Alaska's frozen land is deteriorating at an accelerating rate, and the reason is a warming climate. This threatens additional greenhouse gas emissions, scientists warn.more

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer supported the truce efforts in Gaza by the US, Egypt and Qatar. In a joint statement released today, they called for an end to the fighting and the release of hostages.more

Greek civil defence today ordered the evacuation of several villages on the north-eastern outskirts of Athens. The cause is the fires that broke out yesterday and are covering increasingly large areas near the city. The fire front under the capital already extends for more than 20 km. Due to the cataclysm, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Micotakis urgently returned to Athens. more

The police detained 8 people suspected of causing a false bomb alarm on board a plane flying from Warsaw to Newark in the United States, as a result of which the plane was turned back, the Warsaw police said yesterday.more

In Sweden, 8.3 percent people aged 15-74 remain unemployed - this is the most in a decade, excluding the pandemic period, and the fourth highest level of unemployment in the European Union - announced the Minister of Labor Johan Pehrson.more

Since 2015, 12.5 million people have come to Germany, but more than seven have left, according to a study conducted by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, which analyzes the immigration and emigration of people without a German passport. The German economy is losing millions of workers - comments the website of the daily "Welt".more

Donald Trump’s campaign has said some of its internal communications have been hacked and suggested it was targeted by Iranian operatives. US news website Politico reported on Saturday that it had been emailed campaign documents including internal research carried out on Trump’s running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance.more

Water temperatures around the Great Barrier Reef have risen to the highest levels in 400 years over the past decade, putting the world's largest reef at risk, scientists have warned.more

The rising cost of living has been a dominant theme in many Polish homes in recent years. Those who complain about the ever-present cost of living can console themselves that they do not live in Geneva, Zurich or New York. This is where the cost of living is the highest, as a recent study shows.more

The chief of the World Health Organisation is considering convening an expert committee for advice on whether Africa’s growing mpox outbreak in Africa should be declared an international emergency.more

The Pole was sentenced by a court in Copenhagen to four months in prison and expulsion from Denmark for attacking the country's prime minister, Mette Frederiksen. The incident occurred in early June in the center of the Danish capital.more

ABC News has said it will host the first debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on 10 September. The network confirmed the showdown in a post on X, formerly Twitter, after Trump said on Thursday that he would be open to debating his Democratic rival multiple times before the November election.more

Propaganda is deterring people from accessing healthcare as Aids-related deaths rise 34% since 2010, writes 'The Guardian'.more

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida today canceled a planned four-day trip to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia after the weather agency warned that the risk of a potential "megaquake" had increased in the vast swath of the Pacific Ocean stretching from southwestern to central Japan.more

When asked for an explanation, the man is said to have apologised, saying he wanted to leave a mark of the family’s visit to the world-famous Unesco World Heritage site.more

Pop star Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna have been cancelled due to the threat of a terrorist attack, the dpa news agency reported, citing the event organiser Barracuda Music. The concerts were due to take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion.more

Canadian police have arrested a 33-year-old Polish citizen who posted online threats against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The man has been charged with two counts of making criminal threats, police said in a news release published Tuesday night.more

Platform X has sued a group of advertisers, claiming that "their massive boycott" has deprived the company of billions of dollars. revenues – reported the AP agency. "Now there is war," commented X's owner, billionaire Elon Musk.more

Poland was ranked fifth from the bottom in the index of innovativeness of the European Union countries, according to a report by the European Commission, cited in the Macroeconomic Monthly of the Polish Economic Institute. One of our main problems is the lack of intellectual assets, it noted.more

Travellers flying to and from Europe this autumn may face lengthy delays as security liquid limits are reinstated at aviation hubs. Liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs), as well as pastes, lotions and cosmetics, must be 100ml at all EU airports from 1 September 2024.more

Kamala Harris, whom delegates to the Democratic Party convention officially elected on Monday as the party's presidential candidate, yesterday introduced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her vice presidential candidate during a rally in Philadelphia.more

More than $1m (£782k) of cocaine has washed up on a beach in Florida Keys during the recent Storm Debby. US Border Patrol said a "good Samaritan" found the packages containing 32 kg (79 lbs) of the drug and contacted authorities.more

Esprit is finished: in March, the fashion group had to close its stores in Switzerland. Now the doors are open again, because all remaining stock has to go. Meanwhile, insolvency proceedings are underway in Germany.more

The original injunction sign appeared in the town of Portici in southern Italy. On the initiative of two councillors, a blue sign was erected in a seaside park with the words: "Portici, a romantic town". Under the white arrow, the injunction reads: "Stop for a kiss".more

As head of the National Space Council (NSC), current vice-president Kamala Harris has made herself known as an advocate of sending astronauts to the moon again to build a base there. Like Donald Trump, she sees space as another space of global competition with China, assesses the Politico website.more