Iga Swiatek won against Spanish tennis player Cristina Bucsa 6:0, 6:1 and advanced to the 1/8 final of the Grand Slam Australian Open in Melbourne. The Pole's next opponent will be current Wimbledon champion Jelena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.more

Amid a deepening cost-of-living crisis in Britain, King Charles III announced that an expected surge in profits from wind farm deals that could have boosted the royal coffers should instead be spent on the public.more

In the ranking of minimum wage increases, Poland took 19th place out of 67 surveyed countries, according to a study by the Picodi.com website. The value of basic food products accounts for 14 percent. minimum net salary – added.more

Barcelona, whose footballer is Robert Lewandowski, signed the Argentinian Lucas "Pocho" Roman. The contract with the less than 19-year-old attacking player, who has played for Ferro Carril Oeste so far, has a buyout clause of as much as 400 million euros.more

The owner of a dog vying for the dubious title of ugliest in the UK said she chose to adopt the quirky canine as she looked so "unloved and unusual". Four-year-old Peggy, believed to be a Pug and Chinese Crested cross - or Pugese - belongs to Holly Middleton from Leven, East Yorkshire.more

The European tourism industry has seen a strong rebound in 2022. The number of tourist nights in the European Union increased by 48 per cent to reach 2.72 billion, the DPA agency reported yesterday, following the statistical office Eurostat.more

75 percent Poles are satisfied with their lives, 20 percent. say on average, and 3% say not at all. This conclusion results from the CBOS survey of life satisfaction in 2022.more

Once January’s strikes have come and gone, more will follow in February. Yep, a number of unions across various industries have announced intentions to take industrial action throughout the second month of 2023. Expect widespread walkouts on February 1 – aka the TUC’s national ‘protect the right to strike’ day – in protest of the government’s draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill.more

Manchester City topped Deloitte's Football Money League ranking as the football club with the highest revenue in the 2021/22 season - €731 million. "The Citizens" turned out to be the best in the ranking for the second year in a row.more

Sir James Dyson has accused the government of having a "stupid" and "short-sighted" approach to the economy and business in the UK. He said growth had "become a dirty word" during Rishi Sunak's premiership. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the Dyson founder urged the government to "incentivise private innovation and demonstrate its ambition for growth".more

Britain will give Ukraine another 600 Brimstone missiles, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace has announced. He also stressed that "if Russian President Vladimir Putin counts that the West will get bored with the war, he is wrong."more

About 30,000 More than 1,000 members of separatist organizations from Catalonia paralyzed the center of Barcelona today in a protest that coincided with the Spanish-French summit organized in the Catalan capital.more

Manchester United's players drew 1-1 away to Crystal Palace in an overdue Premier League game, conceding a goal in added time. Thus, the series of "Red Devils" was interrupted - nine wins in a row, counting all competitions.more

Routine calls to HM Revenue and Customs will be answered by text, rather than by a human, in a trial aimed at improving its customer service record.more

Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian told EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell that listing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization would be "shooting itself in the foot" by the EU.more

Manchester Airport has resumed operations after both runways had to close for more than two hours due to heavy snow. It said passengers' health and safety would "always be our top priority".more

The current tax system is unfair, benefiting the richest, which exacerbates inequalities and undermines public trust. Taxes for the richest must be increased, said over 200 billionaires and millionaires from 13 countries in an open letter addressed to the participants of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.more

Polish handball players lost in Krakow to Spain 23:27 (15:16) in their first match of the second round of the world championship held in Poland and Sweden. The best player of the match (MVP) was Szymon Sićka, who scored seven goals.more

The UK House of Commons has backed controversial plans to automatically remove all existing European Union regulations by the end of the year, unless they are specifically chosen to be left or modified.more

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US has refused to provide Kiev with weapons capable of effectively striking Crimea, where there are thousands of Russian troops and numerous Russian military bases. Now Washington seems to be softening that stance.more

Inter Milan players won the Italian Super Cup for the seventh time in history and for the second in a row. In yesterday's match played in Riyadh, they easily defeated AC Milan 3:0 (2:0). Coach Simone Inzaghi won the trophy for the fourth time, including twice with Lazio Roma.more

Zigi Shipper, one of the last living in Great Britain and one of the most active survivors of the Holocaust, died yesterday at the age of 93.more

Last year, there were 476,000 crimes of a criminal nature, it is more than 8 thousand. more than in the previous one. Theft is the scourge; Most often, alcohol and expensive cosmetics are taken from stores without paying, although there are thefts explained by poverty - reports "Rzeczpospolita".more

Ferries between Dover and Calais will be disrupted by a national strike in France on Thursday. P&O Ferries said services to and from the French port will be suspended from 07:00 GMT for nine hours. more

Magda Linette won against No. 16 seeded Estonian Anett Kontaveit 3:6, 6:3, 6:4 and advanced to the third round of the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. The Polish tennis player's next opponent will be Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, seeded 19.more