Dorothy Hoffner, 104, of Chicago, tandem skydived with an instructor on Sunday. She is the oldest person to accomplish such a feat, the ABC network portal reported.more

Magda Linette and American tennis player Peyton Stearns advanced to the quarterfinals of the doubles round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing. Today they defeated fourth-seeded Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe 6:2, 7:6 (7-3).more

Travellers face a week of disruption as rail services are hit by a fresh round of walkouts by train drivers and London Underground workers in a long-running dispute over jobs and pay.more

Pope Francis has suggested an opening towards the issue of priests giving blessings to same-sex couples, provided that it is limited and each case is handled separately and not confused with giving a wedding. This is how he responded to the five conservative cardinals who presented their concerns to him.more

Fierce competition between supermarkets has led to the first monthly drop in food prices for more than two years, an industry body has said.more

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

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

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

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