Russian tourists returning to their homeland, in fear of having their euros confiscated by Finnish customs officials, are hiding cash in Finnish forests. The same was true of Finns during the Soviet era, who hid rubles across the eastern border, the "Ilta-Sanomat" daily reports today.more

The world has never been so close to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced. He stressed, however, that the fight against the coronavirus, which has killed nearly 6.5 million people, is not yet won.more

The West Virginia Legislature has passed a law banning almost all abortions. Exceptions to the restrictive law are cases that require saving a woman's life or involve rape or incest, CNN reported yesterday.more

Sweden's Social Democratic Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson acknowledged her defeat in the parliamentary elections last night. With 99 percent of the votes counted, the right-wing party bloc gets 176 seats, while the left-wing bloc with the Workers' Party Social Democrats gets 173 seats.more

Revolut has launched a new online checkout feature which will allow merchants to offer Revolut Pay as a payment method on their websites.more

Thousands of Ukrainian refugees return to the country from the Netherlands, informs the Ministry of Justice and Security. Until last week, there were almost 9,000 of them. Ukrainians point to longing for home and loved ones, as well as the will to fight Russia as the main reason for their returns.more

Hackers from a group called Ragnar Locker revealed the details of 115,000 people on the Internet. people who used the services of the largest Portuguese carrier TAP. Since 2009, it has been operating flights between Lisbon and Warsaw.more