The Urawa Red Diamonds team, led by coach Maciej Skorża, defeated the Mexican Club Leon 1-0 in Jeddah and advanced to the semi-finals of the Club World Championships in Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, the rival of the Japanese players will be Manchester City.more

David Cameron has said the “heat and anger” has gone from the UK-EU relationship, as he spoke at length about the UK’s global position after Brexit for the first time since becoming foreign secretary.more

Actor Matthew Perry's death was an accident caused by the "acute effects of ketamine", medical officials in Los Angeles have confirmed. The star was found unresponsive in the pool of his LA home in October, but a post-mortem examination was inconclusive at the time.more

Nearly 40,000 more people than last year are expected to spend this Christmas homeless, in a sign that England’s housing emergency is out of control, according to the charity Shelter.more

Juventus Turin, played by Wojciech Szczęsny and Arkadiusz Milik, drew 1-1 away with Genoa in the 16th round and missed the opportunity to take over as the leader of the Italian top football league for at least two days.more

The number of inhabitants of Spain has exceeded 48 million, a level previously unheard of in this country - according to preliminary estimates of the population census prepared by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) in Madrid.more

A decades-long decline in smoking in England has nearly ground to a halt since the pandemic, a study suggests. more

Italy is the most popular Christmas flight destination chosen by Polish Ryanair customers, the airline reported. It added that Spain and the Canary Islands are in second place.more

Muhammad held onto the boy's top spot, while Olivia makes a triumphant return to number one in the girl's list. more

The Polish women's national team takes 29th place in the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) rankings published yesterday, which means an advancement by one position compared to the previous ranking in August.more

As usual, Poles will postpone pre-Christmas grocery shopping until the last minute. Nearly 33% will do it a week before Christmas. This is more than a year ago. In addition, over 21% of Poles will go on major grocery shopping just a few days before Christmas - showed a report by the analytical and research platform UCE RESEARCH and the BLIX Group entitled "Poles' shopping plans for Christmas".more

Millions of people are borrowing to pay essential bills at Christmas, charities warn, with energy debts a key concern as prices are set to rise again. Citizens Advice said it was seeing more people falling behind on energy bills as winter began, owing an average of £1,841 to their supplier.more

Britain's Prince Harry won the lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), the publisher of, among others, tabloid "Daily Mirror". A court in London today found that newspapers published by MGN tapped his and other celebrities' phones and awarded Harry 140,600. pounds compensation.more

Four Polish ski jumpers advanced to Saturday's World Cup competition in Engelberg. Piotr Żyła took seventh place, Dawid Kubacki was 21st, Kamil Stoch 22nd, and Paweł Wąsek 29th. Maciej Kot was eliminated 54th. The qualification was won by Slovenian Anze Lanisek.more

A west London library has had to temporarily close after bedbugs were found in returned books. It was announced on Monday that Northolt library in West Ealing would be closed until the issue is resolved.more

A weekly carolling event in east London has been cancelled after going viral on Tiktok. The event, held on Columbia Road in Bethnal Green on Wednesdays in December, had "become a victim of its own success".more

3.3 per cent of Europeans in 2022 were unable to have essential medical tests due to financial reasons, long waiting times or distance, according to figures published by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat).more

According to the "Court Circular", which records the public activities of the royal family, Princess Anna - once again in the last few years - is the most hard-working member of the royal family. The only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Philip has shouldered more public responsibilities this past year than anyone else in the royal family.more

Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic were recognized as 2023 world champions by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The Belarusian was honored in this way for the first time, and the Serb for the eighth time, which is a record.more

Human rights report also identifies over 90 worker deaths in different sectors around the world in the past year mainly linked to health and safety breaches.more

Since 2020, the UK has deported only 1,182 of over 119,000 people. illegal immigrants who arrived across the English Channel at that time, and excluding citizens of Albania, with which a deportation agreement was signed, only 408 illegal immigrants were sent back - admitted the British Home Office. ​more

Yesterday, Great Britain, Italy and Japan signed an agreement to build a new generation stealth fighter that will use artificial intelligence in combat.more

Grzegorz Krychowiak from Abha Club scored a goal in a 1-1 draw at home with Al-Haz SC, last in the table, in the 17th round of the Saudi Arabian Football Premier League. This is the third goal of the 100-time Polish representative this league season.more

With the weekend upon us, it's time to check what planned TfL closures are taking place from Friday to Sunday. more

Over 70 percent young Spaniards consider marijuana used regularly to be a less harmful substance than tobacco and alcohol - according to research cited by the Madrid daily "El Mundo".more