Ukraine is again targeting Wildberries (archive image).Image: keystone July 30, 2026, 5:00 a.mJuly 30, 2026, 5:00 a.m The Ukrainian military has once again attacked the Russian online retailer Wildberries. A large company warehouse in the Russian Penza region was set on fire by drone fire during the night, as the region’s governor, Oleg Melnichenko, announced, […]
Continue ReadingA Singapore court has fined a French student S$600 ($465; £348) for licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back into its dispenser. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of public nuisance. Maximilien, who is studying in Singapore, posted the video of himself licking the straw […]
Continue ReadingCoca-Cola is said to have been around since the end of the 19th century.Image: Keystone July 29, 2026, 4:01 p.mJuly 29, 2026, 4:01 p.m In the archives of a monastery pharmacy in Tuscany, documents for a recipe mixture were discovered that could have been a kind of precursor to Coca-Cola as early as the mid-19th […]
Continue ReadingItaly has still not decided how much it will draw from its low-interest defense loans, as domestic factors hold up the decision. Brussels and other capitals are growing impatient, with the clock ticking to reallocate any unspent money elsewhere. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Security Action for Europe (SAFE) is the EU’s defense financing program, offering European governments […]
Continue ReadingThe hacker attack caused by AI software from OpenAI that got out of control is larger than previously known. July 29, 2026, 4:58 p.mJuly 29, 2026, 4:58 p.m As specialist portals such as Wired.com and Hacker News report, OpenAI’s autonomous AI agent not only attacked the open source platform Hugging Face when it broke out […]
Continue ReadingByAkis Tatsis&AP, AFP, ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ Published on 07/29/2026 – 13:58 GMT+2 During a visit to the divided island of Cyprus, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced he would convene fresh talks in a 5+1 format in order to end the half-century conflict. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING He invited both the Turkish Cypriot leadership in the north and that of […]
Continue ReadingJapan’s south-western Kyushu region has had more than 100 aftershocks since it was struck on Tuesday by a powerful earthquake which left at least 13 people dead. Many others were said to be in “cardiopulmonary arrest” – a term often used in preliminary reports in Japan before a death is officially confirmed. Amid searing heat, […]
Continue ReadingRussia‘s security service said on Wednesday that it had charged Pavel Durov, founder of the Telegram messaging app, with facilitating terrorist activities. Durov did not immediately comment, but has previously described the case against him as a fabricated pretext to restrict Russians’ access to Telegram as part of efforts to suppress the right to privacy […]
Continue ReadingGerman car manufacturer BMW is cutting thousands of jobs by the end of 2027 through a voluntary redundancy program, a corporate spokesperson told POLITICO. Up to 8,000 jobs are expected to be culled under the program, with offers going out beginning in October, according to internal corporate sources. The program targets German-based workers in administrative […]
Continue ReadingReal Madrid claim to have broken the revenue record for any sports team in a single season with earnings of over €1 billion in the 2025-26 season. Los Blancos endured a disappointing campaign on the field as they were eliminated in the Champions League quarter-finals and lost out to Barcelona in LaLiga. Their financial performance […]
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