Yesterday in Polish exchange offices, the franc cost even more than PLN 5 - reports "Rzeczpospolita". According to the daily, those who are indebted in francs cannot rest easy, because there are many indications that the Swiss currency will exceed the level of PLN 5 for longer in the near future.more

Barcelona tied at the Camp Nou against Manchester City 3-3 in a friendly football game, the proceeds of which will go to help people suffering from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). Robert Lewandowski was the reserve of the hosts.more

Allegations of bullying and racism within the Cabinet Office have been revealed in a leaked internal report. The review, seen by the BBC, found one-in-ten members of staff had experienced bullying or harassment.more

Russian government sources have confirmed that the authorities are taking Ukrainian children to Russia and giving them up for adoption to Russians, the US Institute for War Studies (ISW) said, stressing that taking children by force to destroy a national group is a violation of the UN convention on genocide.more

Asda is scrapping best before dates on hundreds of fruit and vegetable products to help reduce food waste.more

Almost two-thirds of Europe's territory is in a warning or alert state due to drought caused by heatwaves and low rainfall, the European Drought Observatory (EAD) reported.more

Mateusz Klich scored two goals for Leeds United in the second round of the League Cup football match in England, in which his team won against Barnsley, who was two divisions below, 3-1. These are the first goals of the Pole this season, counting all competitions.more

Ukraine can win and will win the war, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during yesterday's visit to Kiev. He called on the international community to continue supporting Ukraine.more

Irish air passengers made almost 600 complaints about airline delays, cancellations, or being denied boarding onto an aircraft in the first half of the year.more

A wood carving of Norwegian Manchester City forward Erling Haaland - unveiled in August in Bryne, the footballer's hometown - has been stolen.more

Fish and chip shops are facing "extinction" amid rising costs, an industry expert has warned. more

At the end of August, the Artemis I mission will take off - the first of the flights that will bring the astronauts back to the moon and then establish a permanent base there. In anticipation of the astronauts, Campos, Helga and the Zohar - three mannequins - will fly towards the Moon in a special capsule.more

Concrete workers, carpenters, roofers, locksmiths - these are one of the 12 scarce professions which, according to the Personnel Service, may experience a renaissance in the coming years.more

It doesn't take long for most people to become pretty desensitised to the extortionate prices in London. Everything from pints to properties seems to come at a premium - and parking spaces are no exception. Free parking is an extreme rarity in the capital, and even most residents have to pay for a permit if they want a permanent spot to park their car. But how much you pay for parking varies hugemore

Dozens of people were stuck for several hours in the Channel Tunnel, the English Channel train tunnel between France and Britain, after an alarm went off on a train from Calais to Folkestone.more

"Everest Ski Challenge" is a project during which Andrzej Bargiel wants to climb Mount Everest without the use of oxygen and ski down the mountain. The expedition to the highest peak of the globe will start tomorrow.more

The minimum wage in the UK should rise to £15 an hour "as soon as possible", the Trades Union Congress (TUC) says. more

The UK has seen a summer defined by heatwaves and travel chaos, as bus, rail, and Tube workers went on strike.more

UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace announced today that his country could tighten the conditions for issuing visas to Russian citizens, although he is not sure if a total ban for all, which is under discussion in the European Union, is a good idea.more

The lack of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic at the US Open starting Monday due to his unvaccinated status against COVID-19 is a joke, says four-time winner of the event John McEnroe.more

A hosepipe ban affecting millions of people has come into force in parts of southern England. more

Russian military intelligence (known as the GRU), acting with at least the tacit approval of President Vladimir Putin, may be behind the murder of Aleksandr Dugin's daughter Daria, Russian historian Yuri Felstinsky told the British daily Sun yesterday.more

In June this year, the United Kingdom, for the first time since the statistics are kept, did not import fuel from Russia, the British statistical office ONS informed today. The entire import of goods from Russia has also dropped to a record low level.more

The last in the table of the English football league West Ham United, whose goalkeeper is Łukasz Fabiański, won the left-back of the Italian national team Emerson. The reigning European champion was recently on loan from Chelsea to Olympique Lyonnais.more

In three attempts to recover official documents from the house of former US President Donald Trump, more than 300 classified documents were seized, the New York Times reported. The published correspondence of the National Archives with Trump's lawyers also shows that among them were those belonging to the most guarded.more