The famous Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, playing for the Al-Nassr Riyadh club, set the record for goals scored in the Saudi Arabian top league. In the last round, he scored two goals in a 4-2 win against Al-Ittihad and finished the season with 35 goals.more

Eurostar passengers from the UK will need to use electronic kiosks before checking in for London departures when new EU border rules are introduced. The cross-Channel train operator said passengers must use the machines at St Pancras station to register their passport, facial image and fingerprints, and answer four questions about their trip.more

Number of people earning over PLN 10,000 PLN per month increased in Poland to 1.5 million in 2022 - according to the KPMG report. However, the group of those with assets above USD 1 million decreased by one tenth.more

The once crystal clear water in Alaska's numerous rivers and streams is becoming cloudy and rusty in color. This is probably the result of the action of substances released by the melting permafrost.more

Britain's King Charles III, who was diagnosed with cancer in February, is feeling better and will not abdicate, predicts the monarch's biographer Robert Hardman in the Italian daily "La Repubblica". He negates the decisions made by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday that if his Conservative Party wins the 4 July election to the House of Commons, he will reinstate compulsory military service for 18-year-olds, albeit with the option of replacing it with voluntary service.more

Iga Swiatek won against Frenchwoman Leolia Jeanjean 6:1, 6:2 in the first round of the French Open Grand Slam tournament. The world-leading Polish tennis player is vying for her third consecutive and fourth career triumph in Paris.more

The Council of the European Union today adopted a directive that adds forced marriage, illegal adoption and forced surrogacy to the list of offences covered by EU anti-trafficking legislation. These will be punishable by imprisonment.more

The number of abortions in England and Wales has reached record levels, with financial pressures believed to be a factor in why women are choosing not to have a baby. There were 251,377 abortions for women resident in the two nations in 2022, official figures from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) show, which is the highest since the Abortion Act was introduced almost 60 years ago.more

Robert Lewandowski scored a goal for Barcelona in a 2-1 away win against Sevilla to close the 2023/24 Spanish Premier League season. The Catalans finished second and the Polish footballer was the third goalscorer of the competition.more

Almost 1 million dogs and cats are homeless in Poland, confirms a global study entitled 'The State of Pet Homelessness. 'The State of Pet Homelessness Project'. Of these, as many as 750,000 cats and 75,000 dogs live on the streets.more

Liverpool has been named the UK’s best large city for a break, with the ‘lively’ and ‘buzzy’ town beating London, Manchester and Cardiff for the number one spot. Liverpool scored 84% in a survey by consumer body Which?, with visitors underscoring a wide range of cultural and historical attractions beyond the Beatles.more

Southampton FC, with Jan Bednark in the squad, defeated Leeds United 1:0 in the play-off final at London Wembley and secured their return to the Premier League after a year. The Polish national team defender played the entire encounter.more

72 percent companies claim that they have noticed a decline in turnover caused by shortages of regular employees - according to the Tikrow report. As the authors added, half of companies have problems finding an immediate replacement if an employee cannot show up for work.more

More than two-thirds of beer and wine served in UK pubs and bars is short measured, a survey by Trading Standards suggests. Officers who visited 77 pubs and bars were served 96 short measures out of 137 orders, meaning approximately 70% were less than the prescribed quantity required by The Weights and Measures Order for pints and half pints and 175ml glasses of wine.more

More than 10,000 illegal immigrants have already crossed the Channel into the UK since the start of this year and this is the earliest date in a year since this level was exceeded, according to Home Office statistics released yesterday.more

The opposition Labour Party has a 22 percentage point lead over the ruling Conservative Party, according to a YouGov poll published yesterday for The Times newspaper, the first conducted after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that elections for the House of Commons will be held on 4 July.more

Bayer Levekusen's footballers have won the German Cup for the second time. In the final played yesterday at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, they defeated second-league team FC Kaiserslautern 1:0. Among the defeated, Tymoteusz Puchacz played the entire match.more

Vladimir Putin is ready to halt fighting in Ukraine through a negotiated ceasefire that takes into account the current battlefield line, Reuters reported on Friday, citing four Russian sources close to the Kremlin.more

A pilot has died after a Spitfire crashed in a field close to an RAF station in Lincolnshire, officials said. Emergency services were called to the field off Langrick Road, Coningsby shortly before 13:20 BST on Saturday. The World War Two-era plane belonged to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight based at RAF Coningsby, the RAF said.more

The "Nazi scandal" shakes the German city of Sylt, called the island of the "beautiful and rich", writes the website of the daily "Bild". According to the website, in Kampen a group of "apparently very wealthy young people filmed themselves in a restaurant and sang: Germany for Germans, foreigners out!".more

Manchester United's players beat local rival and national champion Manchester City 2:1 at Wembley in London to win the FA Cup for the 13th time.more

Already during the American leg of "The Eras Tour", it was noticeable with what honours Taylor Swift was welcomed in some cities. She had a sandwich named after her, a park bench, and some of the cities she visited were renamed in her honour. Liverpool has no intention of departing from this tradition. more

Simone Inzaghi from Inter Milan was elected coach of the season in the Italian top league, and his Argentine player Lautaro Martinez received the trophy for the best player - informed Serie A. Inter secured the Italian championship on April 22.more

Over 44 thousand passengers were carried by the Turkish national carrier Turkish Airlines on the route between Istanbul and Krakow in the first year of its operation. From June 1, the airline will once again increase the frequency of flights - they will operate every day.more