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

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

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

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

Supermarket giant Tesco has announced it will be launching a new scheme that will help customers save more money. more

"Lager Sylt" was the name of a German concentration camp on the small island of Alderney in the English Channel. Even among German historians, this story is largely unknown. Britain has made it a state secret, writes the weekly magazine Spiegel in a text entitled "Sylt. "What happened on 'Adolf Island'?".more

Former Formula One Australian race director Michael Masi has revealed that he received death threats on several occasions following his controversial decision at last year's final Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race of the season.more

The outgoing prime minister and his wife are hosting family and friends at 18th-century Daylesford House to celebrate their nuptials with a wider circle, after the pandemic forced them to scale back festivities last year.more

Foreign tourists are sustaining France's economic growth, which came in at 0.5 per cent in the second quarter, twice as high as economists had forecast. If this trend continues, GDP growth this year could reach 2.5 per cent, - BFMTV reported yesterday. The pandemic emergency in France will end tomorrow (1 August).more

Novak Djokovic did not take the COVID-19 vaccine and for this reason the tennis player could not play at the Australian Open. The Serb is preparing to compete at the US Open, although the organisers have long since announced that only vaccinated players will be allowed to play in New York.more

Footage from Diana, Princess of Wales’ 1995 Panorama interview with Martin Bashir will air on Sky next month after the BBC said it would never again license it to other broadcasters.more

Today at 5pm (UK time) the German women will face England in the final of the European Football Championships. All tickets have been sold out and nearly 90,000 fans will be seated at Wembley. This will be an attendance record for both the women's and men's Euros.more

Spain is the first country in Europe and, after Brazil, the second in the world outside Africa where a person infected with monkeypox virus has been confirmed dead. The fatal case was announced on Friday by the Spanish health ministry.more

Colchester has about 120,000 residents and it's one of eight towns that were awarded city status during the Queen 's Platinum Jubilee. It was also the capital of England from the fifth to eighth centuries during the Roman occupation of what would become England - and there's plenty to do in the soon-to-be city. more

Robert Lewandowski did not score a goal, but his Barcelona beat the New York Red Bulls 2:0 in their last friendly match during the American training camp. The Polish footballer played until the 73rd minute. It was his third consecutive appearance for the 'Pride of Catalonia' - he is still waiting for his first goal.more

Friday's US Mega Millions lottery draw saw the jackpot fall when $1.28 billion was in the pot. The winning ticket was purchased in Illinois.more

On Thursday, July 28, Ashley Ness gave birth to quadruplets at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. This alone is quite unique, but even more unique is the fact that the four toddlers were two pairs of identical twins - two girls and two boys. This is the case every 10 million pregnancies.more

In order to reduce the population of gray squirrels, which, as an invasive species, threaten the native red squirrels, British scientists intend to give them a contraceptive specially created for this purpose.more