The Netherlands must act urgently to improve reception conditions for asylum seekers, 'Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, appealed to the Dutch government. In particular, the Commissioner criticizes the treatment of refugees at the Ter Apel reception desk in the north of the country.more

People in the United Kingdom with folic acid prescriptions were 1.5 times more likely to get COVID-19. They were also 2.6 times more likely to die from COVID-19 compared to the control group. Those are the findings of a new study from UC Davis Health and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. more

The average life expectancy of Americans in 2021 has fallen by almost a year, and by 2.7 years compared to 2019, according to a report by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). According to the New York Times, this is the largest decline in almost 100 years. The main reason was the Covid-19 pandemic.more

The case of reparations for Poland has been closed - a spokesman for the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in Berlin, commenting on the report of losses caused by Germany during World War II published by the Polish government. PiS politicians summed up the value of losses and damages at PLN 6.2 trillion and announced efforts to obtain reparations from Germany.more

Due to the smoke that appeared during the take-off of the United Airlines plane from Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, 260 passengers had to be evacuated today, informs the daily "De Telegraaf".more

US-based Uber has announced new features on its app. Passengers will be able to contact a 'safety agent' directly by phone and send an automated emergency text message.more

In 2021, young people in the European Union left their parents' household at the average age of 26.5 years, the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) reported. However, there are big differences between individual member states.more

The car does not start when it is cold and sometimes also when it is warm, on top of which it creaks terribly when driving over speed bumps. Norwegian Tesla owners are complaining about these and many other minor and major faults. And since their problems cannot be solved by the brand's authorised service centres, desperate Tesla customers have threatened a hunger strike.more

The German airline Lufthansa today canceled around 800 flights from its main airports in Frankfurt am Main and Munich due to a one-day strike by pilots demanding pay increases. The carrier informed that the difficulties will affect more than 130 thousand. passengers.more

By the end of the year, Russia will be left almost without ammunition, artillery and armoured fighting vehicles, writes the independent Russian portal Insider. As it points out, the state of the air force does not allow the Russian army to conduct a full-scale air campaign.more

Using an electric car in the Netherlands is currently more expensive than driving a gasoline car, reports the daily De Telegraaf. The newspaper's calculations show that driving 100 kilometers with a gasoline car costs about 15 euros, while with an "electric car" - one euro more.more

The regional route from Cuxhaven to Buxtehude in Lower Saxony is the first railway line in the world to be served by hydrogen-powered passenger trains. Five fuel-cell-powered Coradia iLint trains are running there for the time being, but the target is to have fourteen.more

Exactly 83 years after the outbreak of the Second World War, Poland has summed up and presented the losses, caused to it by Germany, at more than 1.3 trillion euros (more than 6 trillion zlotys). The amount of compensation is to be negotiated with Berlin, the leading German media, including the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Welt and the tabloid Bild, describe today.more

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved updated vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer, targeting the Omicron variant of coronavirus. The new formulations are intended to replace those previously used in booster doses.more

There is an increase in crime in Barcelona, especially of violent robberies against foreign tourists, reports the daily La Razon, citing sources at USPAC, the trade union of the Catalan autonomous police Mossos d'Esquadra. The attempted theft, which the Polish footballer of Barcelona Robert Lewandowski recently experienced, is here "daily bread" - these sources added.more

The trade union of German airlines Lufthansa has announced a strike tomorrow due to a disagreement with the management on wage increases.more

The five EU countries bordering Russia - Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - have threatened in a joint statement to adopt "national measures" to reduce the number of Russian entries if the EU does not agree a common approach, the Financial Times reported yesterday.more

Inflation in Italy rose to 8.4 percent in August and is the highest since 1985, the national statistical institute Istat reported yesterday.more

After the meeting of the Ukrainian minister of culture and information policy, Oleksandr Tkachenko, with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay at the agency's headquarters in Paris, UNESCO announced that it supports Ukraine's request for Ukrainian Odessa to be included in the World Heritage List.more

The Ukrainian authorities informed about the heavy fighting in the Kherson Oblast, which Ukrainian forces are trying to recover from the hands of the Russian occupiers. According to military experts, "it won't happen soon," the BBC said today.more

NASA plans to launch a second attempt on Saturday to launch the Artemis I Space Launch System rocket towards the moon - five days after its launch was canceled due to a failure of one of its engines.more

Inflation in Germany once again approached the level of 8%. After two months of decline, it rose to 7.9%, as consumer prices in August were higher than a year ago, the Federal Statistical Office informed yesterday. The German central bank estimates that inflation may reach even 10% in autumn.more

The last leader of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, died at the age of 91, the Reuters agency reported yesterday evening, citing the Russian media citing a statement from the central clinical hospital in Moscow. In early July, it was reported that Gorbachev was hospitalized.more

Whipped cream spray may be sold to New York State only to persons age 21 and older. The ban on selling this product to children and adolescents was introduced due to cases of intoxication with nitrous oxide, a gas used in cans of whipped cream.more

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