More and more people 65+ have come to Germany, marriages are getting later and later, and people with a migrant background are already 27 percent. society. The Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) has presented new data on demographic change. They show in detail how Germany has changed over the past three decades.more
Almost 143 thousand Coronavirus infections were detected last 24 hours in Italy, the country's health ministry said. This is the largest number in this wave of the pandemic, not recorded in Italy since late January. 157 people have died, the most since April.more
Twitter Inc. sued Elon Musk for violating a $ 44 billion contract to buy a social media platform and asked a Delaware court to order Tesla and SpaceX bosses to close the deal for an agreed amount of $ 54.20 per share.more
The deepest infrared image of the Universe, a spectrum of the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet, two nebulae and a group of galaxies - these are the objects shown on Tuesday by NASA in subsequent images from the James Webb Space Telescope.more
BA.2.75, a rapidly spreading sub-variant of Omicron, is worrying scientists around the world, currently spreading primarily in India, but the first cases of it have already been detected in Germany and the US, among others, reports US "Time".more
On a beach in Genoa, a woman was bitten on the hand by a wild boar that had been attracted by leftover pizza lying in a cardboard box. The presence of wild boars in cities and other human concentrations is an increasingly common phenomenon in Italy.more
Following the detection of just one coronavirus infection, authorities in the 320,000-strong city of Wugang in central China's Henan province have imposed a 'hard' lockdown, with residents unable to leave their homes until tomorrow, AFP reported yesterday.more
The Council of the European Union yesterday adopted the last three pieces of legislation necessary for Croatia to use the euro as its currency from 1 January 2023. This concludes the procedure allowing the country to join the euro area.more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first over-the-counter diagnostic test that can identify a variety of viruses that cause COVID-19-like respiratory symptoms, including RSV and influenza viruses, reports the journal JAMA.more
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want Russian commanders to rise to prominence in the war in Ukraine because it could jeopardise his position, writes the independent Russian portal Meduza.more
Dozens of flights to or from Spain have been cancelled today as a result of a strike by cabin crew from passenger airlines EasyJet and Ryanair, which began in the morning. The protest will continue until Friday.more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) a bill on a special status - legal and social guarantees - for Polish citizens in Ukraine, the Ukrainian President's office reported yesterday.more
Elon Musk backed out of buying Twitter on Friday, and the service's board has decided to sue him for the decision and seek billions of dollars in damages. The lawsuit will be a legal war on the scale of 'Game of Thrones', Dan Ives, an expert at Wedbush Securities, estimated yesterday, as quoted by AFP.more
NASA and US President Joe Biden jointly unveiled the first historic image from the James Webb Space Telescope at the White House. "This is the deepest and most detailed picture of the Universe taken to date. It shows the light from galaxies that took billions of years to reach us." - NASA emphasised.more
The world population will reach 8 billion on November 15 this year, according to a UN report published today. According to this document, India will overtake China in terms of the number of inhabitants in 2023, becoming the most populous country in the world.more
As a result of widespread criticism for last year's killing of 1,400 dolphins, the Faroe Islands are temporarily limiting the controversial hunts to 500 per year, the BBC website said.more
Uber has made its expansion in many cities around the world through flouting the law, defrauding the police, using violence against drivers and covertly lobbying the government, according to documents released by the UK daily The Guardian.more
On the weekend of July 23 and 24, there will be a strike by Ryanair pilots, Belgian media reported. "The reason is the non-compliance with the law and the arrogant attitude of the company's management," said Didier Lebbe, the Irish airline's cabin crew union secretary.more
A court in Amsterdam decided to reopen criminal proceedings in the case of the murder of investigative journalist Peter R. de Vries. Originally, the sentence was due on July 14, but last week the prosecutor's office presented new evidence, including that the murder was ordered by a 27-year-old Pole, Krystian M.more
The gradual shutdown of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline through which Russian gas flows to Germany has begun. From At 6:00 am, the gas flow is being reduced in order to carry out the long-announced maintenance work, a spokesman for Nord Stream AG told dpa. In a few hours, the actual flow will be zero.more
Ukraine is gathering a million-strong forces equipped with Western weapons to regain Russian-occupied territory in the south of the country, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov revealed in an interview with today's edition of The Times.more
This year's ranking for the best city to live in conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) was won by Vienna. After a short break, he returned to the leader's position. Copenhagen and Zurich are close behind. Only Warsaw is listed among Polish cities, but its position is declining.more
During the summer party of the SPD parliamentary group, several women were attacked by the so-called rape cocktails - informs the daily "Tagesspiegel". The SPD parliamentary group recommends that any further victims "report it immediately to the police."more
The current wave of the pandemic cannot be underestimated and the coronavirus can not be allowed to circulate unchecked, experts say today in the press in Italy, referring to a situation in which there are a hundred thousand cases of infections every day.more
The second heat wave has begun in Spain this summer, which will cover the entire country and last at least until the end of the week, warned the state weather agency Aemet. Thermometers are to show up to 45 degrees Celsius, and there is no need to count on relief even after dusk, because weather forecasters announce "tropical nights". The heat wave is the result of the African anticyclone phenomenmore
