London will be drenched with 17 hours of heavy rain, according to the Met Office. It is set to pour from 5pm tomorrow (Thursday, September 26) to 10am on Friday, September 27.more
77% of EU residents say they have changed their habits in the last five years to use less energy at home. However, the majority want more EU support and believe this will help them keep their bills under control, according to a Eurobarometer survey published yesterday.more
No. 2 seed Hubert Hurkacz defeated American Marcos Girona 6:4, 6:7 (5-7), 6:4 in the 1st round of the ATP 500 tennis tournament on hard courts in Tokyo. It was the Pole's first match since 29 August, when he dropped out of the Grand Slam US Open.more
An American, accused of attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump, told a Swedish photojournalist at the train station in Przemyśl in the spring of 2022 about his plans to build an international town in Kyiv as a human shield, writes the newspaper ‘Dagens Nyheter’ today.more
Poland will want to organise an EU-British summit during its upcoming EU presidency on the issue of London's announced reset of relations with Brussels, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna said.more
Real Madrid's players at the Santiago Bernabeu won 3:2 against Deportvo Alaves in the 7th round of the Spanish Premier League. ‘The royals’ reduced the loss to leading Barcelona, who will face Getafe today, to one point.more
The US economy is in great shape, although its major problem is the scale of the national debt; elements of Donald Trump's and Kamala Harris's programmes could spoil this, the media assess. Prof. Witold Orłowski says that the policies of the Republican candidate threaten to cause a downturn in America and the world.more
The British government appealed to British citizens to leave Lebanon immediately amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Iranian-subordinate Shiite Hezbollah, and announced that it would send some 700 troops “within the next hour” to Cyprus to assist in any evacuation.more
Poland is buying armaments in record numbers, which has made it a leader among NATO member states, but its problem remains a small production of its own, the British “Financial Times” notes.more
Londoners visiting Royal Parks are being urged to stay away from rutting deer trying to attract a mate to avoid being seriously injured.
Between late September through to early November, stags are engaged in dramatic displays of power and aggression, including roaring and clashing antlers.more
FC Barcelona management is urgently looking for a successor to goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who has suffered a serious injury that has ruled him out of the field for at least eight months. The wish list, according to media reports, includes experienced players, including Wojciech Szczesny.more
For almost two months, from September 29 to November 25, the Earth will have as many as two natural satellites, astronomers report. In addition to the Moon, asteroid 2024 PT5, described as a mini-moon, will also move in Earth's orbit.more
Later this year, 37 percent of the employed want to change jobs, according to the report “Labor Market in Poland.” As added, 27 percent of Polish male and female workers believe that they are paid adequate wages for their skills at their current workplace.more
Businesses that break work visa rules will be banned from hiring employees from abroad under a new immigration plan, the Prime Minister announced on Tuesday.
Sir Keir Starmer told the Labour Party conference in Liverpool that his government will reduce migration and Britain’s dependency on foreign workers. more
US Open tennis triumpher Aryna Sabalenka has announced that she plans to end a successful year at the top of the world ranking. Dethroning Iga Swiatek is expected to be helped by the Belarusian winning the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing, which begins tomorrow.more
The real cost of the Royal Family to taxpayers is £510m a year - nearly six times more than the £86m of state funding from the annual Sovereign Grant - anti-monarchy campaigners claim.
The Republic group says its higher total includes other factors such as security, not counted in the Sovereign Grant, which it estimates as £150m.more
Poland has a convergent outlook with the UK on many issues, including security, but we hope that the Labour government's announced reset in relations with the European Union will further improve bilateral Polish-British relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna announced.more
In America, the number of the most serious crimes fell significantly last year compared to 2022. Homicides and manslaughter cases were an estimated 11.6 percent lower. - which is the largest one-year decline in two decades. Rape decreased by 9.4 percent.more
Fake news websites registered in the UK and made to resemble trusted British outlets are allegedly spreading disinformation about western companies operating in Ukraine.
The suspected Russian propaganda operation has prompted calls by parliamentarians for a change in the law to force UK-registered news websites to reveal their ownership, as happens in the EU.more
The Afghan Taliban are beginning to impose severe restrictions on men and some of them regret not fighting for women, whose rights had already been taken away. Now Afghans will be banned from ‘imitating non-Muslims in dress or behaviour’ - reports the ‘Washington Post’.more
After a break of nearly a month, Hubert Hurkacz is back in competition. Tomorrow, the best Polish tennis player will face American Marcos Giron in the first round of the ATP 500 hard-court tournament in Tokyo.more
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves yesterday warned that the budget deficit left by the previous government would require her to make tough decisions, but assured that this did not mean a return to the austerity policies of the early part of the previous decade.more
The electoral success of Germany's extremist parties and their dislike of Ukraine may change Chancellor Olaf Scholz's policy towards Kyiv. An SPD delegation has reportedly already visited Moscow, wrote the main foreign affairs commentator of the ‘Financial Times’, Gideon Rachman.more
More than a hundred flood warnings and alerts were in force over the past 24 hours in England due to heavy downpours. In some areas of the country, as much rain fell in 24 hours as normally falls in two months. So far there are no reports of fatalities.more
92 per cent of Poles know nothing about the risks of using AI technology in the workplace, according to a report on the International Privacy Test. It added that more than 30 per cent of Poles do not know how to secure their home Wi-Fi network.more