Donald Trump has won the election and will become the 47th president of the United States, according to partial election results and analysis. The celebrity billionaire has become an era-defining figure ran for president as the candidate of the “forgotten people".more

Donald Trump wins the presidential election in the United States - the AP reported today, citing its own calculations. The Republican candidate won 277 electoral votes, or seven more than the minimum required. Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris currently has 224 electoral votes, according to AP.more

Eighteen members of a people-smuggling gang accused of arranging thousands of small boat English Channel crossings have been jailed in France.more

The polls have closed in Hawaii, the last of the 50 US states, which means that voting in this year's US presidential election has ended, AP reported today. Most US news agencies and media predict that Donald Trump will win.more

The Lenin Museum in Tampere, which has been operating for almost 80 years, closed on Sunday. Over the weekend, the exhibition presenting the figure of the organizer and first leader of the totalitarian Soviet state was visited by over a thousand people. The Finnish museum was the last such institution in Western countries.more

Over the past two decades, China has modernized its military without precedent and has already overtaken the United States in some areas, writes The Economist.more

A group of 44 eminent climate scientists have warned of the risk of a major change in ocean circulation in the Atlantic, which could trigger climate disruption on a scale never seen before.more

The European Commission reiterated Apple’s responsibilities under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to allow users to change the default browser on iPads and ensure compatibility with third-party accessories on the tablets’ OS, as it opened a compliance assessment.more

According to a WWF report, Norwegians use three times more resources than nature can replenish. They are also among the world's leading producers of waste.more

Democratic candidate Kamala Harris' projected electoral votes (226) give her an advantage over Republican candidate Donald Trump (219), according to a CNN poll Monday. Winning the election requires at least 270 electoral votes.more

Every resident of the European Union should stockpile supplies that will allow them to survive for at least three days in the event of a crisis, not just war, recommended former Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, who prepared a report for the European Commission on the EU's preparedness for crises.more

Compared to before the Covid-19 pandemic, Americans are spending about an hour less outside their homes each day, which appears to be a lasting effect of the pandemic, reports the Journal of the American Planning Association.more

For Donald Trump, the stakes in the upcoming election are particularly high. If he wins, he will be the first convicted criminal to gain access to nuclear codes. If he loses, he faces more humiliating trials and even prison, the Guardian reported.more

In the Netherlands, the number of asylum applications fell by 25 percent in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year. In response to the "refugee crisis," the government announced a new, tougher policy regarding illegal migration, the daily "De Telegraaf" reported.more

Lake Ohrid, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the oldest natural lake in Europe, is under threat from pollution, overfishing and uncontrolled urban development along the coast, the United Nations has warned.more

The British newspaper "Daily Telegraph" presented on Friday the final predictions of its journalists regarding the result of the US elections, assuming Donald Trump will win by a narrow majority. With the reservation that in a close race the predictions are based largely on hunches.more

The title of "Best Destination in the World to Travel by Car" in the Travelbook Awards 2024 competition, organized by the portal Travelbook.de, went to northern Spain. The judges were impressed not only by the attractions of this part of Spain, but also by the fact that it pays attention to a sustainable approach to tourism.more

North Korea boasted Friday that the new intercontinental ballistic missile it just test-launched is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation.more

There are too many b&b (bed and breakfast) facilities for tourists in the centre of Rome, said Mayor Roberto Gualtieri. He acknowledged that in Italy, mayors do not have the power to curb the massive phenomenon of creating more such accommodation.more

There have already been 202 deaths in the Spanish province of Valencia, which was swept by flash floods on Wednesday, local authorities said, as quoted by EFE news agency. The number could rise as the search for the missing continues.more

In the first three weeks after the introduction of controls at all German borders, police detected around 13 per cent fewer unauthorised entries than in the previous three weeks. This is shown in preliminary figures from the Federal Police, cited by the dpa agency.more

Chinese online retailer Temu will be investigated over whether it may have breached rules aimed at preventing the sale of illegal products, EU tech regulators said on Tuesday, in a move which could lead to hefty fines for the company.more

More than 6,000 structures built by the Mayan civilization in the pre-Columbian era have been discovered on the Yucatan Peninsula by archaeologists from the United States and Mexico. The structures are now covered with earth.more

Italian political scientist Prof. Vittorio Emanuele Parsi assessed for PAP that the world, and especially Europe, must prepare for a possible victory of Donald Trump in the presidential elections in the US. He emphasized that it is difficult to predict the consequences of such a decision, including whether Ukraine will be "abandoned" by Washington.more

More than 8.2 million people worldwide were diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2023 and 1.25 million people died from it. TB is the most common cause of death from infectious diseases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported on Tuesday.more