Paris Saint-Germain's players lost 1:2 away to Olympique Marseille and dropped out of the 1/8 finals of the Coupe de France de Football. At the same round they ended their participation in this competition a season earlier.more
We are noting an increase in terrorist threats, and the reason is, among other things, the reaction to the burning of a Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, Swedish special services SAPO reported yesterday.more
The British Foreign Office imposed sanctions on seven more Russian companies, including six that produce military equipment or deal with logistics, and another eight individuals associated with Vladimir Putin's regime.more
The death toll from the catastrophic earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday has exceeded 16,000, AFP reported this morning, based on official figures. Rescue operations are continuing all the time.more
Dawid Kownacki scored a goal for Fortuna Duesseldorf in the 1/8 finals match of the DFB-Pokal. However, his team lost in an away game after a penalty shootout against FC Nuernberg, another team that plays daily in the Bundesliga's back division.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated yesterday that nothing is ruled out in terms of military aid to Ukraine, and combat aircraft are part of the talks. He reported that Challenger 2 tanks, which he announced would be given to Ukraine, would be sent by March.more
"Ukraine can defeat Russia, I have no doubt about it. Putin's defeat is only a matter of time," said American political scientist Francis Fukuyama in an interview published yesterday for the T-Online news portal.more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing both houses of the British parliament yesterday, thanked the United Kingdom for its support from the very beginning of the war. He assured that freedom would prevail, but emphasized that his country needed Western planes to do so.more
"I believe that Kamil Stoch will come back reborn after this break - he will regain the joy of jumping and will give us a lot of joy this season" - assessed Thomas Thurnbichler's decision to withdraw the jumper from the next World Cup competition, Olympic champion Wojciech Fortuna.more
Passenger traffic at European airports last year almost returned to the period before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) report. The European airports organization points out that airport attendance almost doubled in 2022 compared to the previous year, reaching 1.94 billion passengers.more
Fans of Viking movies and TV series may be surprised by a discovery made during a survey of a Derbyshire cemetery. After all, analysis of the cremated remains made it possible to determine that when the great Viking army arrived in England in 865, in addition to warriors from the North, their horses and dogs arrived on boats.more
PKP Intercity is lowering ticket prices starting March 1 this year. Base prices for TLK and IC category connections will be on average about 11 percent lower than those currently in force, while for EIC and EIP categories - about 15 percent lower on average. - informed the carrier in yesterday's announcement.more
The General Court of the European Union dismissed the action brought by FC Barcelona supporters' associations against the European Commission. It was about the transfer of Leo Messi to PSG.more
Five decades on from Britain’s rapid shift away from an economy based on heavy industry, the toxins it left behind continued to blight the country’s towns and cities, data seen by i shows.more
The Church of England is considering whether to stop referring to God as “he” after priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead. The Church said it would launch a new project on the matter in the spring to decide whether to propose changes or not.more
The British post office today presented the first stamps with the image of King Charles III. They will go on sale on April 4, but those with the portrait of the late Elizabeth II will continue to be used until their stocks run out.more
Former London Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, who turned out to be a serial rapist, will spend at least 30 years and 239 days in prison, a London court has decided. In 18 years on the police force, Carrick committed 24 rapes.more
Iga Świątek is ranked 31st in the ranking of the highest-paid female tennis players of all time. The Polish woman on the court gained $ 15,356,030 and was ahead of French Amelie Mauresmo and American Monica Seles in the ranking.more
The Welsh Government has officially announced that it wants legislation to facilitate legal gender reassignment, similar to those recently passed by the Scottish Parliament and then blocked by the government in London.more
The latest charts are showing a massive wall of snow heading straight for the capital. According to forecaster WX Charts, Sunday, February 19, will see the capital potentially hit with the blast of snow, with temperatures set to plummet.more
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be questioned as part of a US defamation case brought by Meghan's half-sister. Samantha Markle is suing Meghan for "defamation and injurious falsehoods" following the couple's interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. more
SSRIs cause emotional dullness in one in two patients. Scientists have found that this is because they reduce sensitivity to reward and positive reinforcement - behavioral processes that "create" human behavior in a given environment, allow you to stay connected to and learn from the environment. The results of the study were published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.more
There were no surprises in yesterday's matches of the 1/8 final of the German Football Cup. The promotion was won by the Bundesliga clubs Eintracht Frankfurt and SC Freiburg, who defeated their rivals in the lower class.more
