The New York Times reported on the probable cause of the Los Angeles fires

A power outage may have caused the Los Angeles fires, the New York Times reported yesterday. Investigators are still investigating the cause of the wave of wildfires that broke out in California last week.more

A 21-year-old Norwegian woman has become the youngest person to reach the South Pole on skis, solo and without assistance, her team told AFP on Tuesday.more

Donald Trump will want to bring about a ceasefire in Ukraine as soon as possible after becoming US President, but Russian leader Vladimir Putin is unlikely to agree to this, according to Kurt Volker, former US Special Representative for Ukraine.more

The Spanish government plans to raise taxes on tourist rentals and implement other measures to combat the country's housing crisis, which is expected to worsen in the coming months.more

Nato will establish a Baltic Guard to strengthen security in the Baltic using frigates, patrol aircraft and other armaments, Alliance Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced today at a conference in Helsinki during a summit with eight countries in the region and the EC.more

Donald Trump would have been convicted of illegally attempting to change the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election, which he lost, had he not been re-elected as head of state in 2024. - according to a Justice Department report that was sent to Congress today.more

Iran and three major European powers - Germany, France and the UK - began two days of talks in Geneva last night on Iran's nuclear programme, the Iranian press reported, quoted by AFP.more

Danish counterintelligence has established that the idea to occupy Greenland was suggested to Donald Trump by Russian intelligence, using a forged letter to a US senator, ‘Newsweek’ recalled yesterday. The story was revived on social media just before the President-elect's inauguration.more

The Saskatchewan Police Department has released its annual list of the strangest 911 calls of 2024. The "10 Reasons Not to Call 911" list includes cat problems, refrigerator problems and math, UPI reported.more

The trial of 18-year-old Mohammed M., accused of shooting Polish man Mikael (Michał), began today in a court near Stockholm. The suspect pleaded not guilty and showed no emotion at the trial.more

Statistics for the third quarter of 2024 show that our compatriots are among the top buyers of real estate in Spain. They are only beaten by the British, Germans and Moroccans.more

Ryanair has reiterated its call for a limit of two alcoholic drinks per passenger to be introduced at airport bars. The airline said such a policy would result in “a safer travel experience for passengers and crews”.more

More than 80% of immigrants to Canada believe Ottawa allows too much immigration. That’s higher than the immigration fatigue among the general Canadian population, 57% of whom believe there are too many immigrants.more

The Earth's average surface temperature in 2024 was the highest on record, according to an analysis by NASA scientists published on Friday.more

President-elect Donald Trump became the first-ever former or sitting president to be formally convicted of a felony Friday as he was sentenced in his hush money criminal case—but the president-elect was not given any penalties for his crimes.more

The National Police have reported the arrest of 32-year-old Marek Dawid Legiec, one of the ten most wanted fugitives in Spain, who voluntarily surrendered at a police station in Murcia.more

Poland ranked fifth in the EU for short-term rentals via online platforms such as Airbnb or Booking. Malta was the most popular holiday destination, according to data published on Wednesday by Eurostat. The most visited Polish city in 2024 was Krakow.more

Right-wing portals accuse the California authorities of an inadequate response to the Los Angeles fires, the British daily ‘Guardian’ reported yesterday. They attribute the blame for the devastation to, among other things, fire service employment policies and even aid to Ukraine.more

At least 531,600 homeless people live in Germany, the German federal government reported on Wednesday. Approx. 71 per cent of the homeless come from Europe, including almost two-thirds from EU countries. According to the report, the largest number, 20 per cent, of homeless people come from Poland, 16 per cent from Romania and six per cent from Bulgaria.more

US President-elect Donald Trump does not know how to end the war in Ukraine for the time being, and has no immediate intention of ending aid to Kyiv, the UK's Financial Times wrote yesterday, citing anonymous sources.more

The death toll from the California wildfires has risen to at least 10. More than 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and the fire has consumed thousands of buildings in an area of about 120 square kilometres, an area the size of San Francisco. The cause of the fires, the worst in Los Angeles history, has not yet been determined.more

The Singaporean passport has topped the list of the world's strongest travel documents, according to the Henley Passport Index. Its holders can travel visa-free to 195 of 227 countries. The Polish passport came in seventh and allows visa-free travel to 188 countries.more

A 37-year-old Pole will be charged with murder after a policeman died while chasing car thieves in Brandenburg, eastern Germany, German prosecutors said yesterday. The man was driving a car that hit the policeman, killing him.more

Poland has the second largest number of farms in the EU after Romania and leads the way in terms of the amount of agricultural land owned directly by the farmer, according to an agricultural census published by Eurostat on Tuesday.more

In a decree issued, the mayor of the town of Belcastro in Calabria in southern Italy has banned residents from engaging in behaviour that could be hazardous to their health. He explained the ban by the lack of medical care in the town. He recommended everyone to rest as much as possible, not to travel and not to participate in sports.more

Elon Musk acts as de facto ‘co-president of the USA’ and seeks to change the powers in allied European countries, without criticising China or Russia for doing so; Europe is in trouble, a columnist for the British daily ‘Financial Times’ assesses today.more

There is not the slightest chance of Canada becoming part of the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on social media yesterday, commenting on US President-elect Donald Trump's statements about annexing Canada.more

The Meta conglomerate, which owns Facebook among others, will get rid of fact-checkers and users will have a greater role in moderating services, just as they do on X, company owner Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday in a recording on Meta's website.more

Alicante joins the ranks of Spanish cities that have decided to tackle the pressing issue of temporary holiday rentals. Councillors in this city have decided to ban the issuing of new licences for short-term rentals, which will be in force for the next two years.more

According to synoptics, more than half a metre of snow will fall in Norway in the coming hours. Bus services are being cancelled, schools are switching to distance learning and huge traffic jams are forming on the roads. According to forecasts, weather conditions in the south of the country could become even more difficult.more

President Joe Biden has signed a bill extending Social Security benefits to several million retirees in the US. Its beneficiaries may include Poles, who have so far had their benefits reduced if they have been receiving pensions from Poland.more

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced yesterday that he will step down as party leader and thus cease to be Prime Minister. However, he will remain in office until his successor is elected. The work of parliament has been suspended for almost three months.more

Following the death of Japanese woman Tomiko Itooki last December, the current oldest living person is a football-loving Brazilian nun, 116-year-old Inah Canabarro, the AP reported on Sunday, citing data from the LongeviQuest organisation.more

An increasing number of schools in the state of Brandenburg in north-eastern Germany are offering Polish language lessons, the German daily ‘Tagesspiegel’ reported. The offer of these establishments does not always correspond to the concrete demand, criticises CDU politician Gordon Hoffmann.more