Production on a documentary about the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing is about to finish, and it is due to be released in cinemas around the world in the near future, Chinese media reported.more
An American fighter plane shot down a Chinese spy balloon that had been in US airspace for several days. The order for military action was issued by President Joe Biden. The Chinese Foreign Ministry immediately responded to the decision.more
Paris Saint-Germain players defeated Toulouse 2:1 in the 22nd round of the French top league and strengthened their lead in the table. The most dangerous rivals - Olympique Marseille and "Polish" RC Lens - will play today.more
Difficulties in finding employees with appropriate competences are a barrier for as many as 35 percent. companies in Poland - indicates the Polish Economic Institute. The transport and warehouse industry has great problems with finding the right employees - he adds.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that his goal is to ensure that the donated armaments, including tanks, reach the front lines as quickly as possible, Downing Street reported.more
Union defeated FSV Mainz 2-1 in the 19th round in Berlin and moved up to the position of the leader of the German football top league. Third is Borussia Dortmund, who won 5-1 at home against SC Freiburg. One of the goals - the first after cancer treatment - was scored by Sebastien Haller.more
41.4 percent Poles in a SW Research poll for "Rzeczpospolita" opted for keeping the current retirement age. 26.8 percent were of the opinion that it is more beneficial for them to raise the retirement age, which is associated with receiving a higher pension.more
Rising paint prices and higher energy costs were among the reasons for a leap in the cost of motor insurance late last year, a trade body has said.
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Dawid Kubacki took third and Piotr Żyła fourth place in yesterday's ski jumping World Cup competition in Willingen, Germany. The winner was Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud, who strengthened his lead in the general classification.more
The online encyclopedia Wikipedia has been blocked across Pakistan for posting "blasphemous content" about Islam, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) said on Saturday.more
Everton sensationally defeated Arsenal London, which is the leader in the English Premier League table in front of their own audience. The hosts, under new manager Sean Dyche, won 1-0 thanks to James Tarkowski's goal.more
An abandoned airport just outside London could soon reopen to passenger flights. Manston Airport in Kent was closed back in 2014 after reporting huge losses but could reopen and offer cheap flights to holiday hotspots under new plans.
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In the center of Vienna - at a depth of 13 meters, during tunnel excavation work on the new U2/U5 metro line - a mammoth tusk was found. The case is described by the portal of the daily "Kronen Zeitung".more
Aldi has been named as the UK's cheapest supermarket during the month of January where a single shop could see a saving of £26 compared to the most expensive, according to consumer watchdog Whichmore
Choirs have been banned from performing Tom Jones’ hit “Delilah” during Wales’ international rugby matches at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff due to the song’s “problematic” nature, the UK’s PA Media reported.more
Officials are working on detailed plans to outlaw the Russian mercenary outfit which could cut off its ability to raise money in the UK, the Daily Telegraph reported today.more
After fourteen years, the German VW Golf is no longer the most popular car in Europe, reports the Belgian daily "Het Laatste Nieuws", citing data from the analytical agency Jato Dynamics. The new leader was Peugeot 208, ahead of Dacia Sandero.more
Swedish AC Milan footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic has bought a tenement house in Stockholm for 13 million euros. The property is located in the most expensive district of the Swedish capital - Oestermalm, and has an area of 1,061 square meters, divided into nine apartments on four floors and 187 square meters of commercial premises on the ground floor.more
Catering entrepreneurs in seven Dutch cities are introducing a blacklist for troubled customers, the daily Trouw reported. The Dutch data protection authority AP has already approved its creation.more
Grażyna Bacewicz was an extremely original composer who, due to her gender and the fact that she came from behind the Iron Curtain, is little known in the West, but let's hope that the newly released album with her 3rd and 4th Symphonies will change that - wrote the British daily "Daily Telegraph" yesterday.more
A thousand events and performances by hundreds of artists - this is the program of the carnival in Venice starting on Saturday. For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic almost three years ago, it will take place without any restrictions or sanitary restrictions and again on a grand scale.more
