French President Emmanuel Macron will not apologize for his words that Europe should not be "drawn into a crisis" over Taiwan, an anonymous official of the Elysée Palace told reporters. The statement was included in an interview with Macron for the website Politico and the daily "Les Echos".more

2022 was the twelfth consecutive year of shrinking Japan's population. The number of inhabitants decreased by 556 thousand. and fell below 125 million, government statistics show.more

In March, inflation in Hungary amounted to 25.2 percent. and is the highest in the entire European Union. Compared to February, the indicators fell only slightly, according to data published by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).more

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that a woman infected with the H3N8 avian influenza virus has died in China, the South China Morning Post reported, emphasizing that this is the first known case of death associated with this type of pathogenmore

Poland proposes a strategic partnership "at all possible levels" with the United States, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in Washington. "This is the best way for Poland for the coming years" - he added.more

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the Russian authorities' detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich and denial of consular access to the reporter of "The Wall Street Journal" is a signal that people around the world should "beware of even setting foot" in Russia.more

Young Spaniards, even when working, cannot become independent from their parents and live separately due to rising housing prices. Up to two-thirds of young people aged 18 to 34 live with their parents, according to a report by the Spanish NGO "Ayuda en Accion".more

Yesterday, the Italian government declared a state of emergency for six months due to the massive influx of migrants. "We are aware of how serious this phenomenon is, which has increased by 300 percent" compared to last year, noted the Minister of Civil Defense and Maritime Policy Nello Musumeci.more

Using several states as examples, U.S. experts showed that in those regions where a smaller percentage of the adult population was vaccinated, there were more hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.more

Fines ranging from €20,000 to €60,000 for destroying monuments and cultural property, dousing them with paint and similar acts are provided for in a decree prepared by the Italian government, Ansa news agency reported yesterday. This is in response to a series of incidents, dubbed 'ecovandalism', perpetrated by environmentalists from the anti-fossil fuel movement.more

France is home to 30,000 centenarians - the largest group in Europe both in absolute numbers and as a proportion of the total population, "Le Monde" reported yesterday after the Central Bureau of Statistics.more

The acreage of asparagus, grown mainly in the Brandenburg area, shrank this year. The offer of this "harbinger of spring on a plate" was limited during Easter this year, the portal of the daily newspaper Welt describes. Seasonal workers are mostly Poles and Romanians - many job offers are still directed to them.more

Forty-two percent of the poorest French say they have been forced to forgo one meal a day due to galloping food inflation, according to a survey conducted by the Ifop studio for 'Le Parisien'.more

Republican politicians have sharply criticized French President Emmanuel Macron's statements on European policy toward China. Mike Gallagher, chairman of the House of Representatives committee on the Chinese Communist Party, called them "embarrassing, disgraceful and geopolitically naïve" in an interview with Fox TV yesterday.more

U.S. President Joe Biden said yesterday that he plans to run in the 2024 presidential election, although he is not yet ready to officially announce his candidacy.more

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The Italian town of Ronciglione near Viterbo in the Lazio region won this year's televised competition for the most beautiful town in the whole country. From the picturesque village, almost a thousand years old, comes the winner of the recent San Remo song festival, Marco Mengoni, who will also take part in the Eurovision Song Contest.more

In 2022, fatal construction accidents in Germany occurred on average every three and a half working days, according to data from IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG Bau). In total, nearly 100,000 people were injured on construction sites. employees. "These are terrifying figures," the unions emphasize.more

At the Tazawako high-speed train station in the city of Semboku on the Japanese island of Honshu, a vending machine has been set up where you can buy pieces of meat from a freshly killed bear. According to the news website "The Mainichi", a quarter-kilogram portion costs 2,200 yen, or about PLN 70.more

A 30-year-old Polish woman was swept away by an avalanche yesterday and partially buried in snow while skiing in Tyrol, Austria. The injured woman was transported to a hospital in Zams, the APA news agency reported today.more

The U.S. Department of Justice is launching an investigation into the leak of top-secret documents from various U.S. agencies and social media sites. Earlier, the Pentagon launched its own investigation, French daily Le Figaro reported.more

South African pilot Rudolph Erasmus showed extraordinary self-control when he noticed a snake under his seat on a flight from Bloemfontein to Pretoria. It was a deadly Cape cobra whose bite can kill a person in half an hour. Despite the mortal danger, the pilot remained calm and landed safely.more

Twitter has removed restrictions on Kremlin-linked accounts introduced after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. Research by The Telegraph last week indicates that Elon Musk's company is no longer limiting the reach of Russian authorities and media organizations.more

Poland is the leader in the ranking of sympathy among Ukrainians, according to a survey conducted by the Ukrainian Razumkov Center.more

More than a million foreign tourists came to Italy for Easter, the Confederation of Tourism and Services reported yesterday.more