existing crown, rather than a specially made one for the occasion. Buckingham Palace has announced that his wife Camilla will wear Maria Teck's 1911 crown at the coronation of Charles III.more
Ireland could be blanketed in snow amid frigid conditions later this month or early in March as a weather pattern that contributed to the ‘Beast from the East’ blizzard, and the heavy snowfalls in 2010, is expected to develop in the coming days.more
With the Norwegian national football team, Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard helps Manchester City striker Erling Haaland score goals. Today they will both be opponents in the match at the top of the Premier League.more
Millions of households in Britain are facing another financial squeeze with local authorities set to raise council tax by the maximum amount possible as they attempt to make up for funding shortages. more
The European Union, and in particular France and Belgium, is the largest importer of frogs' legs in the world, with fatal consequences for the world's population of these animals, reports the weekly "Spiegel".more
The prospect of higher earnings and more interesting tasks are the most important factors inducing people to look for a new job, according to a report by the employment agency Manpower. In the current workplace, employees are most demotivated by too low wages and bad management style.more
Ukrainian and Russian footballers who stayed at training camps had a fight in the Turkish Royal Seginus hotel. "The Ukrainians have won, and the Russians are leaving the hotel," Ukrainian media reported.more
When it comes to the UK divide, you’re either team North or team South. But it seems a spot that sits somewhere between the two has been named the ‘most underrated’ city in the UK.more
The advantage of opponents of Scottish independence over supporters is now 12 percentage points, which means that it is even higher than it was in the 2014 referendum, according to a poll published today.more
The coach of the Polish football team, Fernando Santos, met with Robert Lewandowski – informed the PZPN portal "Łączy nas ball", which posted a photo of them together on the beach.more
Banksy has unveiled a new Valentine’s Day mural created on a wall in Margate. The new artwork, shared on the famous street artist’s Instagram page on Tuesday morning, appears to touch on domestic violence.more
The use of Chinese-made DJI drones by British police is of grave concern to the government, the Daily Telegraph reported. The newspaper reveals that more than two-thirds of police drones were manufactured by a company that the US authorities considered a threat.more
In 2022, 2.47 million working days were lost in the UK due to strikes, the highest number since 1989, despite the fact that the data actually only cover seven months, the Office for National Statistics said today.more
Although U.S. President Joe Biden has said the U.S. will not provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, officials in Washington say they are likely to provide Kiev with more advanced air defenses, or at least agree to deliver F-16s from other countries, the Financial Times reported today. ".more
The European Football Union (UEFA) has apologized to Liverpool for initially blaming the English club's supporters for the organizational chaos ahead of last year's Champions League final against Real Madrid in Saint-Denis near Paris.more
A&E waiting times have deteriorated so much this winter that at some hospitals in England more than half of patients have had to wait more than four hours.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his government would "do whatever is necessary" to secure the country's airspace in the face of the possibility of Chinese spy balloons invading it.more
Russian troops in Ukraine are trying to advance in most sectors of the front line but have not accumulated enough offensive combat strength in any of them to have a decisive effect, the British Ministry of Defense said.more
Alicja Rosolska and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe defeated Mubarak Al-Naimi from the hosts and Yekaterina Yaszyna from Russia 7:5, 6:2 in the first round (1/8 finals) of the doubles WTA 500 tournament on hard courts in Doha.more
A yellow weather warning for fog is in place for large parts of the UK this morning and could cause huge travel disruptions. According to the Met Office commuters could face slower journey times with potential delays to bus and train services.more