It’s important to take a look in advance with TUI, easyJet, Ryanair and British Airways among those with a policy – but this will be different from provider to provider. more

Federal officials said they will investigate after the engine cowling of a Southwest Airlines plane came off during takeoff at Denver International Airport on Sunday morning.more

"Donald Trump's 'secret plan' to end the war in Ukraine is to put pressure on Kiev to hand back the Donbas and Crimea to Russia", the "Washington Post" reported on Sunday. According to the former US president, the people of parts of Ukraine would not mind living under Russian rule.more

Albania was visited by 1.7 million tourists in the first three months of 2024, setting a new record for our growing tourism sector, stated Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, as quoted by RTSH TV on Sunday.more

Briton Russ Cook, 27, completed his nearly year-long run across Africa yesterday, becoming the first man to do so. The route of his run was 16,000km and took him through 16 countries.more

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski warned yesterday during a videoconference with ambassadors of countries belonging to the United24 platform that without US aid, currently blocked in Congress by Republicans, Ukraine would lose the war with Russia, AFP reports.more

Dutch police detained famous climate activist Greta Thunberg on Saturday along with a group of other demonstrators who were taking part in a protest and attempting to block the important A12 motorway leading to The Hague, AFP reported.more

Maintaining a balance between work and personal life, the so-called life-work balance has a huge impact on both professional performance and happiness. Where is special attention paid to this? If we rely on the Global Life-Work Balance Index ranking developed by the Remote platform, this balance is easiest to maintain for people working in New Zealand, Spain and France.more

Ukraine is the most popular EU candidate country among Europeans, according to an Ipsos survey for Euronews. Out of 18 countries surveyed, Poland ranks fifth in terms of support for Ukraine's accession.more

A total solar eclipse will be observed in Mexico, the United States and Canada on 8 April. The phase of the total eclipse will last about 4.5 minutes, which is a real treat for astronomy enthusiasts. The town of Niagara Falls in the Canadian province of Ontario has been named by National Geographic magazine as one of the best places to view this eclipse.more

A 13-year-old boy killed a homeless man in Dortmund harbour, German police and prosecutors' office reported yesterday. Mobile phone footage shows the child stabbing the man to death on Thursday evening. According to the media, the murder victim is a Polish man.more

South African airline CemAir has a no-toilet policy on it’s smaller commercial flights. more

A record 15.5 per cent drop in carbon dioxide emissions has been recorded for 2023. - reported the European Commission on Wednesday. This is most likely related to the increased decarbonisation of the energy sector.more

The Gaza war is proceeding as Hamas probably hoped: the longer it goes on, the more Israel loses the support of the world and contributes to prolonging the cycle of violence for years to come, according to Philip Wasielewski, an expert at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) think tank and former CIA officer.more

Vladimir Putin must understand that if necessary, the North Atlantic Alliance can afford a long-term conflict, said the head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, yesterday, commenting on the idea of ​​creating a special five-year aid fund for Ukraine in the amount of USD 100 billion by NATO.more

The French authorities denied Russian claims that they were ready to talk about Ukraine during yesterday's conversation between the French and Russian defense ministers, Reuters reported today.more

The so-called Sahel province The Islamic State (ISSP) has established a training center for foreign fighters in Mali, which may lead to an increase in terrorist attacks in Europe, North Africa, the Sahel and West Africa. Many of these terrorists declare their willingness to return to their countries of origin to organize attacks there - reports the "ADF" magazine in its analysis.more

The French Public Health Agency (Santé Publique France) calls for vaccination against measles and warns against an increased risk of "imported" diseases before the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris.more

Poles work an average of 40.5 hours a week, the longest after the Greeks in the European Union, according to an analysis prepared by Preply based on Eurostat data. The EU average is 37.5 and the global average is 34.2 hours.more

Forbes magazine has announced a new list of billionaires. There are as many as 2 781 positions on it, 141 more than last year, the CBS television portal highlighted. Among those whose wealth is estimated to be at least one billion dollars, there are eight Poles, of whom the richest ranks 398th and the least wealthy 1 945th.more

A case of bird flu infection from infected dairy cows has been found in Texas (USA). This is the first case of H5N1 virus transmission between a human and another mammal, reports New Sicientist.more

The Norwegian government yesterday announced a 50 per cent increase in universal conscription. - from 9,000 to 13,600 recruits. Compulsory one-year training is currently being given to 20-year-old Norwegian princess Ingrid Alexandra.more

More than 90 per cent. French people believe that their sense of security in their own country has declined in recent years, according to the latest Fiducial-Odox poll for the daily "Le Figaro".more

The Ivory Coast, which is the world's largest producer of cocoa beans, will raise the price of cocoa beans by 50 per cent from today, from 1 000 to 1 500 CFA francs (from US$1.65 to US$2.47) per kilogram, the Abidjan portal reported yesterday, citing sources in export companies.more

Seven employees of the humanitarian organisation World Central Kitchen (WCK), including those from Poland, were killed in an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip. The organisation has suspended its activities in the region, reported WCK, which is based in the US. The group was helping to deliver food and other supplies to the northern Gaza Strip, which had arrived hours earlier by boat.more