Day: June 15, 2025

Cold front brings cooling to Austria

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A cold front will initially bring dense clouds, rain, showers, and cooling to Austria at the start of the week. From Tuesday, however, the sun will push through again and bring summery temperatures, as the Geosphere Austria forecasts showed on Sunday. The 30-degree mark is also expected to be broken again over the week in time for the Corpus Christi holiday. The start of the week will be cloudy. Thunderstorms are also expected in the southeast on Monday. The sun will only appear occasionally, and it will remain wet for…

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Fraud text messages with family tricks on the rise again

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The number of fraudulent text messages pretending to be family emergency calls has risen sharply recently. According to RTR, there were more than 1,000 complaints about text message scams in May—the highest number in months. Messages with the so-called “family trick,” i.e., alleged emergency calls from children or grandchildren, are particularly common. Increase in scam text messages with daughter, son, and grandchild tricksThe perpetrators use familiar-looking messages such as “Hi Mom, my cell phone is broken. Write to me on WhatsApp” to obtain sensitive data or money. “Three-quarters of all…

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Eating at night harms the heart

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Going to the fridge at night apparently damages the heart. This is shown by a US experiment that simulated two weeks of shift work. Negative effects were seen in the heart rate and inflammation parameters. Both increase the risk of heart disease. “In industrialized countries, around 15 percent of the working population works night shifts. It increases the risk of cardiovascular disease,” concludes the study recently published in the journal Nature Communications. Among other things, a longer duration was associated with a higher incidence of coronary heart disease in people…

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The 10 Friendliest Countries in the World, Ranked by Warmth and Welcoming Spirit

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In a world increasingly shaped by global migration, remote work, and cross-cultural tourism, the friendliness of a country matters more than ever. Whether you’re moving abroad, backpacking across continents, or just looking for a vacation where locals actually smile back, knowing where to find genuine hospitality can shape your entire experience. Drawing from global surveys, expat reports, and tourism satisfaction indexes, here are the top 10 friendliest countries in the world in 2025—places where kindness, openness, and human connection aren’t just values but lived realities. 1. Portugal Portugal tops the…

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