The leader of the Spanish top league, Real Madrid, won away against the finalist of the domestic cup, Mallorca, 1-0 in the 31st round. In turn, Barcelona's players defeated Cadiz CF away 1-0. The runner-up is eight points behind Real Madrid.more
Record-breaking rain over the past few months has left fields of crops under water and livestock's health at risk, adding to pressures on food producers.The flooding and extreme weather linked to climate change will undermine UK food production unless farmers get more help, the National Farmers Union said.more
Royal Marines are poised to lead a 'Dunkirk-style' evacuation of thousands of UK nationals from the Middle East after Iran launched a huge drone and missile attack against Israel last night. Commandos have already conducted reconnaissance along the Lebanese coastline ahead of a potential maritime rescue mission.more
Torino FC, with Karol Linetty in the squad, drew goalless in the city derby with Juventus, whose goal was guarded by Wojciech Szczęsny, in the 32nd round of the Italian top football league. The "Polish" Empoli lost away to Lecce 0-1 in an important match for the lower part of the table.more
New security protocols may end the tradition of ordaining aircraft at Dublin Airport, which has continued for 76 years. Every Christmas a Catholic priest is invited there to perform such a ceremony.more
A priest of the Archdiocese of Częstochowa serving in Great Britain, who - according to media reports - posed in a calendar for gays, has been removed from ministry and from holding all offices and from pastoral work - the Częstochowa curia reported.more
Bayern Munich players won against FC Koeln 2-0 in the 29th round of the German top league and retained their mathematical chances of defending the title. However, today Bayer Leverkusen can secure their first championship in history, but they must defeat Werder Bremen.more
Iran fired dozens of drones and, as it claims, ballistic missiles towards Israel overnight. The direct attack is unprecedented and could lead to a serious escalation of tensions after half a year of war in the Gaza Strip. The US assured its support for Israel.more
The first oral treatment for preventing both chronic and episodic migraines could soon be available on the NHS. Health experts said up to 170,000 people in England could benefit from taking atogepant to prevent severe head pain, which can be debilitating.more
An unprecedented decision was made in a divorce case by a court in Vigo, Spain. He resolved a couple's dispute over a dog, granting custody to the woman and ordering the man to pay EUR 40 a month in maintenance for the animal, local media reported.more
Three months after being released from prison, former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is sweeping church floors because he can't find steady work. In the summer of 2012, he was a South African national hero when he became the first disabled athlete in prosthetics to run at the London Olympics.more
Ukraine could lose the war with Russia this year, former head of the UK's Joint Forces Command Gen Richard Barrons warns in an interview with the BBC. The portal does not rule out that Moscow's strategic goal this year may be to quash the fighting spirit and discourage the West from helping Kiev.more
US space agency NASA has been asked to help in the next search for the Loch Ness Monster, which will begin on 30 May, Sky News reported yesterday. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the first organised expedition to unravel the mystery.more
The German Bundestag voted in favour of the Self-Determination Act by a majority yesterday. For transgender and intersex people, as well as people who identify as neither male nor female, changing their gender registration will now be a simple administrative act.more
Nuclear deterrence is fundamental to the UK's security and a future Labour government will increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP as soon as the fiscal situation allows, Keir Starmer, leader of Labour's clear lead in the polls, declared yesterday.more
Magdalena Fręch defeated Celine Naef 6:7 (8-10), 7:5, 6:3 in the second singles of Poland's away match against Switzerland in the Billie Jean King Tennis Cup. In the opening match on the hard surface in Biel, Iga Swiatek won against Simona Waltert 6:3, 6:1.more
Poland will be the second largest bail system country in Europe from 2025. 'We are creating a huge circular economy project for packaging,' stated Marcel Rakowski, president of PolKa - Polska Kaucja, one of the system operators in Poland. The deposit system will force a change in consumer habits, he pointed out.more
The world's first commercial-scale factory turning human waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has been announced. Biofuel company Firefly plans to develop the plant in Harwich, Essex, and hopes to deliver fuel by 2028.more
Bayer Leverkusen's players could already win - for the first time in their history - the German championship this weekend. In Spain, Barcelona will play away against Cadiz CF today, but Robert Lewandowski will be paused due to yellow cards.more
The UK economy grew slightly in February increasing hopes it is on its way out of recession.
The economy grew by 0.1%, official figures show, boosted by production and manufacturing in areas such as the car industry. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that construction was dampened by wet weather though.more
Football clubs in the Premier League announced yesterday that they had reached a unanimous decision to introduce artificial intelligence-based semi-automatic offside technology for use next season. It is designed to help referees reduce the time it takes to make a decision.more
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) think tank has warned that schools could lose over £1 billion in funding by 2030 because of falling pupil numbers.more
In a wide-ranging interview, the outgoing MP also told Sky News that Britain needs to be better prepared for war at a time of growing threats, including by reinvigorating a large "strategic reserve" force of thousands of veterans.more
