In Edinburgh, cleaning services began yesterday to clear up rubbish that has not been collected for 12 days due to the strike. However, the backlog of rubbish removal is so large that some of it will not be cleared up before the next round of strikes begins in a week's time.more

73 percent employees would like to work 4 days a week with their salary for 5 days, according to a ManpowerGroup study. Respondents believe that greater flexibility, such as the ability to choose whether to work from home or office, increases the quality of their work.more

Ireland’s energy watchdog, the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU), grid operator EirGrid and Energy Minister Eamon Ryan will all appear before the Oireachtas climate change committee amid an increase in system warnings — alerts the buffer between what is produced and what is demanded are narrow.more

Iga Świątek was promoted to the second round of the US Open Grand Slam tournament. The Polish tennis player, seeded with the number one, won against Italian Jasmine Paolini 6: 3, 6: 0 yesterday.more

The maker of butter brand Lurpak has said it expects dairy prices to remain high due to a decline in global milk production and soaring costs. more

Whipped cream spray may be sold to New York State only to persons age 21 and older. The ban on selling this product to children and adolescents was introduced due to cases of intoxication with nitrous oxide, a gas used in cans of whipped cream.more

Hungarian Wizz Air will start flying again from Katowice to Abu Dhabi and Catania from September and will launch a new connection from Krakow to Lyon in France. In October, the line will fly from Katowice and Warsaw to Fuerteventura, from Warsaw to Marrakesh. In addition, it will also launch a new connection to Madeira, the carrier said.more

The France international, 29, has alleged his brother Mathias is part of a "group-organised extortion attempt" against him. Pogba released a statement via his lawyer on Sunday evening after Mathias used social media to threaten to reveal private information about the Juventus midfielder.more

The summer holidays are drawing to a close, before children go back to school. more

Eurostar has announced it is scrapping its direct train service to Disneyland Paris - citing Brexit and the post-pandemic recovery as reasons for the move.more

After several decades of tradition, Norwegian pubs are resigning from showing matches of the English top league due to the dramatic increase in fees for the rights to provide the signal in restaurants.more

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There have been several incidents during the Notting Hill Carnival street festival in London over the two weekend days. Yesterday, a 21-year-old man was stabbed to death. In contrast, on Sunday a woman gave birth to a baby in the street, the media reported.more

"I want to give Juventus something special, I want to score a lot of goals" - Arkadiusz Milik assured during yesterday's official presentation at the Allianz stadium. The Polish footballer made his debut on Saturday for the club from Turin.more

Is there water there? Scientists ask this question every time they discover a planet, because it creates hope for the discovery of some living organisms. The surface of the TOI-1452 b planet, just discovered by astronomers from Montreal, is covered by the ocean. It is 100 light years away from us.more

The Duchess of Sussex said she upset the "dynamic of the hierarchy" of the Royal Family "just by existing". Talking about her exit from the Royal family the duchess said it "takes a lot of effort to forgive".more

English football club A.F.C. Bournemouth announced the dismissal of coach Scott Parker. The reason for this decision was a poor start to the season by "Wisienek", including a 0: 9 defeat in Saturday's match against Liverpool.more

Russia's invasion of Ukraine revealed the weakness of the Black Sea Fleet, which for years was considered a key formation in Russia's plans to conquer a neighboring country. The ships and the air force of the fleet were destroyed by Ukrainian rockets and drones, the Politico website assessed.more

Pubs across the UK will be forced to close due to energy costs soaring by as much as 300%, brewery bosses warned. Leaders of six of the country's largest breweries called on the government for "immediate government intervention" on sky-high energy bills this winter.more

People in the Netherlands are concerned about record inflation and rising energy prices, so they are saving enormously on electricity, gas and water and buying less products, according to a study by Panel Inzicht. More than eight in ten Dutch (82%) take a shower less often, it said.more

Cadiz is the only club in the Spanish premier league to have no point or goal after the third round. The league outsider lost 2-0 at Athletic Bilbao at home. In Monday's second match, Valencia lost 1-0 at home to Atletico Madrid.more

"Welcome to the International Space Station," reported Kjell Lingren, SpaceX Crew-4 Flight Commander, when he heard an unexpected call through his headphones. Unexpected, because it was caused by 8-year-old Isabelle Payne from Kent, England, who managed to connect to the ISS using her dad's radio station.more

Data from Spain show a jump in the activity of the wealthier Kowalskis outside the country. Our developers are appealing for a housing allowance to keep some of the capital on a cooling market - emphasizes today's Rzeczpospolita.more

Barcelona's Gabonese footballer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and his wife Alysha Behague were attacked at home by masked burglars, police said. They both sustained minor injuries and the perpetrators took the contents of the safe.more

Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu is currently sidelined, and operational commanders are directly informing President Vladimir Putin about the course of the war with Ukraine, the British Defense Ministry reported today, citing independent Russian media.more