France is facing a late heat wave that will probably last until the end of the week. According to the La Chaine Meteo website, today it affects 80 percent. country, and 47 departments have been identified as being in a "high risk" zone.more

The Russian armed forces are "actively learning" more modern strategies from the Ukrainian troops, as a result of which they are reducing the advantage that Ukraine has on the battlefield, noted the British analytical center Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).more

Those performing euthanasia on 36-year-old Alexina from Oupeye in northern Belgium suffocated her with a pillow - report the portals 7sur7 and RTL Info. It turned out that the woman was given too few drugs intended to end her life.more

A U.S. Delta airlines plane en route to Barcelona had to turn back to Atlanta due to, as the pilot put it, "a biohazard problem." According to the media, one of the passengers was suffering from diarrhea, the BBC News website reported.more

Worldwide, 60 percent consumers prefer to buy food produced in their own country. This attitude is most common among Italians (74%) and Swedes (71%), and least common among Hong Kong residents (30%), according to a survey by the research company YouGov. In Poland, 63% of people prefer locally produced food. consumers.more

Finnish citizens who fly from Helsinki to the UK can now present digital travel certificates, i.e. electronic passports on their phones, instead of a traditional booklet passport. It is the first country in the world to introduce this solution.more

Denmark may make maintaining Danish citizenship conditional on the existence of a real connection with this country, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled.more

Although it seems hard to imagine at the moment, a scenario in which Germany would stop producing cars on a mass scale is not at all impossible, writes the British weekly The Economist. The effects of such a situation would go far beyond the auto industry, it adds.more

There are protests in Greece against the new ID cards, which conspiracy theorists claim will allow their holders to be tracked. The head of the Orthodox Church of Greece, Archbishop Jerome, appealed for "reason and prudence" on the issue, the portal of the daily Kathimerini reported on Sunday.more

Many family businesses in Nazi Germany used the labor of forced laborers. They admit it reluctantly - most often only as a result of pressure from public opinion and the media. In many cases, it began only several dozen years after the end of World War II, and often continues to this day - describes the Deutschlandfunk (DF) website.more

The price of olive oil, Spain's staple food product, has doubled over the year and continues to rise, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture. In August, a liter of oil cost between €10 and €13, and a 5-liter bottle cost between €27 and €45, depending on the grade. These are the highest prices in a decade, the "ABC" daily noted.more

In France, 118 women and 27 men were murdered by their spouse or ex-spouse in 2022, according to a report by the French Ministry of Interior on violent deaths in couples. On average, a partner is murdered every three days in France, according to media calculations.more

Israel's Foreign Ministry said yesterday that six Israeli citizens have been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of gang rape of a 20-year-old British woman. Israeli media note that this is another accusation of a group sex crime committed by Israelis in the country.more

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A quarter of all minor offenders in 2022 will be girls, according to the latest study by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Never in the history of measurement has this percentage been so high. In 2022 in the Netherlands, one crime in ten was committed by a person aged 12-18.more

The number of employees under 25 who decided to leave their jobs increased by over 40% in the first eight months of this year. compared to the same period last year - reports the daily "Le Soir" based on the latest research. This is a record in the history of measurement.more

The European Commission has proposed including Moldova in the European roaming area. If the proposal is accepted, Moldovans visiting the EU will be able to use their mobile phones under the same price conditions as if they were in Moldova, while EU travelers will benefit from the same rights when visiting Moldova.more

Every year, more than 8 million people die because of tobacco smoking, making it one of the greatest threats to public health, according to WHO. The largest number of cigarette consumers live in China - it is estimated that as many as 300 million people smoke there. However, more and more countries are intensifying the fight against nicotine addiction.more

The number of flight operations at Amsterdam Airport will decrease from half a million to 452,500 next year. - said Infrastructure Minister Mark Harbers. The government also wants the port to be closed at night.more

Russia is trying to recruit citizens of neighboring countries and economic immigrants from Central Asia to the troops fighting in Ukraine, which - it hopes - will allow it to avoid mobilization in the country, the British Ministry of Defense said.more

Vivek Ramaswamy, who wants to run as a Republican in the 2024 presidential elections and is in third place in support polls, intends to give Russia the areas it occupied in eastern Ukraine and include it in the "European security structure," reports the Hill daily.more

On September 4, the French post office will release a stamp commemorating the largest wave of Polish immigration, the iFrance portal reported. The stamp will be issued in 495 thousand. copies.more

According to Hungarian trade unions, there is a shortage of 16,000 teachers at the beginning of the new school year and this number will increase by another 6,000 in the coming years - reported Daily News Hungary. More and more countries are struggling with similar problems.more

Can birth control pills cause depression in women? The topic has been discussed for years, but the results of subsequent analyzes did not allow for a clear answer. Only the latest study, covering over a quarter of a million women, sheds new light on this issue.more

Yachts, palaces, planes and suspicious private companies - Putin is probably the richest man in the world - wrote the daily "De Telegraaf". The newspaper also notes that it seems impossible to clear the fog of confusion surrounding the Russian president's fortune.more