Duchess Catherine - wife of the British heir to the throne Prince William - underwent abdominal surgery on Tuesday and will remain in hospital for 10 to 14 days, Kensington Palace reported yesterday. She is unlikely to return to public duties before Easter, it added.more

Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained by German customs officers at Munich airport for three hours yesterday because he had a luxury Swiss watch in his luggage. "The first thing Arnie did after being released was light a cigar," the Bild daily reported.more

Last night, the British House of Commons voted in support of a draft bill that is highly controversial and causes great divisions within the ruling Conservative Party, which would enable the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda. Meanwhile, the president of Rwanda commented on this matter.more

The hot weather that has persisted for several days in eastern Brazil has resulted in record-breaking perceptible temperatures. It was recorded in Rio de Janeiro, where the thermal sensation reached nearly 60°C yesterday.more

Due to too strong wind at the end of the first round, the World Cup ski jumping competition in Szczyrk was canceled. After the start of the 40 athletes, Dawid Kubacki was in the lead. Kamil Stoch was third, Piotr Zyla fifth, Pawel Wasek ninth and Aleksander Zniszczol 29th.more

An adage in London is that your favourite Tube line will be the one that serves your neighbourhood - even if you endure a sweaty 80-minute commute.more

Wizz Air has had to pay out an extra £1.2m to customers, after the industry regulator intervened over the way it handled flight disruption. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) got involved in July after it received "high volumes" of complaints about the airline not paying what it owed.more

A recent study found a four-day working week cut levels of stress and illness among staff.more

Filip Jagiello was loaned from Genoa to second-league Spezia Calcio until the end of the season. The former Polish youth representative has not played in Serie A since August. The 26-year-old midfielder will join Arkadiusz Reca, who has been playing for Spezia since 2021, but has been injured since November.more

Venice is starting to accept reservations for entrance tickets to the city, which will be compulsory for 29 days this year during peak arrival periods. The ticket, priced at €5, will have to be bought by those tourists who only come there for a day's sightseeing and do not stay overnight. The first day when this requirement will apply is 25 April, the Italian Liberation Day.more

The most severe weather situation is in northern Scotland, where the alert level for heavy snowfall was raised from yellow to orange yesterday.more

Last year, employers were mainly looking for salespeople, but were also keen to hire IT specialists, blue-collar workers, financiers and engineers, according to a report published on Friday by Pracuj.pl.more

The UK's annual inflation rate rose to 4.0% in December last year - the statistical office ONS reported today. This is the first time in 10 months that inflation has increased and a surprise for analysts who expected it to decline from 3.9%. up to 3.8 percent.more

Two stages before the end of the Dakar Rally, the competition in the T1 car class is becoming more and more interesting. French Sebastien Loeb (Hunter) made up more minutes and is now only 13.22 behind Spaniard Carlos Sainz (Audi). Krzysztof Hołowczyc (Mini) was 15th fastest.more

If the information revealed in the new book 'Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story', Queen Elizabeth was not happy with how Harry and Meghan played out the issue of their daughter's name. The monarch was even "enraged" when the Sussex family stated publicly that she had given them her blessing for the name Lilibet.more

The adoption of a law fundamental to the political future of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak allowing the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda has again come into question after a larger than expected rebellion within his Conservative Party.more

Young drivers have been hit hardest by the highest car insurance costs on record, with some facing premiums of nearly £3,000, according to data. Confused.com, the price comparison firm, said on average 17-20-year-olds had seen insurance rise by more than £1,000 from the same time last year. Overall, on average drivers face paying 58% more on car insurance compared with last January. more

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has no choice but to use unconventional, decisive tactics to restore the rule of law in the country, but he must be careful to avoid inflaming divisions in a polarised society, writes the UK's Financial Times in an editorial commentary.more

Magdalena Frech defeated the 16th seeded French tennis player Caroline Garcia 6:4, 7:6 (7-2) and advanced to the third round of the Grand Slam Australian Open in Melbourne for the first time in her career. The Pole's next rival will be Russian qualifier Anastazja Zakharova.more

For the UK's opposition Labour Party to gain an absolute majority in the House of Commons, there must be a record shift of up to 12.7 percentage points in the electorate's voting preferences in its favour at the expense of the Conservative Party, according to an analysis published yesterday.more

The European Union is conducting an audit of how many weapons individual member states have supplied to Ukraine since Russia's invasion of the country, in response to allegations that some have not sent as many as they could, the UK's 'Financial Times' reported.more

Potholes caused misery in 2023 on a scale not seen in years, but scientists hope technology like self-healing roads will help rid us of them for good. Reports of potholes and damage they caused hit five-year highs, according to local governments and the AA.more

In 2023, 678,000 children will be born in France. This is the lowest number of births after the Second World War, according to a demographic report by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research (INSEE), published yesterday.more

Juventus players won against Sassuolo 3-0 in Turin in the last match of the 20th round of the Italian top league. Serb Dusan Vlahovic scored two goals and Federico Chiesa added one. Polish national team goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny kept a clean sheet for the 10th time this season.more

Snowfall and a wave of frost caused significant disruption across large areas of the UK yesterday, particularly in Scotland and north-west England. Meteorologists predict that the coming night will be the coldest this winter and the coldest in January for 14 years.more