VfB Stuttgart players won the German Cup for the fourth time in history. In the final played at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, a representative of the national league won with the third league Arminia Bielefeld 4: 2.more

US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that after a conversation with the chairwoman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, he decided to stop applying 50 percent. customs duties on goods from the EU on June 1. Trade talks between the two parties are to resume soon.more

More than a third of UK consumers now use AI to shop, a 39% increase on last year, according to a survey. The annual Retail Report by financial technology platform Adyen found that some 35% of consumers say they have used AI to help them with their shopping.more

Poland has applied to join the multilateral Treaty on Automatic Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications. It was initiated several years ago by the Benelux and Baltic countries, the science ministry said on Thursday.more

Real Madrid defeated Real Sociedad 2-0 at home in the last round of the Spanish top division. It was already known that the hosts would finish the season in second place. Barcelona was the champion. Leganes will also be relegated to a lower league, alongside Real Valladolid and Las Palmas.more

Manchester Museum in Great Britain has been named the best European museum of 2025, it was announced during the annual European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) ceremony held in Białystok. There were 42 nominated museums from 18 countries.more

French tennis player Caroline Garcia has announced that she will soon end her career. She intends to still appear in the French Open Grand Slam tournament in Paris, which starts today, as well as several other events.more

South Western Railway (SWR) has been renationalised, making it the first train company to transfer to public ownership under Labour. The first nationalised service, from Woking to Surbiton, departed on time at 05:36.more

Temperatures in the seas around the UK and Ireland have soared in the past week with some areas now 4C warmer than normal, with potential implications for marine life and people going swimming.more

Sunderland have ended their eight-year wait to return to the Premier League after beating Sheffield United 2-1 with an injury-time winner in the Championship play-off final.more

Some 21.2 million people with a history of migration lived in Germany last year, according to figures released on Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office. This is more than a quarter of Germany's population.more

Sunny spring weather sent shoppers flocking to supermarkets and specialists such as butchers, bakers and alcohol outlets last month, fuelling the strongest quarterly increase in retail sales in Great Britain in almost four years.more

Travelers using the airport in Osaka, Japan, can rest assured about their luggage. Although tens of millions of passengers pass through it every year, not a single piece of luggage has been lost there for over 30 years due to the fault of the airport operator, employees of Kansai International Airport boast. It's all thanks to the baggage sorting system.more

Hubert Hurkacz lost to Novak Djokovic 7:5, 6:7 (2-7), 6:7 (2-7) in the final of the ATP tournament in Geneva. It was the eighth meeting of these tennis players and the eighth victory of the Serb, who yesterday won the 100th title in his career.more

For coupled up Londoners, the old adage of “first comes love, then comes marriage” has been turned on its head thanks to rising rents, stricter mortgage affordability tests and the financial pressures of saving for a home.more

The UK government is reportedly considering selling a post-Brexit border check facility in Kent that could fall out of use as a result of this week’s trade pact with the EU.more

A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship between January and March, a period that coincided with the start of US President Donald Trump's second term, CNN reported yesterday, quoting figures from the Home Office in London.more

Napoli's footballers have won the Italian championship for the fourth time. They secured the title in the last round, beating Cagliari 2:0 at home. In the table, the team from Naples were one point ahead of Inter Milan, who also won 2:0 away against Como.more

The Danish Parliament decided on Thursday to extend the retirement age from the current 67 years to 70 in 2040. The country's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has promised that this limit will not be raised again, despite further expected increases in life expectancy.more

Cyclists and e-bike riders have been hit with criminal convictions and penalties of more than £400 each for flouting London’s traffic laws. City of London Police officers are deployed on bikes and the Met Police has a dedicated Cycle Safety team, with the aim of tackling the scourge of bikes whistling through pedestrian crossings and past red lights. more

Among the professions analyzed, the most respected by society are firefighters, nurses, skilled workers and miners. The least respected professions are: stockbroker, politician and influencer - according to a survey by the Public Opinion Research Center.more

The weekend's closing matches in Spain and England are the last chance for Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah to overtake Sweden's Viktor Gyokeres of Sporting Lisbon in the Golden Shoe classification - the award for the top scorer in the European leagues for the season.more

The heir to the British throne has been committed to environmental action for years. He also supports those who, as he points out, are on the front line of this fight. To shed light on the hardships and challenges of their work, the prince has produced a six-episode documentary series, ‘Guardians’, showcasing the work of forest rangers.more

Higher-than-expected government borrowing figures have increased the prospect of Chancellor Rachel Reeves raising taxes in the autumn, experts say. Borrowing - the difference between spending and tax income - was £20.2bn in April, up £1bn from the same month last year, official figures showed.more

Ministers are bracing themselves for a potential wave of NHS strikes in England after doctors denounced pay rises of up to 5.4% this year as “derisory” and threatened to take action in protest.more