Onet's "Droga na Rzeź" report, showing how outrageously treated animals are treated in one of the slaughterhouses belonging to a leading producer of cold meats in Poland, received wide coverage in Poland. The case came to light thanks to the activists of the "Viva!" Foundation, which works to protect animal rights.more

UK benefit reforms in recent decades have followed a consistent pattern of resulting in higher employment than the system they replaced – but usually in part-time, low-paid work which rarely leads to career progression. more

Juventus Turin, with Wojciech Szczęsny in the squad, but without Arkadiusz Milik, who was treating the injury, defeated Salernitana 3:0 away in the match ending the 21st round of the Italian football league. Krzysztof Piątek played in the home team until the 71st minute.more

To over 11 thousand the death toll from the earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria has soared. It is the deadliest earthquake in more than a decade. The last cataclysm of this type, in which more people died, took place in 2011 in Japan.more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is on a visit to the UK today to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and deliver a speech to Parliament, Downing Street reported.more

The government and energy companies have launched a support fund for people who cannot pay their electricity and gas bills, reports Financieele Dagblad. People whose income does not exceed 200 percent of the subsistence minimum can apply for subsidies to bills.more

Spending by shoppers at British retailers grew less quickly in January but the overall picture looked a bit brighter as consumers treated themselves to cinema trips and booked holidays, surveys showed on Tuesday.more

Alicja Rosolska and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe lost to Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Belgium's Elise Mertens 1:6, 1:6 in the first round of doubles at the WTA tennis tournament in Abu Dhabi (prize pool of $780,000).more

The U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) has informed Congress that China now has more intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers than the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. However, the US still has a significant advantage when it comes to the number of missiles alone, warheads and launchers, submarines and strategic bombers.more

The cost of applying for a new British passport has risen from £75.50 to £82.50.more

In just a few weeks, tens of thousands of seasonal workers from Eastern Europe will again arrive in Germany. Trade unionists are criticizing the poor working conditions, which have improved only slightly, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) daily portal reports.more

We are making every effort to ensure that all events planned for this year, not only concerts, but also e.g. the matches could take place as planned, so the sale of tickets is underway, for which the organizers of the event are responsible - said Małgorzata Bajer, spokeswoman for PGE Narodowy.more

The true owners of nearly 52,000 properties in England and Wales held by foreign companies are still unknown, although a law passed after the outbreak of war in Ukraine was supposed to ensure that the ownership structure was disclosed, BBC News and Transparency International reported yesterday.more

Poles have started planning this year's trips en masse. Interest, as expressed by the number of searches on the travel organization platform eSky.pl, has doubled compared to January 2022. Most often, Poles on eSky.pl choose to travel within Europe, booking both short city-breaks and longer vacations during the holiday season.more

410 million dirhams, or about 490 million zlotys. That's how much the buyer paid for the most expensive apartment in the history of the United Arab Emirates. The penthouse in the Bulgari Lighthouse Dubai skyscraper has an area of 3,620 square meters, a private elevator, a swimming pool and the best view of sunsets over the Persian Gulf.more

The UK is not immune to earthquakes – the most recent occurred in September 2020.more

A state-backed digital pound is likely to be launched later this decade, according to the Treasury and the Bank of England.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today made the first reconstruction of his government - just on its 105th day. The most significant change is the splitting off of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department into a separate Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.more

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says there should be no Russian delegation allowed at the Paris Olympics next year if Moscow continues its war against Ukraine.more

Oil giant BP has more than doubled its 2022 profit to nearly $28 billion, the British company announced today. This is the best result in the company's 114-year history.more

Agreements for the purchase of the bankrupt Frankfurt-Hahn airport in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate have been signed independently by two entities - a German company and the holding company of Russian oligarch Viktor Kharitonin, which has already paid €20 million toward the deal. Today, the company's creditors are expected to decide which of the deals will be implemented, the Bild newspmore

The UK Defense Ministry yesterday announced the arrival in the country of a group of Ukrainian soldiers who will be trained in the handling of the transferred AS90 self-propelled howitzers.more

As the risk of escalation in Ukraine grows, the world is moving "with eyes wide open" toward "war on a wider scale" - declared the UN secretary-general yesterday in a speech outlining the organization's priorities for 2023.more

Ludwik Jaszczur, a veteran of the 2nd Polish Corps and participant in the Battle of Monte Cassino, died yesterday in Edinburgh at the age of 95. His story was covered by the Scottish media in 2021, when he closed the small leather goods repair shop he had run for 50 years and retired.more

The race of flying electric cars could be a showcase sport at the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane, vehicle manufacturer Airspeeder has estimated.more