North Korea has never fired as many ballistic missiles as it did in 2022. The regime in Pyongyang has sharpened its rhetoric, threatening the world with nuclear weapons and dozens of types of missiles. Experts estimate that further escalation is likely.more

The Central Court in Madrid has lifted the suspension imposed on the Polish striker of FC Barcelona Robert Lewandowski due to the red card he received on November 8 against Osasuna Pamplona. This means he will be able to play today against Espanyol.more

A woman has been fined £1,500 after a cigarette was thrown out of her car window, in a clampdown on so-called “grime crime”. Council enforcement officers caught a driver dropping the butt out of the window of Maurine Bateesa's Nissan Duke through east London.more

The Japanese government will offer up to one million yen ($7.500) for each child to families who decide to move out of Tokyo to reduce population concentration in the capital, the Kyodo agency reported, citing an anonymous source familiar with the plan.more

Poles will spend an average of PLN 195 on organizing New Year's Eve. The study for BIG InfoMonitor also shows that 87 percent. compatriots will spend this day at home, and 4 percent. planning a trip at this time.more

Almost one in three Leave voters want the UK to have a closer post-Brexit relationship with the EU, new polling has found. In a sign of “Brexit regret”, 30 per cent of Leave voters said Britain should now forge closer ties with Brussels, while only 13 per cent want the country to be more distant.more

NHS officials and Government scientists are putting pressure on Downing Street to put in place preventative measures to mitigate against a new wave of Covid-19 coming in from China. more

Piotr Żyła took second place and Dawid Kubacki third in the competition in Oberstdorf, inaugurating the 71st edition of the Four Hills Tournament. The winner was the Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud.more

The boots of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are made of leather imported from India, and trade between Russia and India has increased by more than 400 percent. - reports the British newspaper "Guardian" today.more

At least 30 children have died in the UK from invasive strep A since 19 September, new figures reveal. In total, 122 people have died in England from the invasive form of the bacterial infection, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data shows. Of these, 25 of the deaths were under-18s. There have been a further three deaths of children in Northern Ireland and Wales combined.more

In Germany, for the first three quarters of 2022, 65 attacks on refugee centers were registered throughout the country - according to data from the Ministry of the Interior. From January to the end of September 2022 there were also 711 attacks on refugees outside of accommodation. According to the media, the attacks are motivated by hatred, and a right-wing and stratist background is suspected.more

The UK will allocate £2.3bn (around £12.1bn) in 2023 for aid to Ukraine, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace announced yesterday, as quoted by Reuters.more

Audi will start in Formula 1 as a factory team from 2026. The team specifies their plans. "We want to fight for victory after three years," admitted project manager Adam Baker.more

The city council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the main city of the Canary island of Tenerife, has decided that as of 16 January 2023 it will not be possible to smoke cigarettes on the beaches of this island popular with tourists. The fine for breaking the ban is up to €750.more

Tributes to Dame Vivienne Westwood have poured in following the death of the "undisputed Queen of British fashion". She died "peacefully and surrounded by her family" in London, her fashion house said in a statement.more

Ryanair has announced that it is cancelling a total of 128 flights to and from Charleroi Airport, located near Brussels, this weekend. The airline's cabin crew in Belgium are on strike, protesting against working conditions, Belgian TV station VRT reported.more

At the age of 82, the Brazilian Pele, often considered the best footballer in history, died at the hospital in Sao Paulo. "We love you infinitely, rest in peace," his daughter Kly Nascimento wrote in social media.more

Two-thirds of UK consumers are planning to cut their discretionary spending in 2023 amid concerns about the cost of living crisis, according to a survey.more

Russians who have fled to the Netherlands for fear of mobilization in their country may be deported, said Secretary of State for Asylum Eric van der Burg. The Ministry of Justice explained that the mobilization in Russia has been canceled and therefore the normal procedure for applying for asylum through the Immigration and Naturalization Office (IND) is back.more

The man was suspected of immigration offences in an embarrassing revelation for the agency, which is tasked with stopping migrants arriving in the UK illegally. The Home Office suspended the official, who is believed to be in his late 30s, when concerns about him came to light. more

Famous tennis player Novak Djokovic has admitted that he is unlikely to ever forget his expulsion from Australia a year ago for not being vaccinated against COVID-19. However, the Serbian has expressed a desire to "move forward" by starting the 2023 season in the country.more

Journalists of the portal of the Czech newspaper "DenikN" have reached the classified material of experts who want to recognize the deliberate dissemination of disinformation as a crime. The government recommends subsidizing the media and NGOs that fight fake news.more

Monitoring of over 600 DIY stores in Poland showed that the number of visits to the outlets of 5 chains decreased on average by two digits yoy. – in total by nearly 26%. This is most evident in the case of Leroy Merlin. The other players are also heavily affected. Castorama is the least negative, according to the analysts of the Proxi.cloud technology company in cooperation with the UCE RESEARCH.more

The Met Office has said 2022 will be the warmest year on record for the UK with experts attributing the rise to climate change. more

From 1 January, the Polish national football team will officially be without a selector. PZPN president Cezary Kulesza, who will return to work in the middle of next week after the Christmas break, is facing a difficult decision. There is no shortage of applicants, but neither are the national federations looking for new coaches.more