Player recruited for the World Cup via LinkedIn: The incredible story of Roberto Lopes
From LinkedIn spam to the World Cup with Cape Verde.
Festivalgoer (47) dies at Graspop Metal Meeting
Graspop Metal Meeting, the four-day metal festival in Dessel, Belgium, got off to a somber start on Thursday: a 47-year-old man who had fallen ill at the festival’s campground died in the hospital on Thursday morning.
Kremlin claims Belarusian football team was bombed by a drone
A bus carrying a youth soccer team from Belarus was attacked by a drone on Wednesday in the Russian region of Bryansk, which borders both Ukraine and Belarus. Russia is calling it a “Ukrainian drone attack,” but Kyiv strongly denies this.
Donald Tusk: “Everything points to a political assassination”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk suspects that the murder of Russian cartoonist and Kremlin critic Semyon Skrepetsky was politically motivated. “Everything points to a political assasination, but we’ll have to wait and see if concrete evidence is found,” he said.
Russians are flocking to apply for the “anti-woke visa”
In 2025, Russia granted more than a thousand special visas to foreigners who say they identify with what Moscow calls “traditional values,” according to the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. The visa, often referred to in Western media as the “anti-woke visa,” is part of a broader Kremlin strategy to attract ideological allies.
“If I still don’t agree, we’ll just shoot at them again and drop bombs on their heads”
The United States and Iran reached a preliminary agreement on Sunday evening aimed at ending their conflict. The breakthrough was first reported by the Pakistani prime minister and later confirmed by both Tehran and U.S. President Donald Trump. Many details remain unclear, but the outlines of the agreement are beginning to take shape.
Antwerp drug mafia leader killed outside a police station in Barcelona
A high-profile criminal wanted by Belgian authorities for large-scale cocaine smuggling through the port of Antwerp has been killed in downtown Barcelona, according to Spanish media reports. The killing took place in broad daylight. The killer was not wearing a mask and paid no attention to security cameras or passersby on the street.
Man gets scooter back, 42 years after it was stolen
Antonio Smiglio, a 58-year-old Italian, was reunited—to his great surprise—with his scooter, which was stolen... in 1984, 42 years ago.
Heat waves in Europe cause 200,000 deaths in 4 Years
Temperatures are set to soar in the coming days, and recent figures released by the United Nations last week demonstrate that heat waves can have serious consequences.
Fighting mass tourism: beach umbrellas banned for people aged 10 to 65
In the fight against mass tourism and to protect the ecosystem, a coastal town on the Italian island of Sardinia has enacted a unique measure: on certain beaches, beach umbrellas are banned for people between the ages of 10 and 65.