The wife of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Olena Zelenska, revealed during a light-hearted exchange that she found out her husband would…
Shakin’ bacon? Belgian researchers study pigs’ response to music
Scientists in Belgium are investigating a farmer’s claim that different styles of music affect the behaviour of his pigs. Piet Paesmans…
New monkeypox vaccine centre opens in Paris as infections rise
People lined up on Wednesday for the monkeypox vaccine at a new dedicated vaccine centre in Paris, which has been…
Biden recovers from Covid, compares his mild case to Trump’s more serious illness
U.S. President Joe Biden celebrated his recovery from COVID-19 on Wednesday with an appeal to Americans to get vaccinated and…
Ukraine says Russia supply curbs are ‘price terror’
European Union countries bracing for further cuts in Russian gas supply on Tuesday approved a weakened emergency plan to curb…
Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes Philippines; at least 4 dead
A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday killing fourpeople, damaging buildings and sending strong tremors through the capital, Manila. Two…
Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps following heatwaves
From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never guess he was carrying 10…
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s flight jacket sells for a record-breaking $2.8 million at auction
Sotheby’s sold American astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s in-flight jacket that Aldrin wore on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission for a record-breaking…
Taiwan president boards navy destroyer to oversee drills amid China tensions
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen boarded a naval warship on Tuesday (July 26) for only the second time in her six…
Lufthansa ground staff start walkout in Germany in pay dispute
Ground staff at Deutsche Lufthansa LHAG.DE went on strike early Wednesday, prompting the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights and adding to…