Iga Świątek still leads the world ranking of tennis players with a large advantage. The 21-year-old Polish woman scored 11,025 points, more than twice as much as the runner-up - Tunisian Ons Jabeur (5,180 points). Meanwhile, Hubert Hurkacz again fell out of the top ten of the world tennis ranking.more
British MPs are not sufficiently transparent about the subsidies they receive and in many cases it is not known who is really behind them, Sky News estimates today based on an analysis.more
Rishi Sunak has refused to accept that the NHS is in crisis, despite acknowledging the “enormous pressure” the health service is under this winter. The prime minister also refused to say whether he uses a private GP, insisting the issue is a “distraction from the things that really matter”.more
The president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Noel Le Graet, apologized for a disrespectful statement about the famous national footballer Zinedine Zidane. The 50-year-old world and European champion was defended by, among others, his former club Real Madrid and striker Kylian Mbappe.more
Barcelona, without Robert Lewandowski suspended for unsportsmanlike behavior, won in Madrid 1-0 against Atletico in the 16th round of the Spanish football league. The "Pride of Catalonia" leads the table with 41 points, three less than runners-up - Real Madrid.more
Lidl says a rise of almost 25% in UK sales during the key festive season reflected a surge in new shoppers switching from rivals because of the cost of living crisis.more
Milan's players drew 2-2 with Roma on Sunday in the final matchday of the 17th round of the Italian top flight and are seven points adrift of leaders Napoli, who earlier won 2-0 at Sampdoria Genoa.more
The Swedish government announced today that it will reintroduce civil defense duty. Later this year, people to support the rescue will be called up for exercises. The reason is the war in Ukraine, including Russian attacks on civilians.more
Aston Villa, represented by Jan Bednarek and Matty Cash, lost 2-1 at home to fourth-tier side Stevenage in the FA Cup third round. Manchester City secured promotion by beating Chelsea 4-0 in front of their own audience.more
Flood warnings have been handed out in dozens of areas of the UK this morning after a weekend of wet and windy weather, while the Met Office forecasts more heavy rain on the waymore
The detailed attack by opponents of the new, left-wing head of state Inacio Lula da Silva on the headquarters of major democratic institutions, including the presidential palace in the Brazilian capital - displaced all other topics in the Latin American electronic media yesterday.more
Magdalena Fręch defeated Austrian Sinja Kraus 6:2, 6:0 in the first qualifying round for the Australian Open Grand Slam. The next rival of the Polish tennis player will be American Sachia Vickery.more
British Prince Harry, in an interview broadcast last night, accused some members of the royal family that their relationship with the tabloid press is like "going to bed with the devil". He also admitted that his wife Meghan did not get along with Prince William and his wife Kate from the beginning.more
A new variant of the coronavirus, XBB.1.5, is rapidly becoming the dominant strain in the US and already accounts for more than 70% of all deaths. Covid-19 cases in the Northeast, the Washington Post reported.more
Since the beginning of this term in the British House of Commons, i.e. since December 2019, MPs doing extra work unrelated to their parliamentary activities have earned £17.1 million, according to an analysis published yesterday by Sky News and Tortoise Media.more
Irish police have arrested former Ireland, Sanderland and Celtic Glasgow footballer Anthony Stokes and his friend in Dublin. Both were arrested after a chase and drugs were found in their car, the Irish Mirror reported.more
Last year, a record number of Belgians applied for a name change, reports the weekly "De Zondag". As many as 5,104 people applied to their municipality to change their name, and 1,120 decided to change their surname.more
The quality of teaching in public schools in Poland is more often assessed positively than negatively, but compared to previous years, the assessment of teaching in all types of schools has deteriorated, according to a CBOS survey conducted in November.more
There is a shortage of accommodation for refugees from Ukraine in Ireland. For this reason, a group of refugees has been temporarily placed in the largest stadium in the country, and the government is appealing to Ukrainians to refrain from coming to Ireland for the time being.more
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, currently recovering from a knee injury, is most likely to be considered for call-ups for the 2024 European Football Championship qualifying matches, said Sweden coach Janne Andersson.more
