A rescue team had to help St. Bernard descend from England's highest mountain, Reuters reported today, announcing "an unusual reversal of traditional roles." The Bernardines are used in mountain rescue.more
This weekend doesn't happen often. A total of 2,375,490 people will celebrate their name day today and tomorrow; on Saturday, gentlemen - Krzysztof and Jakub, and on Sunday, ladies - Anna, Hanna and Mirosława.more
Archaeologists in Mexico found stone tools and other signs that people were living in North America 30,000 years ago, much earlier than widely believed, according to new research reshaping the debate over the origins of people in the Americas.more
An original drawing of the Olympic rings sketched by Baron Pierre de Coubertin is set to go up for auction in Cannes next Sunday (July 26) and is estimated to sell for as much as €100,000.more
Dozens of consignors auctioned off priceless pieces of space and tech memorabilia this week — including a rocket engine that carried Neil Armstrong to the Moon and an assortment of meteorites recovered from remote locations across the globe.more
A cork box with a set of multi-colored protective masks, a portrait or a bottle of rose oil - such gifts appeared in the lobby of the EU summit in Brussels. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is 66 years old today, and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa 59.more
The Queen – the nation’s longest serving monarch – will have reigned for 25,000 days on Saturday. Elizabeth II became sovereign on February 6 1952 on the death of her father, King George VI, when she just 25.more
Five million people – roughly the population of Ireland or New Zealand – registered for a chance to buy the limited-edition Air Jordan 1 OG Dior sneakers, Pietro Beccari, president and chief executive officer of Christian Dior Couture, told WWD.more
The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow’s daily methane emissions by about 33%.more
The Enigma double is being donated by the Polish Institute in London to the Museum of Polish History, which is currently being built at the Citadel in Warsaw.more
The number of people who have earned over a million Polish zlotys on the capital market has fallen again. But there are more and more prosperous entrepreneurs - the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more
Two employees of the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations in New York were dismissed from the institution with immediate effect in connection with a telephone provocation aimed at President Andrzej Duda - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today.more
The parliamentary commission in Poland will deal with the act which provides for penalties for saying the words "trick or treat" - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reportsmore
The recording of the conversation between Russian comedians and President Andrzej Duda is authentic, the matter is being dealt with by the services - said the director of the press office of the President's Office Marcin Kędryna. He assured that the interviewees were verified by the Polish branch at the UN.more
The reigning LaLiga champions have now officially unveiled the strip, which sees the famed Blaugrana stripes return inside a unique gold border, and complemented with a gold crew neck collar.more
You can get an entire island in the middle of Loch Lomond for £500,000. The uninhabited island of Inchconnachan has gone on sale, offering someone the chance of owning their very own island and building a home among the gorgeous greenery and wildlife.more
Uber is to launch a boat service in London, the minicab hailing app firm has announced. Branded vessels will operate on the River Thames between Putney and Woolwich later this summer.more
Lenin Gutierrez, working as a Starbucks barista in San Diego, gathered praise and a whopping USD 100,000 in tips when the woman, Amber Lynn Gilles posted about him on Facebook with an aim to criticise him for not serving coffee because she was not wearing a mask.more
The global cosmetics concern L’Oreal announced that as part of the fight against racism, it ceases to use the words "white", "whitening" or "bright" on the packaging of its face products. Other companies act similarly or announce such changes.more
Engineers from the US National Aeronautics and Space Agency announced a week ago that they had refined this space station equipment essential for the conquest of space. However, this project is not perfect, which is why the company working for NASA has just announced a competition to invent a better solution.more
The makeover of the prime minister’s plane has been revealed, with a new Union flag on the tailfin and ‘United Kingdom’ written in gold on the fuselage.more