The prefecture of the Eastern Pyrenees department has declared the highest level of alert due to the historic drought that has hit the territory, which stretches from the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean coast. Restrictions on agriculture and the use of spas have been in place since yesterday.more

Thanks to the Poles, striking workers at the distribution centres of Albert Heijn, the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, have won an improved collective agreement including wage increases, the daily newspaper De Volkskrant reported today, adding: "the striking Poles have brought Albert Heijn to its knees".more

President Biden's administration intends to change the immigration law from that in place during the Covid-19 pandemic to one referring to the earlier one. This is to curb undocumented border crossings and encourage legal efforts to come to the US.more

The nature of the annual Victory Day parade in Red Square highlighted the material and strategic communications challenges facing the Russian military after 15 months of war in Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defence reported today.more

Portugal's Constitutional Court has ruled that prostitution does not have to be a criminal offence if the person committing it 'acts in accordance with free will'. According to the media, this ruling paves the way for the legalisation of earning money from unchastity.more

A jury in New York yesterday found Donald Trump guilty of sexually abusing and defaming the now 79-year-old American writer E. Jean Carroll in a civil trial. It awarded her damages of $5 million.more

More and more Belgian women over 40 are choosing to have a child, according to the Belgian Statistics Office (Statbel). Their number has doubled in the last twenty years.more

Ukraine is preparing very carefully for a counter-offensive against Russian forces because it is very important to demonstrate to the world the success of this operation, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in an interview with the British Sky News station on Tuesday.more

A serious incident occurred today on the A12 motorway. According to current information, a Polish coach and two trucks were involved in the accident. Initially, 18 people were reported injured. "The number has increased to about 60," reports the "Maerkischen Oderzeitung" portal, citing the highway police.more

Despite inflation and the need to save on everyday items, the French do not give up spending on pleasure. Expenditure on tourism, sporting events and music, as well as sweets, has increased over the last year, the daily Le Figaro reported.more

In Sweden, random people are increasingly becoming victims of gang shootings and explosions. While in 2012 one bystander was injured in this way, in 2022 there were 14, according to police statistics.more

The Italian farmers' union Coldiretti is protesting EU plans to eliminate lettuce, strawberries, tomatoes and oranges in plastic packaging from the market. Brussels' "target" was also supposed to include several-litre "magnum" bottles for wine. The protest takes place on the occasion of the Tuttofood agri-food fair in Milan.more

Wild weather and powerful winds smashing Australia's east coast have caused widespread havoc, with dozens of flights cancelled and popular beaches closed as monster waves pounded the coast.more

Asia remains in the grip of a blistering heat wave, chiming with predictions from climate scientists that 2023 could be the world’s hottest year. more

The Russian military is trying to recruit central Asian migrant workers to serve in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the UK Defense Ministry said in a Monday morning intelligence update.more

Ahead of the 2024 election and after formally announcing his reelection bid, President Joe Biden is facing low approval ratings and skepticism about his mental and physical fitness to serve in the White House, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Sunday.more

You cannot pay 600-700 euros for a room, sometimes even without a window and with a shared bathroom. This city is uninhabitable, said student protesters in Milan against high rents. The protest action was initiated by a 23-year-old student who pitched a tent on the square in front of the University of Technology and started spending the night there.more

The interior ministers of Brandenburg and Saxony are demanding the introduction of stationary controls on the border with Poland and the Czech Republic to curb unauthorized refugee entries, the dpa agency reported yesterday.more

In an era when water is becoming an increasingly expensive and scarce resource, it is treated and served like wine in Spain's most exclusive restaurants. Different types of water are offered and served by a hitherto few specialists - hydrosommeliers. It is a profession hitherto misunderstood, but finding a place in the most expensive restaurants," assessed "El Pais.more

Paris wants to be the first capital with flying electric cabs. Test flights have already taken place, and the cabs are expected to be certified before the 2024 Olympics. - French media reports.more

Yesterday, a bandit got out of a silver sedan and began shooting at people in a shopping mall in the Dallas suburb of Allen, Texas, killing at least nine people and forcing hundreds of shoppers to flee in panic, AP reported.more

No American president in history has attended the coronation of a British monarch, and the current US leader Joe Biden, who values his Irish blood, did not intend to break this rule and sent the first lady Jill Biden to the coronation ceremony of King Charles III, reported the portal of the American weekly "Time" .more

82 percent of German companies still use faxes to send documents at least occasionally, according to a study presented in Berlin, carried out by the Bitkom association among companies with 20 or more employees.more

The British Army has already trained nearly 15,000. our soldiers - informed on Telegram Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, who is on a visit to Great Britain. He stressed that the authorities in Kiev consult with London on actions on the front of the war with Russia, including those regarding the announced Ukrainian counter-offensive.more

Poland now has the best chance in centuries to take an influential and even a leadership role in Europe, Atlantic Council experts Daniel Fried and Aaron Korewa assess in their text on the expose of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau. They warn that the situation may be complicated by disputes with Germany and internal conflicts.more