A "dismal" month for supermarkets led to retail sales falling in May at the fastest pace for more than a year, the UK's statistics body has said. Sales volumes dropped 2.7% in May, the biggest monthly fall since December 2023, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), external.more

Poland’s culture ministry is preparing an emergency evacuation plan for the country’s most valuable artworks in the event of a Russian invasion, Culture Minister Hanna Wróblewska told the Financial Times.more

Work has begun on the exhumation of the remains of 796 children at the former Mother and Child Home in Tuam, western Ireland, the Irish Times reported yesterday. The site was used by the Sisters of Our Lady Help of Christians (Bon Secours) to run a facility for single mothers between 1925 and 1961.more

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wants to build an "Alligator Alcatraz" near Miami. He proposes building a detention center for migrants in the alligator- and python-infested Everglades.more

Marketa Vondrousova defeated Chinese Xinyu Wang 7:6 (12-10), 4:6, 6:2 in the final of the WTA 500 grass tennis tournament in Berlin. On Saturday, the Czech eliminated the world ranking leader Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus in the semifinals.more