A couple from West Bengal, one of India's poorest regions, dreamed of buying an iPhone to post on Instagram. However, Jaydev and Sathi did not have the money for this gadget, so they decided on a shocking move - they sold their eight-month-old son. When the case came to light, the police arrested the child's parents and the woman who bought their baby.more

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith Rowley has asked Europe to pay compensation for the exploitation of slave labor to which the indigenous people of the Caribbean were forced.more

The American space agency NASA has announced which companies it will cooperate with in the development of technologies needed for long-term exploration of the moon and space.more

11.4 percent of Germans could only afford a meal with meat, poultry, fish or a vegetarian equivalent every other day, the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) website reported yesterday, based on Eurostat data for 2022 that the Left Party parliamentary group obtained from the Federal Statistical Office.more

The same number of American voters say they want to vote in next year's election for president Joe Biden, as for his likely rival Donald Trump, according to a New York Times and Siena College poll published yesterday. As the daily adds, although Biden's ratings are better than a year ago, the poll draw with Trump is a warning signal for him.more

A stir in Italy was caused by the information that UNESCO recommends inscribing Venice on the list of endangered heritage. The whole world should invest in this city, declared the head of the regional government Luca Zaia.more

Due to the increasing number of fires caused by batteries in laptops and e-bikes, the Dutch fire brigade is urging you to only charge your devices when you are near them.more

"Swimsuits, shorts and sandals can return to the wardrobe. Instead, a jacket, sweater and wellies should be taken out", reports the portal of the "Bild" daily. "We're expecting really terrible weather," warned meteorologist Dominik Jung of wetter.net. August "may become a complete failure" from the point of view of summer weather.more

In Brussels, drug-related violence has reached its peak in recent weeks, alerts "Le Soir". The journal lists cases of finger-cutting, kidnapping or bodies riddled with bullets.more

Danish Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen returned to work on Tuesday after six months of sick leave due to overwork.more

Every cigarette sold in Canada will carry a warning about the dangers of smoking. Canada is the first country in the world to adopt such a solution. From now on, the new rules will gradually enter into force.more

We must reckon with the spread of tropical diseases in Europe in the future. Rising global temperatures, is associated with the expansion of the range of mosquito species that carry such diseases as dengue, malaria, West Nile disease," noted virologist Prof. Agnieszka Szuster-Ciesielska.more

A 35-year-old from Brianza, Lombardy, has become the first Italian to have five microchips implanted in his hand, allowing him to pay with his hand, open the doors of his house without using a key, and pass through gym checkpoints without showing a pass. He has various data and passwords stored on one of them.more

Suddenly appearing hives, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain and even difficulty breathing. These can be symptoms of a meat allergy, the so-called alpha-gal syndrome, which is caused by a tick bite. In the United States, more and more people are suffering from this ailment.more

Italy is undergoing its last heatwave hit for the time being, and from Thursday there will be an abrupt drop in temperatures by as much as 10-12 degrees. That was the forecast today - another day of hot weather.more

At Saturday's congress of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Magdeburg, the party selected a candidate for the upcoming European elections. AfD leader Alice Weidel stressed that "the EU is profoundly undemocratic" because it interferes in private life and business structures, the Welt portal reports. That is why many AfD politicians advocate leaving it, or so-called Dexit.more

The owner of Russia's mercenary Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced today that recruitment of new fighters for the formation is currently on hold, but is likely to be reinstated in the future, Reuters reported behind the Wagner-related Grey Zone channel on Telegram.more

More than 250 people from all over the world have responded to an invitation from the Venice Health Department, which is urgently seeking doctors. "The most beautiful city in the world is waiting for you". - that's how the authorities there encouraged medics in a campaign that has been running since early July. There is a shortage of family doctors along the Canal Grande. Only 44 are currently wormore

With the number of illegal entries into Germany on the rise, there are further calls for border controls. "Illegal migration is threatening to get out of control, especially on the border with Poland and the Czech Republic," the vice chairman of the CDU/CSU Union faction Andrea Lindholz urged on Friday.more

On Wednesday, July 26, a UNESCO report entitled "Technology in Education" was published, which warns against the abuse of modern technologies such as smartphones and computers in education. The authors of the text argue that the benefits of using such devices in schools disappear if students use them excessively or without teacher guidance.more

According to a new study by McKinsey, by 2030 the number of employees who will be replaced by artificial intelligence in the performance of duties will be counted "in the millions". At the same time, it was noted that women are as much as 50% more likely to lose their job than men.more

Aggressive fish attack and bite tourists bathing in the Mediterranean waters off the coast of Mallorca and Menorca. Recently, there have been an increasing number of reports of victims, the local Balearic media reported.more

A resident of Rome, fined for parking her car in an unauthorized place, ate a ticket in front of astonished city guards. She has made her situation much worse, because now she must not only pay the fine, but also be held accountable for resisting the officers and for destroying an official document.more

Rzeszów and Lviv will cooperate and support each other's efforts to win the title of European Capital of Culture. Rzeszów - in 2029, and Lviv, despite the fact that Ukraine does not belong to the European Union yet, is considered as the ECC in 2026.more

Introduce the obligation for men to wear ties in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, ban sports shoes and arrange special changing rooms for those parliamentarians who come by bike - these are the postulates presented by one of the deputies of the ruling Italian Brothers party.more