Mariusz Stępiński returns to Verona after a one-year loan to Cypriot Arisu Limassol - announced on the website of the Italian football league.more

Tom Tugendhat of the Conservative Party announced yesterday that he intends to run for the party's presidency and the post of UK Prime Minister to replace the outgoing Boris Johnson.more

Sweatcoin's app awards you one 'Sweatcoin' for every 1,000 steps you take.more

An 18-year-old British man on a flight to Menorca wrote on social media that he was going to blow up the plane he was flying, and in response the Spanish Air Force pulled up the F-18 fighter jets that were escorting the machine. The young man was taken into custody from where he was released on bail; he claims it was all about a joke, El Periodico de Espana website reported yesterday.more

It will be compulsory to install accident recording devices in new cars - like black boxes in aeroplanes. It is only a matter of time when in the EU they will help to determine who is to blame for accidents. This already happens in the US and the UK, reports today's "Gazeta Wyborcza".more

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo will not travel with the squad for their pre-season tour to Thailand and Australia after being given time off to deal with a family issue, a source at the Premier League club said on Thursday.more

Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday that he does not intend to make any major policy changes until he leaves office. He intends to remain a ranking MP after leaving Downing Street.more

77 years after the end of the Second World War, the German state of Baden-Württemberg is to pay compensation to people who were abducted as children by the Germans from Poland and other occupied territories, reports the portal of the SWR station. Children abducted by the Germans were "Germanised" and beaten for years. Some are still in psychotherapy today, others committed suicide.more

All types of household energy bill are now heading above £3,000 a year this winter, say energy industry sources. more

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from his Wimbledon semi-final against Nick Kyrgios with an abdominal injury. The 36-year-old Spanish second seed received treatment during his quarter-final against Taylor Fritz on Wednesday but pushed through the pain to win in five sets.more

Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died in hospital after he was shot at a political campaign event, say local media. Mr Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech in the southern city of Nara on Friday morning.more

The British Tory Party intends to elect its new leader, who will also be the country's new Prime Minister, before the beginning of September, the "Financial Times" reported last evening, citing MPs familiar with the plans.more

Yesterday, the Sejm adopted a reform of criminal law, inter alia, toughening penalties for the most serious crimes, introducing so-called absolute life imprisonment and confiscating the cars of drunk drivers. The comprehensive amendment will now go to the Lower House of Parliament.more

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Friday. Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, was cleared of fraud by the Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona.more

Strike action by about 700 British Airways check-in staff at Heathrow has been suspended after unions said the airline had made a "vastly improved" pay offer.more

Several hundred firefighters were involved in tackling numerous forest and wasteland fires in Portugal and Spain yesterday. These broke out due to the second heatwave since June, with temperatures reaching over 35 degrees Celsius. As Euronews reports, southern Europe could be facing its worst ever drought and an extended fire season.more

The third seeded Tunisian Ons Jabeur defeated the German Tatjana Maria 6-2, 3: 6, 6-1, while the seeded 17th Jelena Rybakina won with the Romanian Simona Halep (No. 16) 6: 3, 6: 3. Both ladies will meet tomorrow in the final of the Grand Slam Wimbledon.more

Early next week, the UK's ruling Conservative Party will announce the timetable for the election of a new leader to replace Boris Johnson in that role - and as Prime Minister. The election procedure itself, however, will be the same as before.more

No one can feel safe about the latest wave of coronavirus infections, Australia's health ministry warned, citing a nationally recorded significant increase in the number of infections with Omikron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5.more

With Covid infection levels increasing and hospitalisations following suit with the rise of the Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, some experts have called for a reintroduction of mask-wearing in certain settingsmore

The 24-year-old Polish footballer Przemysław Płacheta, who has played for English Norwich City since 2020, has been loaned to The Championship Birmingham City by the end of the 2022/23 season, his new club has informed.more

To help contain the spread of the coronavirus, Beijing authorities announced China's first general vaccination requirement for Covid-19. From July 11, a vaccination certificate will be required at the entrance to certain public places, including gyms, museums and libraries.more

The fact that Boris Johnson did not resign with immediate effect, but would act as British Prime Minister until his successor was elected, aroused dissatisfaction with the opposition and even some Conservative MPs, but this is fully in line with the political convention.more

The number of people resident in Ireland but registered as paying tax elsewhere increased more than five-fold between 2014 and 2019, it has emerged.more

Apple announced the addition of a mode designed to "radically" increase the security of devices from snooping using advanced programs such as NSO's Pegasus. The service is to be available to people who are particularly exposed to this type of surveillance.more