Attempts to move an orca that had become separated from its herd and ventured up the Seine River into the English Channel failed. The animal died due to illness and stress.more

A 33-year-old Polish man was written off by police in Milan after he climbed one of the cathedral's soaring spires last night and reached the statue of Our Lady at its summit, Ansa news agency reported. The man took a video and selfie after climbing the spire.more

French journalist Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff, who was killed yesterday in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, was killed while sitting in a truck donated through the efforts of a Polish organization in Gloucestershire, southwestern England, its head said.more

Tourists who showed up last weekend at Santos Dumont Airport, the second-largest airport serving the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, rubbed their eyes in amazement when they looked at the displays that usually show departure and arrival times and advertisements. This time, instead of that information, the screens showed pornographic films. It turned out that it was the work of hackers.more

Russian forces in Donbass are making slow progress, but gains are being maintained. Russia is achieving greater local successes than before by massing troops in a relatively small area, the British Ministry of Defense reported today.more

A 10-year-old elementary school student in Cape Coral, Florida has been arrested for sending text messages threatening a mass shooting. This was reported by the police.more

As of June 1, a Covid-19 pass will no longer be required for entry into Italy, the Health Ministry announced yesterday. The ministry announced that it will not extend the requirement for the so-called Green Pass, which expires at the end of May.more

EU leaders agreed Monday night to Tuesday that the sixth package of sanctions against Russia would cover oil and petroleum products supplied from Russia to member states, with a temporary exception for oil delivered by pipeline.more

Inflation continued to rise in Germany in May. Consumer prices were 7.9 percent higher than in the same month last year, according to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office released today. In April, the figure was 7.4 percent.more

Only every 10th woman does not intend to change jobs for more than 5 years. 53 percent believes their stress levels are up from last year, and "nearly half are experiencing burnout," Deloitte said.more

More and more misleading information about monkey pox is being disseminated on social media, for example that the virus of this disease originated in a laboratory. This is fake news - experts assure. They also argue that the virus has nothing to do with the COVID-19 vaccine.more

The wreckage of a plane carrying 22 people, which disappeared from air traffic control radars in the mountains of Nepal yesterday, has been found today. Its fragments were scattered on the mountainside, the army said.more

The Eurovision crystal microphone, which was won by the Ukrainian Kalush Orchestra this year, was sold at a charity auction for $ 900,000. The proceeds from the sale will be donated to help the Ukrainian army.more

The issue of sending Marder tanks to Ukraine is accompanied by enormous chaos. The defense ministry explained a few days ago that NATO did not agree to the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine. An Alliance spokesman denied this. In addition, even the co-coalition members from the Greens and the FDP are opposed to the actions of the chancellor and the defense ministry, informs the daily "Bild".more

During a weekend demonstration in the capital city of Madrid, thousands of people demanded a ban on prostitution. The demonstrators, mostly women, walked two kilometers along one of the main streets, Gran Via, between the Cibeles fountain and Plaza de Espana.more

In summer, without covid certificates, you can fly to Mexico, Jordan and Israel, as well as to most European Union countries. Proof of vaccination against Covid-19, passage of the disease or test is still required for entry into France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Cyprus and Malta.more

Crowds in Piazza di Spagna, in front of the Colosseum and by the Trevi Fountain - this is what end of May looks like in Rome. Tourists from many countries returned to the Italian capital en masse. It will be the first summer with practically no restrictions since the beginning of the pandemic. Perhaps a mask will still be required in some places.more

Thanks to the Polish Culture NL Foundation, the OBA Oosterdok public library has a collection of several hundred items devoted to Poland, informs the NRC daily.more

President Emmanuel Macron, Chancellor Olaf Sholz and President Vladimir Putin spoke yesterday afternoon about the food crisis caused by the blocking of Odessa ports, the release of 2.5 thousand. Ukrainian prisoners of war from the Azovstal plants and the end of the war in Ukraine - reported the Elysée Palace.more

After three months, relations between Ukrainian refugees and their host Dutch families deteriorate, claims the daily “De Volkskrant”. The newspaper reminds that almost a third of 60,000. refugees from Ukraine stayed in the private homes of the Dutch.more

Due to the health condition of the Russian president Vladimir Putin, who has ruled the country for more than two decades, there are more and more speculations about his successor in the Kremlin. One of the sources indicates that Putin may be replaced by his 35-year-old daughter Katerina Tikhonova, initially taking over the leadership of the ruling United Russia party, informed "Bild".more

Six-year-old Illa Kostuszewycz, who lost his parents in a Russian missile attack in Mariupol, wrote a letter to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the Ukrainian Pravda newspaper reported. "I would like the war to end as soon as possible and people will not die anymore" - emphasized the boy in an appeal to the authorities in London.more

Two British citizens and a Moroccan who fought on the side of Ukraine and were captured by Russian forces may face the death penalty, reported pro-Russian separatists, whom the BBC cites behind the Russian agency Interfax on Friday.more

At yesterday's meeting, the Bulgarian government adopted the national plan to introduce the euro from January 1, 2024. The Council of the European Union must decide on Bulgaria's admission to the euro area. For now, the country does not meet all the conditions for countries applying for the adoption of the common currency.more

"There is a raging war in Ukraine, in which tens of thousands of people are dying, and in Lusatia, Russian tanks thunder for fun," writes the daily "Bild". Putin's fans play war on a tank with a red flag on the rear and the emblems of the Red Army. "We just want to have fun," says Uwe Meier, the head of the military club.more