The Pentagon and US intelligence agencies believe many of the unexplained aerial phenomena seen in recent years include airborne debris, weather balloons and Chinese spy drones, the New York Times reported. A report on this is due to be presented to Congress on Monday.more

British Northern Ireland Minister Chris Heaton-Harris confirmed yesterday that he will call new elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly, but will announce the date next week. They will probably be held in December, which would mean a second election this year.more

"There are tougher years ahead of us, harsh years." - announced German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in an address to the nation at Berlin's Bellevue Palace.more

Seeded to number five, Hubert Hurkacz lost to Croat Borna Coric 4: 6, 7: 6 (7-2), 6: 7 (5-7) in the quarter-finals of the ATP tennis tournament in Vienna (prize pool of EUR 2,349 million).more

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has notified Royal Mail they plan to call on their members who collect, sort, distribute and deliver parcels and letters to take strike action in November.more

Those who dream of a polar adventure should be interested in this announcement. The Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences is currently recruiting participants for the 46th Polar Expedition. Among those sought are a meteorologist, an IT specialist and a cook.more

Robert Lewandowski's Barcelona, after a very poor performance in the Champions League, are looking to improve their spirits in today's away match against Valencia in the 12th round of the Spanish Football Premier League. There are no blockbusters in the other top leagues, but surprises are possible.more

The number of Dutch people is growing, with 17.8 million now living in the Netherlands, reports the Netherlands Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The increase is almost entirely due to migration, primarily from Ukraine, India and Turkey.more

Every week our Holiday Hero Neil Simpson takes an in-depth look at a brilliant holiday topic, doing all the legwork so you don’t have to. This week: Poland’s perfect Christmas market. more

New insolvency service data showed that 27,927 individual insolvencies were recorded over the three months to September. more

Network Rail employees have announced another wave of strikes in the dispute over wages and working conditions. Protests will take place on November 5, 7 and 9, RMT said.more

Betis Seville, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, SC Freiburg and Ferencvaros Budapest secured first place in the group and promotion to the 1/8 finals of the Europa League. Four Polish players played in the fifth round: Jakub Piotrowski, Nicola Zalewski, Tymoteusz Puchacz and Sebastian Szymanski.more

Production of coins bearing the image of Britain's new King Charles III has begun and will enter circulation in December, Britain's Royal Mint announced today.more

"This is a fascinating discovery of great clinical significance: two common viruses - influenza and RSV - can combine to form a hybrid virus," says Dr. Pawel Grzesiowski, citing research published by Nature Microbiology.more

With Rishi Sunak taking office as prime minister, the first positive signs have emerged for Britain's ruling Conservative Party, according to two polls released today.more

Livepool coach Juergen Klopp has been fined £30,000 for inappropriate behavior during the 11th round English Premier League match against Manchester City, played on October 16, the English Football Federation (FA) announced.more

Chinese police have opened their own "police stations" in almost every country in the world where the country's larger community is located, according to a report by the Madrid-based NGO "Safeguard Defenders", published yesterday by the "ABC" daily.more

British Prince Harry's memoirs, in which he is expected to reveal the backstory behind his decision to resign as a member of the royal family and move to the United States, will be published on January 10 next year, publisher Penguin Random House announced yesterday.more

U.S. President Joe Biden expressed skepticism over Russian President Vladimir Putin's assertion yesterday that he has no intention of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine.more

Footballer of Italian Premier League outfit Monza Pablo Mari and four others were injured and one died after a knife attack in a shopping center near Milan. On loan from Arsenal London, the 29-year-old Spaniard is in the hospital, but his life is not in danger.more

The government's failure to prepare for the growing risk of extreme weather events caused by climate change poses a threat to Britain's national security, a parliamentary report released yesterday said.more

Right-wing extremists have infiltrated Germany's armed forces, but while politicians talk about the need to remove them from the military, in practice state institutions have been tardy in doing so, writes Berlin-based journalist Peter Kuras in the British weekly The Economist.more

Northern Irish politicians failed yesterday to break the months-long political stalemate and form a new government, with the result that new elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly, already the second this year, are likely to be held later in December.more

Hubert Hurkacz won against Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori 7:5, 4:6, 6:3 in the second round of the ATP tournament in Vienna. The Polish tennis player's rival in the quarterfinals will be Croatian Borna Coric.more

Elon Musk finalized his acquisition of Twitter yesterday. One of his first moves was to fire top executives whom he accused of misleading him about the number of spam accounts on the platform.more