The singles champions can look forward to a $2.6 million bonus and the total prize pool for the US Open tennis grand slam, which starts on 29 August, will be a record $60.1 million, the organisers announced.more

South-west Wales has today become another part of the UK where drought has been officially declared. The drought has now lasted for a week across more than half of England.more

Government plans to boost staff numbers with more foreign workers, with NHS managers sent abroad to recruit more

For the first time in Israel's history, the position of director of Mossad's intelligence department has been filled by a woman, the Times of Israel reported, citing a communiqué from Israel's intelligence agency.more

Leading Mexico and Sevilla national team player Jesus Corona will not play in the World Cup in Qatar due to a serious left leg injury sustained during training yesterday. The Mexicans will face Poland in their first Group C match on 22 November.more

Ambulance services are using taxis to take thousands of patients to hospital following calls initially categorised as urgent. more

Tekla Juniewicz, a resident of Gliwice, who was the oldest Polish woman and the second most long-lived person in the world, has died at the age of 116. Her death was announced by the City Hall of Gliwice.more

Calls for immediate government intervention are becoming urgent, as more and more UK businesses are having to shut down over the cost of living crisis. more

Russia will not organize Formula 1 world championship races, said F1 Executive Director Stefano Domenicali, whose comment was quoted by Sky Sport.more

Scandinavian airlines SAS has announced that it is cancelling 1,200 flights scheduled for September and 500 scheduled for October. According to the corporation, a strike by pilots in July contributed to the reduction in the route network.more

A 24-hour strike by London Underground workers and some city bus drivers, which began this morning, is causing major disruption in the British capital. The reason for the protest is a dispute over pay rises.more

The International Football Federation (FIFA) announced yesterday that nearly 2.5 million tickets have been sold for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar so far. The full pool of tickets to the World Cup matches was around three million.more

There has been an increase in the number of residents in Berlin. The exact number of registered people who indicate Berlin as their main place of residence stood at 3,821,881 at the end of June. This is around 46,000 more people than at the end of 2021, the Berlin Statistical Office reported. more

The administration of new booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will begin in England on 5 September, the NHS announced yesterday. Around 26 million people will be eligible to receive them.more

Iga Świątek lost to the American tennis player Madison Keys 3: 6, 4: 6 and was eliminated in the 1/8 finals (3rd round) of the WTA 1000 tournament on hard courts in Cincinnati (prize pool of 2.5 million dollars).more

Alter, a trade union of Air France pilots, warns that the mental condition and overwork of French pilots pose a risk to the safety of air transport. According to the union, 10 percent. the pilots are depressed.more

We’ve all been ensconsed in a boring commute on the Victoria Line on the London Underground, with our faces in another customer’s armpit, but not all of us have been serenaded by a hilarious Tube driver to make the journey more bearable. more

Nine million hectares of forest will burn in 2021, and the number of fires in wooded areas has almost doubled in the past 20 years, according to the latest report by Global Forest Watch, cited by the BBC.more

LeBron James has set the terms to extend his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers until the end of the 2024/25 season. The current contract of the NBA basketball star expires in June, and in the next two years he will receive 97.1 million dollars, his agent Rich Paul said.more

Bees have become increasingly stressed by climate change over the past 100 years, museum collections indicate.more

The EU economy continues to grow, the number of surplus deaths is declining, but the economic sentiment has worsened significantly, according to the August statistical data package released on Thursday by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), which focuses on economic indicators showing the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.more

Poland is not threatened by the risk of a blackout, but it is not impossible to increase the supply levels, experts from the Polish Economic Institute. They pointed out that our country was a net exporter of electricity until mid-year.more

The average spending on utility bills rose 43.9 per cent year-on-year in Julymore

Shakhtar Donetsk is already selling ticket packages for the group stage matches of the Champions League, which will be played at the Legia Warszawa stadium. Even a Polish version of the club's website from Ukraine was launched.more

During the airport security control at the airport in Krakow, border guards found 8 pieces of live ammunition. As reported, the cartridges were in hand luggage.more