Palermo airport temporarily closed; the storm claims two lives in Italy
On the Italian island of Sicily, Palermo airport was closed for a few hours due to forest fires, and extreme weather conditions continue…
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Russian Defense Minister to visit North Korea
A delegation led by Russia’s defense minister Sergei Shoigu plans to visit North Korea to discuss strengthening military cooperation, Politico writes. The Russian…
TikTok adds option to make text-only posts
As the battle between social platforms continues, China-owned video platform TikTok now offers the option to publish text-only posts as well, the BBC…
Blinken: Ukraine has recaptured 50% of the occupied territory
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated that, although Ukraine has succeeded in recapturing more than half of the territory occupied by…
Pope Francis calls to world leaders to address climate change more actively
In a time when many parts of the world are subjected to intense heat waves, floods and forest fires, on the 23rd of…
Spain’s Conservatives fail to secure convincing victory in the elections
The leader of the Spanish opposition Conservative party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, won the early elections, but not with the desired convincing result, writes…
Twitter ditches the bird logo
The owner of Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk, has announced that the social platform will abandon the usual blue bird logo, Politico reports. Musk…
Requests for international protection almost quintupled last year in Estonia
Estonia’s migration statistics were most affected last year by the war in Ukraine, which forced millions of people to leave their homes, as…
Amsterdam tries to limit number of tourists and bans docking of cruise ships
The municipality of Amsterdam has banned cruise ships from entering the city center – this is one of the ways that the Dutch…
