16 Italian cities today have the highest level of heat alert. Temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius and dangerous to health, especially for the weakest, will prevail in Rome, Florence, Venice, Turin and Milan, among others.more
The European Football Union (UEFA) imposed a fine of 50,000 on Fenerbahka Istanbul. Euro and the penalty of partial closure of the stadium for one game - suspended for two years - for chanting "Putin, Putin" by fans during the Champions League qualifying meeting with Dynamo Kyiv.more
The Israeli Armed Forces (IDF) reported yesterday evening that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization had fired 80 rockets at Israel in retaliation for killing one of its leaders; none caused losses. Tel Aviv has opened public shelters for residents.more
Manchester City players' coach Josep Guardiola has admitted ahead of the English Premier League starting this weekend that there will be two seasons this time around. "One of them before the World Cup in Qatar. You can't win it, but you can lose it," - He added.more
The RAF's backlog in training fighter pilots is so great that it calls into question the future combat capabilities of British aviation, according to a leaked internal document that Sky News reported yesterday evening.more
The water temperature in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern shores of Spain rose in August to a record level of 30 degrees Celsius, the state meteorological agency Aemet in Madrid reported yesterday.more
Traditional August arts festivals began yesterday in Edinburgh, including the biggest one - The Fringe Theater and Street Art Festival. This year - after two editions with covid restrictions - they are held full-time again.more
Polish national team goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski has extended his contract with Bologna. As the Italian Premier League football club announced yesterday, the new contract is set to run until 30 June 2025, with an option to extend.more
The EU has decided to impose sanctions on two more individuals in connection with Russia's ongoing unjustified and unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine. These are former pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his son Oleksandr.more
Crystal Palace lost 2-0 to Arsenal in yesterday's London derby, which inaugurated England's Premier League season. Remaining matches today and tomorrow.more
As the cost of living has risen, around 24 million UK adults have reduced their energy consumption and 16 million have cut back on spending on food and other essentials, according to an ONS survey published yesterday.more
Today in the morning on the A-4 route, about 30 km north of Zagreb, a Polish bus with pilgrims traveling to Medjugorje, crashed in a terrible accident - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in its statement.more
Bayern Munich started the fight for the 11th consecutive German football championship title with a high victory. In the inaugural match of the 60th season of the Bundesliga he crashed away at Eintracht Frankfurt 6: 1.more
Archie Battersbee, a 12-year-old English boy who suffered severe brain damage in an unfortunate accident, cannot be transferred from hospital to a hospice as his parents had requested, a court ruled yesterday.more
A large proportion of German executives are unfit to manage staff, according to psychologist Juergen Hesse. "At least half are slightly insane, but there are also severe cases," says the psychologist who deals with toxic bosses in an interview with the Spiegel weekly.more
Przemysław Płacheta scored a goal for Birmingham City in a 2-1 win against Huddersfield Town in the second round of the Championship, i.e. the backbone of the English football league. This is the first goal of the Pole for the club to which he was loaned in July.more
Covid infections are continuing to fall in the UK, dropping by more than half a million in a week, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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The probability that a human being will die as a result of space junk landing on Earth within the next decade is about 10 per cent. - warn the scientists. The results of the study were published in 'Nature Astronomy'.more
Sadio Mane moved from Liverpool to Bayern Munich in July. The Senegalese is to succeed Robert Lewandowski, who left for Barcelona. "I don't consider myself a world star. I just want to be part of this team," said the new Bayern striker.more
How about dropping everything and going to an island? One with a white lighthouse, a white house, a green pasture and a vegetable garden, sheltered from the sea by a high stone wall? Especially when that island costs £350,000 (just under £2 million), which is the price of a moderately exquisite house on the outskirts of Warsaw.more
The latest report from the Union of Polish Metropolises on helping refugees from war-stricken Ukraine shows that Rzeszów residents are among the most helpful people in Poland, the Rzeszów municipality reported yesterday.more
The beluga whale, a type of cetacean that lives in Arctic waters, has swum the Seine near Paris and can be found near the commune of Vernon, 70 km from the French capital, the 20Minutes portal reported.more
EU and EEA EFTA citizens are being reminded of their rights when travelling to the UK by the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA). With the summer holiday season in full swing, the IMA is continuing to receive complaints and intelligence from people experiencing difficulties with airline carriers whilst travelling to the UK.
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