Car tyre dust poses a serious threat to the environment. It pollutes the oceans, the air and the soil, writes the British daily "The Guardian". It points out that tyres contain a variety of toxic substances that scientists have shown to seriously harm aquatic organisms.more

Anatoly Chubais, Russian President Vladimir Putin's former envoy on sustainable development, who resigned from his post and left Russia over the aggression in Ukraine, has been hospitalised in a European country, the BBC's Russian service wrote yesterday.more

Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the race for the Hungarian Grand Prix, the 13th round of the Formula One World Championship. The Dutchman strengthened his lead in the overall standings and moved closer to defending his title.more

European countries have eased efforts to restrict trade in Russian oil as they fear a rise in the price of the commodity and a reduction in energy supplies, writes the Financial Times today.more

78 years ago, on August 1, 1944, by the decision of the Home Army Commander Gen. Tadeusz Komorowski "Bor", an uprising broke out in Warsaw. For 63 days, the insurgents waged a heroic and lonely fight with the German troops, the goal of which was an independent Poland, free from German occupation and Soviet domination.more

The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund accepted a £1 million donation in 2013 from the half-brothers of Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader killed by US special forces in Pakistan in 2011, the Sunday Times reported yesterday.more

Inflation in Spain rose to 10.8 per cent in July, the highest level since 1984, the directorate of the National Statistics Office (INE) in Madrid said in a report published on Friday. Inflation in the Netherlands reached 11.6 per cent in July. - reported the Netherlands Bureau of Statistics (CBS). This is the first increase in inflation since March this year.more

Frenchman Christopher Nkunku of RB Leipzig has been voted Footballer of the Year by German journalists in a poll by "Kicker" - it was announced yesterday. Robert Lewandowski, who triumphed in the previous two editions, came second this time.more

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra - an ensemble made up of Ukrainian musicians who fled the country before the war and who had already played in various European orchestras - played yesterday at The Proms, London's famous summer classical music festival.more

The results of a large clinical trial do not support the use of vitamin D supplements to reduce fractures in healthy men and women in the US. The study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine.more

In August, three new routes by Wizz Air will appear in the flight schedule of Wrocław Airport. Passengers will be able to fly to the Albanian capital Tirana, to the Greek island of Rhodes and to Dubrovnik in Croatia.more