David Lynch, one of the most famous and original American directors, has died. He passed away a few days before his birthday - next Monday he would have turned 79.more

Ukraine's State Border Service reported that in 2024, the country's citizens crossed the country's borders 30.11 million times, and 2 per cent of travellers (around half a million people) have not returned to their homeland, Ukraine's Opendatabot reported on Wednesday.more

The Canadian government has blocked federal officials from using streaming services during working hours, public broadcaster CBC reported on Tuesday.more

In its annual demographic report, the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies notes that the number of births continues to fall in France, a downward trend since 2011. The number of deaths, on the other hand, is rising slightly.more

Starbucks has introduced a policy that will require people to make a purchase if they want to hang out in their cafes or use the restroom. It's part of a strategy that the new CEO hopes customers will welcome at a time of declining profits.more

A power outage may have caused the Los Angeles fires, the New York Times reported yesterday. Investigators are still investigating the cause of the wave of wildfires that broke out in California last week.more

A 21-year-old Norwegian woman has become the youngest person to reach the South Pole on skis, solo and without assistance, her team told AFP on Tuesday.more

Donald Trump will want to bring about a ceasefire in Ukraine as soon as possible after becoming US President, but Russian leader Vladimir Putin is unlikely to agree to this, according to Kurt Volker, former US Special Representative for Ukraine.more

The Spanish government plans to raise taxes on tourist rentals and implement other measures to combat the country's housing crisis, which is expected to worsen in the coming months.more

Nato will establish a Baltic Guard to strengthen security in the Baltic using frigates, patrol aircraft and other armaments, Alliance Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced today at a conference in Helsinki during a summit with eight countries in the region and the EC.more

Donald Trump would have been convicted of illegally attempting to change the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election, which he lost, had he not been re-elected as head of state in 2024. - according to a Justice Department report that was sent to Congress today.more

Iran and three major European powers - Germany, France and the UK - began two days of talks in Geneva last night on Iran's nuclear programme, the Iranian press reported, quoted by AFP.more

Danish counterintelligence has established that the idea to occupy Greenland was suggested to Donald Trump by Russian intelligence, using a forged letter to a US senator, ‘Newsweek’ recalled yesterday. The story was revived on social media just before the President-elect's inauguration.more

The Saskatchewan Police Department has released its annual list of the strangest 911 calls of 2024. The "10 Reasons Not to Call 911" list includes cat problems, refrigerator problems and math, UPI reported.more

The trial of 18-year-old Mohammed M., accused of shooting Polish man Mikael (Michał), began today in a court near Stockholm. The suspect pleaded not guilty and showed no emotion at the trial.more

Statistics for the third quarter of 2024 show that our compatriots are among the top buyers of real estate in Spain. They are only beaten by the British, Germans and Moroccans.more

Ryanair has reiterated its call for a limit of two alcoholic drinks per passenger to be introduced at airport bars. The airline said such a policy would result in “a safer travel experience for passengers and crews”.more

More than 80% of immigrants to Canada believe Ottawa allows too much immigration. That’s higher than the immigration fatigue among the general Canadian population, 57% of whom believe there are too many immigrants.more

The Earth's average surface temperature in 2024 was the highest on record, according to an analysis by NASA scientists published on Friday.more

President-elect Donald Trump became the first-ever former or sitting president to be formally convicted of a felony Friday as he was sentenced in his hush money criminal case—but the president-elect was not given any penalties for his crimes.more

Poland ranked fifth in the EU for short-term rentals via online platforms such as Airbnb or Booking. Malta was the most popular holiday destination, according to data published on Wednesday by Eurostat. The most visited Polish city in 2024 was Krakow.more

Right-wing portals accuse the California authorities of an inadequate response to the Los Angeles fires, the British daily ‘Guardian’ reported yesterday. They attribute the blame for the devastation to, among other things, fire service employment policies and even aid to Ukraine.more

At least 531,600 homeless people live in Germany, the German federal government reported on Wednesday. Approx. 71 per cent of the homeless come from Europe, including almost two-thirds from EU countries. According to the report, the largest number, 20 per cent, of homeless people come from Poland, 16 per cent from Romania and six per cent from Bulgaria.more

US President-elect Donald Trump does not know how to end the war in Ukraine for the time being, and has no immediate intention of ending aid to Kyiv, the UK's Financial Times wrote yesterday, citing anonymous sources.more

The death toll from the California wildfires has risen to at least 10. More than 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and the fire has consumed thousands of buildings in an area of about 120 square kilometres, an area the size of San Francisco. The cause of the fires, the worst in Los Angeles history, has not yet been determined.more