At the request of the residents of Trieste, the authorities of this Italian city have agreed to open earlier than usual the only beach in Europe where men and women are separated by a wall. This division does not discourage beachgoers, who regard the place as a unique remnant of the old days.more

Half of the gas stations in the Rhône Delta department (in the southeastern part of the country) were hit by fuel shortages today, AFP reported.more

Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived today for a state visit to Russia, media in both countries reported. According to the announcement, he will be in Moscow to talk with Vladimir Putin about strengthening bilateral cooperation and the war in Ukraine.more

Advisors to the World Health Organization have urged China to release all information related to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic after new findings were briefly shared on an international database used to track pathogensmore

A 19-year-old Polish woman who was found Saturday evening on a beach near the village of Ouddorp in the Netherlands has died, Dutch police reported yesterday. A resuscitation attempt failed. Preliminary findings indicate that no crime was committed.more

In the coming months, the Alliance will accelerate efforts to assemble equipment and troops along NATO's eastern border, a move designed to prevent Russia from expanding the war beyond Ukraine. Politico wonders if Allies are mature enough to participate in this project.more

More and more Germans are afraid of disinformation and fake news, according to a study carried out by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation associated with the CDU. The results were presented by the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) portal.more

A spokesman for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, referring to Putin's expected visit after the International Court of Justice (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader, said South Africa was "aware of its legal obligations".more

A bus carrying British Jews crashed in Antwerp in northern Belgium this morning, Flemish police said. The driver died on the spot, and 18 people were injured, one of them seriously.more

The ongoing protests in France against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform are causing some gas stations to run out of fuel, the daily Le Figaro reported. In some departments, even every fourth station is out of gas.more

The incident took place at the Ostricaio restaurant in Livorno: 4 boys fled after a 180 euro meal but the escape failed due to an oversight. In fact, one of them left a cell phone worth 1,000 euros on the table. When they called to find out where the hell that phone had gone, the bitter surprise. The owner of the restaurant replied: "Where’s the phone? In the place where you had a free lunch".more

Singapore's Changi Airport has been named the “world's best airport” for a record 12th time. The city-state's airport reclaimed the title in the “World Airport Awards 2023” announced yesterday by the air transport research firm Skytrax.more

Donald Trump asserted today on his Truth Social network that he will be "arrested" on Tuesday and called for demonstrations ahead of a possible indictment of him for paying a porn star to keep quiet about their sexual liaisons.more

The Bundestag has lifted Germany's decades-long ban on blood donations by homosexual men. Germany's Aidshilfe association is highlighting the great progress on the issue, while the right-wing AfD party is criticizing the decision, the ZDF news portal reported.more

Ukrainian Military Intelligence (HUR) representative Andriy Yusov said today that the Kremlin is concerned about the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to order the arrest of Vladimir Putin. According to HUR, the search for a person to replace Putin is already beginning.more

Hospitals in Italy's Lombardy region are empty of intensive care units for people infected with the coronavirus for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic more than three years ago, the head of the local health department Guido Bertolaso reported yesterday.more

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The court alleges he is responsible for war crimes, and has focused its claims on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia.more

Visiting the Pantheon in Rome will no longer be free to tourists who will be required to pay a €5 entry fee, following an agreement reached between Italy's culture ministry and church authorities.more

Russian military-linked hackers targeted – and in some cases successfully infiltrated – the networks of European military, energy and transportation organizations in an apparent spying campaign that went undetected for months as the war in Ukraine raged, Microsoft told its customers in a report obtained by CNN. more

South Korean President Jun Suk Jeol has ordered the government to refine a draft law that would allow the maximum working week to be extended to 69 hours. The project was criticized by young people, Yonhap reported.more

US authorities have so far shown no evidence that the Chinese-owned TikTok platform poses a threat to national security, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said. He accused Washington of "unwarranted attacks" on the app.more

The two-day International Congress of Russophiles was held in Moscow. Among the participants were conspiracy theorists and celebrities, including Charles de Gaulle's grandson, American actor Steven Seagal and an Italian princess who fears that European boys are being encouraged to marry their cows, The Guardian reported.more

People who intend to have dogs at home will be required to complete a prior course in the care of these animals, according to the Animal Protection Act approved yesterday in Spain. The Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the parliament, supported the proposal to organize such a course at veterinarians or via the Internet.more

The Moldovan government will receive 10 million pounds from the UK authorities to strengthen the country's security, both military and in the field of energy, Chisinau media reported.more

Today, a nationwide warning strike began in dozens of hospitals across the Netherlands. Only admission rooms remain open, the media reported. Workers are demanding higher wages and better working conditions.more