Cineworld shares have plummeted after reports the cinema chain is preparing to file for bankruptcy “within weeks”. Shares dived by two-thirds within minutes of reports by the Wall Street Journal that the world’s second biggest cinema business has hired lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis and consultants from AlixPartners to advise the bankruptcy process.more

According to the German football club Union Berlin, all footballers on Thursday underwent non-compulsory prophylactic tests against testicular cancer at the Berlin clinic "Charite", after the disease was diagnosed in the German defender Timo Baumggart.more

Popular with travellers, Airbnb has announced that it is launching a new tool to detect and block users who rent out properties in order to host events in them. The system had been tested in Australia since last October and has now just been launched in the US and Canada.more

The city watchdog has informed buy now, pay later firms such as Klarna and Clearpay that it has seen online ads and posts by social media influencers that break rules by not warning of risks such as taking on unaffordable debt. more

From next year, air travel will be at least 20 per cent more expensive than it is today, according to the Dutch daily De Telegraaf. Experts quoted by the newspaper blame this primarily on high aviation fuel prices, the high exchange rate of the dollar and rising airport charges.more

Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel was suspended for one game by the English Football Federation (FA). This is a penalty for a sharp confrontation with Tottenham coach Antonio Conte after the recent league game at Stamford Bridge. They both received fines as well.more

Lady Louise Windsor, the 18-year-old granddaughter of the British Queen Elizabeth II, took a summer job in one of the garden centers in June after her matriculation exams, where she earned the minimum hourly wage - the Sun newspaper revealed yesterday.more

There was a shooting yesterday afternoon at the Emporia shopping center in Malmoe, southern Sweden. Two people were injured, a woman and a man, the local police said. The man later died from his injuries.more

The leader of the world ranking of tennis players, Russian Daniil Medvedev defeated American Taylor Fritz in the quarter-finals of the tournament in Cincinnati. His semi-final rival will be the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, who won against John Isner from the USA. Among the ladies, Aryna Sabalenka defeated China's Zhang Shuai and will play against French qualifier Caroline Garcia in the semi-finals.more

Families are looking ahead to a grim winter as experts predict the cap on energy bills will hit close to £3,600 per year from October - before rising again in April next year.more

More and more Germans have started to save money due to rising prices, according to a survey conducted by ARD. Most, 70 per cent, are trying to save electricity.more

The UK government announced yesterday that it wants fully-self-driving cars to be on the country's roads by 2025. To make this possible, it will contribute £100m to the development of the technology.more

English Premier League football relegation club Nottingham Forest have acquired their 16th player in the current transfer window. The team, ranked 10th after two Premier League rounds, has signed Morgan Gibbs-White from Wolverhampton Wanderers.more

A rather unusual problem with millenials and generation Z has the authorities in the Land of the Cherry Blossom. It has emerged that young Japanese consume significantly less alcoholic beverages than their parents. Companies producing spirits are losing out, as is the state budget. Therefore, the Japanese government decided to organise a campaign to promote drinking.more

The Tesco Ireland Group will spend EUR 50 million this year on the modernization of stores and the opening of new outlets on the Green Island. It is believed that it will have 165 branches by the end of the year.more

Since Princess Diana died in a car accident in 1997, there have been many conspiracy theories about it. The most popular claim that the accident was planned, so Lady Di was in fact murdered. A four-part documentary on the Duchess sheds new light on the issue. We learn from it that Diana suspected towards the end of her life that she may have been the victim of an assassination attempt.more

In the five strongest leagues in Europe this coming weekend, it is in vain to look for a blockbuster match. Such has usually been the clash between Manchester United and Liverpool, but the former club is currently in crisis. Robert Lewandowski's Barcelona will play against Real Sociedad.more

21 per cent of young people aged between 18 and 24 do not want to have children at all, according to the latest CBOS survey. At the same time, the survey shows that just over half of Poles have as many children as they wanted.more

New investors have created a copy of the Starbucks coffee shop chain, which today launched in Moscow under the English-language name Stars Coffee. Its logo depicts the distinctive mermaid from the US original, but wearing the traditional Russian headgear - the cookoosh. Starbucks closed its coffee shops in Russia in May in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.more

People under 30 are facing a growing cost-of-renting crisis, new figures seen by the BBC suggest. more

The singles champions can look forward to a $2.6 million bonus and the total prize pool for the US Open tennis grand slam, which starts on 29 August, will be a record $60.1 million, the organisers announced.more

South-west Wales has today become another part of the UK where drought has been officially declared. The drought has now lasted for a week across more than half of England.more

Government plans to boost staff numbers with more foreign workers, with NHS managers sent abroad to recruit more

For the first time in Israel's history, the position of director of Mossad's intelligence department has been filled by a woman, the Times of Israel reported, citing a communiqué from Israel's intelligence agency.more

Leading Mexico and Sevilla national team player Jesus Corona will not play in the World Cup in Qatar due to a serious left leg injury sustained during training yesterday. The Mexicans will face Poland in their first Group C match on 22 November.more