Ange Postecoglou will take over as manager of Tottenham Hotspur from July 1, the London club, eighth in the English top flight last season, announced. He is the first Australian to manage a team in the Premier League.more
The arrival of a new baby in the House of Windsor means a shuffle in the line of succession.
Princess Eugenie has given birth to her second child. Ernest Brooksbank is now thirteenth in line, meaning others have moved down a spot.more
A café chain from the Russian city of Perm recently announced that it will introduce caffe lattes and cappuccinos based on breast milk to its menu. The idea caused a big stir online among Russians. When the authorities became interested in the matter, the owner of the café admitted that he had no intention of using breast milk at all, but was merely looking for a way to advertise.more
Kraków remains a significant center for the global IT industry, according to a report on the IT market in the capital of Małopolska. Companies in this sector employ approx. 55,000 people in Kraków. specialists, and about 40 international entities have arrived there in the last year.more
England is trialling a universal basic income for the first time, with 30 participants about to be paid a monthly lump sum every month for the next two years.more
Hard-pressed consumers feel they are becoming the victims of food industry “shrinkflation” amid signs the UK’s persistent cost of living crisis is making households more alert to the need to get value for money.more
The grouping of the Polish national team before the friendly match with Germany and the Euro 2024 qualifying match with Moldova will officially start on June 12 in Warsaw, but some players started training under the supervision of Fernando Santos on Monday. Jakub Błaszczykowski will join on June 14.more
Artificial intelligence (AI) could become powerful enough to “kill many humans” in only two years’ time, according to Rishi Sunak’s adviser on the technology.
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For the first time, French police and border guards stop more than half of illegal migrants from trying to cross the English Channel into the UK, contributing to a 20% drop in migrants. the number of those who succeeded - inform the British media today.more
The legendary basketball player, four-time NBA champion LeBron James (currently Los Angeles Lakers) will be the starter of the jubilee, 100th edition of the famous 24-hour car race in Le Mans on the Circuit de la Sarthe track. The competition will start on Saturday.more
The study "Loneliness among people 80 plus" shows that only 6 percent. of respondents declaring loneliness use senior clubs, and 13 percent. never leaves the house.more
Camden Town Tube station has become the latest stop on the Underground network to receive 4G and 5G mobile coverage.
The upgrade means that around 10 per cent of Tube stations with platforms that are below ground, and therefore usually unable to get a mobile signal, are now connected.more
A list of "more than 10" football stars has been drawn up for recruitment by Saudi league clubs, with Lionel Messi and Karim Benzema at the forefront, a source told AFP yesterday. Experts maintain that getting high-profile football names into the Saudi Pro League is only a matter of time.more
A new analysis of data from the now completed Kepler space telescope mission indicates that up to a third of the planets orbiting small stars called red dwarfs may have the potential to host life.more
Famous tennis player Rafael Nadal's season is definitely over after the 37-year-old Spaniard underwent hip muscle surgery on Friday. It will take him out of the game for around five months, a representative of his team stated on Saturday.more
New figures published by the GMB trade union have shown that there have been over 9,500 deaths in the last five years. violent attacks on ambulance workers while they were performing their duties.more
Paris Saint-Germain striker Lionel Messi wants to return to FC Barcelona, the Argentine footballer's father and sports agent Jorge Messi announced yesterday as he arrived in Catalonia. His visit is considered part of the player's transfer negotiations.more
The Court of Justice of the European Union, in its judgment announced yesterday, found that the December 2019 reform of the Polish judiciary violates EU law. The CJEU thus upheld the European Commission's complaint lodged in April 2021.more
An unexpected side effect of Western sanctions on Russia is a significant increase in the theft of agricultural machinery in the UK, which is being smuggled by organised crime groups to Eastern Europe and then presumably to Russia, writes the Politico website.more
VfB Stuttgart players defeated Hamburger SV 3-1 on the road in the second leg of the Bundesliga relegation play-off. "Die Schwaben" won the first meeting 3:0.more
Last year, air traffic control recorded a record 94,000 private flights taking off in Germany. The Greens in the Bundestag are calling for higher costs for flights on private jets, which bring "health, climate and environmental damage".more