People are sharing their lockdown secrets in an anonymous postcard project at Marby and Elm letterpress stationery shop in London, where people are sharing the lockdown confessions, including food anecdotes, hygiene confession and relationship stories. ✉️ 🖋️

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After months in space, 12 bottles of “mythical wine” and 320 Cabernet Sauvignon vine shots have returned from their voyage in outer space. 🍷 ✨

Scientists at the institute of Vine and Wine Sciences (ISVV) are analyzing the “celestial” French wines to test their resilience to the absence of gravi...

Tesla could face a serious challenge from car maker Geely’s Zeekr, says David Bailey of the University of Birmingham.

Tesla's Model 3 is the best-selling premium electric vehicle in China where Zeekr will first try to get a foothold.

Geely uses the same underlying technology across all these di...

🇪🇸 On the journey to hit their 70% summer target, the Spanish government has restarted its use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite polls finding that public confidence in the vaccine has fallen.

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Ed Stafford, is a famous British adventurer who holds the Guinness World Record for being the first person to hike the Amazon River.

Having survived in some of the world’s most extreme environments, which is tough mentally in addition to physically, Stafford shares some of his top tips for copi...

🇭🇺 Wei Fenghe meets Hungary’s president and defense minister at the start of a tour that will also take in Serbia, Greece and North Macedonia.

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Rush hour in Berlin, Germany can be hectic. A 10-minute ride from Potsdamer Platz to Alexanderplatz can easily take up to 40 minutes on a Friday afternoon. From the wide boulevards and narrow cobblestone streets, the capital city is always busy, but that might soon change.

An initiative by Berli...

What do artists Dua Lipa, Lizzo and Ed Sheeran all have in common?🧐
They’re about to become 'impossible to ignore' in China.🇨🇳

🎤 Warner Music has signed a fresh deal with tech giant Tencent to stream its artists to a fast-growing Chinese market👇

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🤧 🍃"We saw that pollen together with air temperature and humidity could explain a big proportion of infection rates, approximately 44 percent," said Athanasios Damialis, an aerobiologist who coordinated the study.

What else did the researchers find out when they analyzed pollen samples from 248 ...

The UK is marking one year since the country first went into lockdown.

A minute's silence was held at midday across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to remember some of the victims who have died in the past 12 months.

People have also been invited to stand on their doorsteps at 8 p...

The European Commission says it will take action to secure COVID-19 vaccines produced by AstraZeneca.

It added that only one of the five plants listed in its contract with the drugmaker was delivering vaccines to the bloc.

The Anglo-Swedish company is aiming to deliver 100 million doses by June...

Germany is on track to have the longest-running COVID-19 lockdown in Europe, following an agreement between state and federal leaders to extend nationwide restrictions until the middle of April.

"We face a new virus of the same kind but with very different characteristics. More deadly, more inf...

A former COVID-19 field hospital in Madrid hosts a face-to-face hospitality conference with up to 9,000 delegates expected, despite the ongoing pandemic. Spain’s COVID-19 death rate is rising, amid fears of a fourth wave of infections.

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The pandemic and the turn to home entertainment during lockdowns has bolstered the already booming video games industry.

The numbers are astounding. The UK gaming market notched up a record $9.7 billion in revenues in 2020, with the demand for consoles fueling an unexpected rise in British infla...

The world has often looked rather sleepy these past 12 months, with the coronavirus keeping streets deserted and so many of us indoors in many countries across the world.
But the signs are that - on average - we may actually be sleeping less as a result.

The recent International COVID-19 Sleep S...

Parisians packed inter-city trains leaving the capital and crammed into shops Friday ahead of a new lockdown aimed at stemming a surge of COVID-19 infections.

The new restrictions, announced by Prime Minister Jean Castex late Thursday, apply from midnight Friday to around a third of the country'...

“I’m disappointed, it’s not fair - it should be all of France.”

“It’s a sacrifice that we all have to make so we can have more freedom later.”

There have been mixed views from Parisians on the new anti-coronavirus restrictions as large parts of France, including the capital city, have this week...

The English National Opera (ENO) is rolling out a UK-wide program to help patients recover from Long COVID-19 by teaching them breathing techniques and how to manage anxiety.

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📈 What began as a relatively obscure financial instrument has now exploded into a Wall Street phenomenon, with celebrities from Jay-Z to Serena Williams endorsing the financial craze with their star power.

So, what is a SPAC, or a special purpose acquisition company?

"It's like having a new b...

When a direct freight train line between China and Europe launched in March 2011, many believed it wouldn't last longer than a few years.

The 8,000 km trip followed a complicated route that snaked through Kazakhstan's mountains and Russia's prairies. It was far more expensive than long-establis...

Maria Carmen, 72, is a woman currently in vaccine limbo.

She works as a psychoanalyst in Madrid and has been a victim of Spain's very particular rules on its vaccine roll-out.

In Spain, the Pfizer and Moderna jabs have been reserved for those aged over 80, while the AstraZeneca vaccine has been...

A national day of mourning has been held in Italy to honour the more than one hundred thousand victims of COVID-19.

Prime Minister Mario Draghi said that despite the sadness, the country must find strength and hope as it battles a devastating third wave of infection.

In a symbol of regenerati...

The strong start to 2021 follows an equally strong 2020. According to Tech Nation, venture capital investment in UK tech firms reached $15bn last year.

Russ Shaw is the Founder of Tech London Advocates, a campaign group which promotes London's tech sector. Speaking to CGTN Europe, he said the U...

Doctors in Italy's northern regions say they're at war for a third time, with the latest wave of infections inundating intensive care units with patients.

Highly contagious variants are to blame for the latest spike, with more than 20,000 new cases and 500 deaths reported on Tuesday.

The Mellin...