"The Russians are bombing and we are discussing!" former NATO general Hans-Lothar Domroese told the Bild newspaper, criticizing Berlin's Ramstein announcement that it wanted to supply Ukraine with more weapons and equipment worth a billion euros, but did not include tanks.more
Bayern Munich drew 1-1 away from RB Leipzig in the opening match of the 16th round of the German football league. The Bundesliga resumed after a longer-than-usual break, accelerated by the World Cup in Qatar.more
Rishi Sunak was fined £100 yesterday for not wearing a seatbelt. He was caught doing this in an Instagram video promoting the Equal Opportunity Scheme grant.more
Portugal's general prosecutor's office has launched an investigation against seven Ukrainians residing in the country, who allegedly used threats against a Russian woman who ran a USSR souvenir shop in Braga. The Ukrainian men say they only demanded that goods promoting "Russian imperialism" be removed from the trading post.more
Brazilian national football team defender Dani Alves was detained yesterday morning by police in Barcelona, the Catalan capital. The former FC Barcelona player was alleged to have committed sexual assault, according to the charges.more
The authorities of Edinburgh signed the Plant Based Treaty. Thus, the city became the first European capital to officially support a plant-based diet as an important factor in the fight against the climate crisis.more
Canadian provincial governments face a growing problem of public health inefficiency, with a shortage of doctors and nurses. The Ontario provincial government has just announced a partial privatization, and the federal government is announcing new money.more
There are plenty of blockbusters in European football this weekend for fans. In London, Arsenal will face Manchester United, while in Italy, among others, Napoli will play against Salernitana.more
The fact that the forthcoming summer Olympics in Paris are being prepared with the help of illegal workers is becoming a source of political and social tension in France, the France 24 portal assessed yesterday.more
No. 10 seed Hubert Hurkacz defeated Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov (No. 20) 7:6 (7-3), 6:4, 1:6, 4:6, 6:3 to advance to the 1/8 final of the Grand Slam Australian Open in Melbourne.more
Skiers in Italy are required to have valid third-party liability insurance, and all under-18s must wear helmets; stopping on the slopes while intoxicated can result in a driving licence or arrest - these and other regulations were reminded on Twitter by the Polish Consulate General in Milan to Poles going skiing.more
Dawid Kubacki finished second in today's ski jumping World Cup competition in Sapporo. The winner was Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi. The third place went to Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud. Right behind the podium was Kamil Stoch, Piotr Zyla was 14th.more
Barcelona beat third-placed Ceuta 5:0 away and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Spanish Football Cup. Two goals - his first in this competition - were scored by Robert Lewandowski. Real Madrid won promotion with great difficulty.more
Contrary to widespread belief, the majority of Western companies have not withdrawn from Russia since the start of the aggression in Ukraine, writes think-tank Eurointelligence in an analysis citing two studies by the Swiss University of St Gallen and the US-based Yale. The G7 and EU companies that still have subsidiaries in Russia are 19.5 per cent from Germany and 12.4 per cent from the US.more
Downing Street says PM made ‘brief error of judgment’ by removing safety device as he promoted levelling-up funding in Instagram video when he visited Lancashire.more
Defending champions Manchester City were losing 0:2 at home to Tottenham Hotspur until the break, but eventually beat the Londoners 4:2 in an outstanding English Premier League football match.more
CIA Director William J. Burns made a secret visit to Kiev last week. He briefed President Volodymyr Zelensky on his predictions for Russia's future military strategy in the context of the recent massive attacks on Bakhmut, among others, and Ukraine's preparations for a counter-offensive.more
Prince William is facing a substantial dip in popularity in the U.K. after his brother, Prince Harry, shared some not-so-flattering revelations about the heir to the throne in his new memoir, Spare.
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France's eight largest union centres have agreed that further strikes and protests against the government's proposed pension reform will take place on Tuesday 31 January. The decision was announced last night, the first day of nationwide protests in which more than one million people participated, according to the Interior Ministry.more
Juventus Turin advanced to the quarter-finals of the Italian Football Cup by beating Monza 2:1 at home. Polish national team goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny spent the entire match on the substitutes' bench for the hosts, while Arkadiusz Milik was introduced in the 82nd minute.more