Istanbul's metropolitan authorities estimated that half of the 29,000 inspected in the city so far. buildings are at risk of collapsing in the event of an earthquake. Geology professor Celal Sengor estimated the number of potential deaths from the quake in the metropolis at 100,000, the Duvar portal reported.more

Roy Hodgson will lead Crystal Palace players until the end of the season, the English Premier League club announced. The 75-year-old coach will replace Patrick Vieira, who was fired on Friday.more

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted he misled MPs about illegal parties held in his office during Covid-19 restrictions, but said he did not intend to defraud members of the House of Commons.more

Less and less Parisians are satisfied with their lives in the French capital, according to an Ifop-Fiducial poll for the daily "Le Figaro" and Sud Radio. Support for the socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, is not increased by the prolonged strikes of municipal workers against the pension reform.more

On Friday, the Polish football team will start the fight in the qualifications for the European Championships 2024. First, they will face the Czech Republic in Prague, and on Monday they will play Albania. The clashes between France and the Netherlands and Italy and England promise to be interesting.more

104-year-old Nancy Gifford, from Somerset in the south-west of England, is selling the house where she lived for over a century. It was bought for £200 and is now set to sell for £170,000.more

Since Finland took the title of happiest country in the world in 2018, it hasn't given it up to any other country. This year it managed to retain the title again, and for the sixth year in a row Finland topped the World Happiness Report ranking. In terms of contentment, the Finns are ahead of the people of Denmark and Iceland, which also made it to the podium.more

Poles in the country buy less and will continue to buy less, assessed Mariusz Zielonka, an economic expert of the Confederation Lewiatan, commenting on the Central Statistical Office data on retail sales. This year's macro data slowly confirm the negative GDP growth in the first quarter of 2023, he added.more

Spring is officially here, but we’re waiting for warmer weather and with some cost of living payments due to stop, paying the bills is still going to be a struggle for many.more

People living in Tower Hamlets are the most likely in London to be admitted to hospital and die with a lung condition, new figures show.more

In the WTA tournament in Miami starting today, Iga Świątek will defend the title won 12 months ago. In turn, Hubert Hurkacz in Florida triumphed in 2021. So they both have fond tennis memories, but they have a difficult task ahead of them to build on those successes.more

Scotland’s pioneering policy of minimum pricing for alcohol has been linked to a 13% drop in the number of deaths from alcohol consumption, and hundreds fewer hospitalisations, according to a study.more

The government has announced almost £60 million in cultural funding for regions outside London.more

I do not expect a quick end to Russian aggression in Ukraine, said Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an interview with the Rheinische Post daily. He also admitted that he had "regular talks with Putin", during which "glaring differences of opinion still persist".more

Hundreds of patients have lost their eyesight or had it irreparably damaged because of NHS backlogs, new research suggests.more

Polish footballers, preparing for Euro 2024 qualifying matches with the Czech Republic and Albania, have already had their first training in Warsaw under the supervision of Fernando Santos. Only one group practiced, and the rest of the players, tired after Sunday's league performances, had regeneration classes.more

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki claims that Europe could witness a revolt if the European Union turns into a super-state that ignores national differences, the British daily Independent reported.more

Broadband firms have been urged to cancel “exorbitant” mid-contract price rises for vulnerable customers less than two weeks before they are due to take effect. Millions of broadband and mobile phone customers can expect to face monthly bill increases of at least 14% from April.more

After yesterday's rejection by the National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament, of two motions of no confidence in the government, the controversial pension reform raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 has been passed. In response to the events in the parliament, protesters clashed with the police in Paris.more

Words of support for Dawid Kubacki and his family are pouring in from all over the world. Doctors in the hospital in Nowy Targ are fighting for the life of a ski jumper's wife. Words of encouragement were sent by President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and FIS.more

London's Met Police are "institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic" and "incapable of self-control", according to a report published last night and quoted by the local press today.more

US President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that requires declassification of information related to the origin of the coronavirus, Reuters reported. The White House said it will continue to review all classified information regarding the origin of the disease, with potential ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology listed.more

The British broadcaster BBC said it had advised employees to remove the Chinese company's TikTok app from company devices, unless it was desirable for professional reasons.more

Marcus Rashford will miss the Euro 2024 qualifying matches as England face Italy and Ukraine. The player suffered an injury in the FA Cup quarter-final between Manchester United and Fulham, the Football Association (FA) announced on Monday.more

American company Amazon.com Inc has announced that it will lay off 9,000 jobs in the coming weeks. employees. As the CNBC portal explains, Amazon is counting on a probable economic slowdown. The company abandoned some experimental projects and reduced the pace of warehouse expansion.more