70 percent of restaurants in Italy will use artificial intelligence this year, according to the "Gastronomy and Technology" report. Some establishments already have robots that, for example, replace waiters in many activities.more

A fifth of post offices in the UK will stop selling lottery tickets and scratchcards, its operator has said. Last year, the Post Office ended its group contract with the National Lottery, giving branches a choice on whether to stock the products. Allwyn, which took over running the lottery days ago, said reasons ranged from religious beliefs to low sales.more

23.5 percent respondents believed that Rafał Trzaskowski would be the best candidate of the current ruling majority for president if it put forward one candidate - according to a SW Research survey for the rp.pl portal.more

Around half of British workers do not earn the salary required to bring partners from overseas to the UK under new Home Office family visa changes, research suggests.more

Iga Swiatek still leads the world ranking of female tennis players. There were no changes in the top 10, as the top players had a rest after the Grand Slam Australian Open last week. Meanwhile, Hubert Hurkacz remained at number eight in the world tennis ranking. He is invariably led by the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who today began his 411th week in the leading position overall.more

Months after announcing adverts would soon appear on its platform, Amazon Prime Video, the day has arrived. In the US, ads arrived on January 29, but on Amazon.co.uk, we got an extra, blissful week of uninterrupted streaming on this side of the pond.more

A man wants to cheer Britain up by changing the ‘leap day’ on February 29 to June 31 – so we get an extra day of summer. Chris Snowdon, 47, first had the idea last year when he realised leap day being on February 29 is ‘arbitrary’.more

Table-leading Real drew in front of their home crowd in the Madrid derby against Atletico 1:1 in the 23rd round of the Spanish football premier league. "The royals" are two points ahead of runner-up Girona.more

Iran used accounts held at the banks in the UK to covertly move money around the world as part of a sanctions-evasion scheme backed by Iran's intelligence services. Lloyds and Santander UK provided accounts to British front companies secretly owned by a sanctioned Iranian petrochemicals company based in London, according to documents seen by the FT.more

Millions of barrels of fuel made from Russian oil are still being imported to the UK despite sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, research claims. A so-called "loophole" means Russian crude is refined in countries such as India and the products sold to the UK.more

Inter Milan's players defeated Juventus Turin 1:0 at home in the match of the 23rd round of the Italian Premier League and strengthened their lead in the table. Wojciech Szczęsny capitulated in the 37th minute when the ball was headed into his own goal by defender Federico Gatti.more

The UK’s ability to fight an all-out war would be marred by the armed forces’ capability, stockpile shortages and a recruitment crisis, MPs have been told. The Commons defence committee heard that the “hollowing out” of the armed forces since 2010 had undermined the UK’s war fighting resilience, and the army would exhaust its capabilities “after the first couple of months” in a peer-on-peer war.more

Essex Police said the force was "working with experts" to establish the breed of the dogs and urged the public not to speculate as the daughter of the victim said they were XL bullies . It comes just days after an XL bully ban came into force.more

On Cape Breton Island, in the northeastern corner of Nova Scotia, local authorities declared a state of emergency yesterday after more than a meter of snow fell there since Saturday. Further rainfall is expected, up to a total of one and a half meters of snow.more

Arsenal defeated table-leading Liverpool 3:1 in London and moved up to the position of vice-leader of the English Football Premier League. After 23 rounds, the 'Canaries' have 49 points and lose two points to yesterday's rival. Jakub Kiwior played the entire second half in their colours.more

One of the UK’s two state-of-the-art aircraft carriers will not take part in the largest Nato exercise in Europe since the cold war after last-minute checks identified a problem with its propeller.more

The giving of written homework in primary schools in France has been prohibited since 1956. In Sweden, homework is not accepted, while in Finland it is done every day, but to a small extent. In China, the ministry does not recommend homework, but schools do not comply.more

Aleksander Zniszczoł finished eighth in the ski jumping World Cup competition in Willingen. Germany's Andreas Wellinger won, ahead of Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi and Switzerland's Gregor Deschwanden. Dawid Kubacki was 18th and Kamil Stoch 23rd.more

Protesters climbing on war memorials could face up to three months in prison under plans being proposed by Home Secretary James Cleverly. Last year No 10 said it would look into giving police new powers after a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators scaled London's Royal Artillery Memorial.more

49.3 percent respondents were unable to indicate who should be the PiS candidate for president in the next elections in 2025. Mateusz Morawiecki received the most votes among the mentioned candidates - according to a SW Research survey for the rp.pl portal.more

Italy is the queen of Europe in terms of tourist reputation - announced the Italian Opinion Research Institute Demoskopika in a report, citing the highest result in the ETR (European Tourism Reputation) classification. The next places were taken by Spain and Germany. ​more

A £1,000 cash incentive and a campaign to raise the profile of childcare workers in England are part of government plans to recruit more staff. Thousands of extra nursery workers and childminders are needed, as the expansion of funded hours begins. More than 100,000 working parents of two-year olds have already registered for the April rollout, according to the Department for Education (DfE).more

A parking charge for sports utility vehicles may be introduced in London, Sadiq Khan has indicated, saying he will monitor the effectiveness of Paris’s plan to triple levies for the vehicles if it comes into effect.more

Michelle O'Neill from the republican Sinn Fein party became the First Minister (Prime Minister) of Northern Ireland yesterday. It has never happened before that a politician from a party seeking the unification of Ireland has become the head of the government of this province.more

Robert Lewandowski scored a goal for Barcelona - the first in the Spanish top league since December 10, and the ninth in total - in a 3-1 away win against Alaves in the 23rd round. Girona's players did not take advantage of the opportunity to advance to first place in the Spanish Premier League table, drawing at home with Real Sociedad 0-0 in the 23rd round.more