Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US has refused to provide Kiev with weapons capable of effectively striking Crimea, where there are thousands of Russian troops and numerous Russian military bases. Now Washington seems to be softening that stance.more

28 per cent of people in the Netherlands are worried that they will not have enough money for food, according to a study by the Dutch Red Cross. At the same time, due to inflation, the number of new trade union members is growing rapidly, reports the daily De Telegraaf.more

A record 38 per cent of Americans will forgo treatment in 2022 due to high costs. Lower-income individuals, younger adults and women suffer the most, according to a Gallup poll released yesterday.more

Most train services in France will be cancelled tomorrow, as will some flights operated by Orly airport. Disruption to the Paris metro is also expected, French media report. Transport Minister Clement Beaune is predicting a "Black Thursday".more

Three years ago, a virus causing a new strain of lung infection was identified. However, the Covid-19 pandemic in 2023 is far from over, warns the journal Lancet.more

Vladimir Putin may announce a second wave of mobilisation in Russia as early as today. Just today, he is due to deliver a speech in St Petersburg to mark the 80th anniversary of Soviet troops breaking the German siege of Leningrad, the Russian dictator's hometown, and Putin likes to use symbolic dates for proclamations to the nation, the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed.more

The Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Grodno, Andrzej Raczkowski, received the Andrzej Kremer 'Consul of the Year' award from the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zbigniew Rau, yesterday in Warsaw. 'Your achievements are an inspiration for the entire consular service,' Minister Rau addressed Raczkowski.more

The three main figures in Ukraine's interior ministry have been killed in a helicopter crash beside a nursery in an eastern suburb of the capital Kyiv. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, 42, died alongside his first deputy minister and state secretary.more

French nun Sister Andre, who was believed to be the world's oldest person as of April 2022, died in her sleep on Monday night into Tuesday at a retirement home in Toulon in southern France, AFP reported.more

Due to the immigration crisis, New York Mayor Eric Adams traveled to Texas over the weekend to investigate the situation on the southern US border. He warned that newcomers had a false idea of what to expect in New York.more

In 2022, the average annual inflation rate in Germany was 7.9 percent, the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announced.more

Much of Spain has been put on red, the highest level of weather alert for Hurricane Fien, which is expected to last until the end of the week. Low temperatures, rain, strong winds, snowfall and 9-meter waves in the sea are recorded, the National Agency reported Meteorological (AEMET).more

CIA Director Bill Burns, before the Russian invasion, revealed to Volodymyr Zelensky the details of the Kremlin's planned assassination attempt, The Insider reports, based on Chris Whipple's book The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House.more

Captured "the last Godfather", "the end of the mafia era", "cosa nostra-final" - this is how Italian newspapers comment on the arrest in Palermo, Sicily, of the powerful boss of the local mafia, Matteo Messina Denaro, who has been hiding for 30 years. He was detained by the Carabinieri in a private clinic in Palermo.more

Five accused of five attacks on shops selling Polish products in 2020 and 2021 appeared in court in Schiphol yesterday. One of the suspects admitted that he received 2,000 euros in exchange for planting an explosive in a shop in Aalsmeer in the central Netherlands. euro.more

Eight people were injured yesterday evening in a mass shooting in the city of Fort Pierce in the US Florida, the local police informed. The incident took place during a district fete on the occasion of Martin Luther King Day, where more than a thousand people enjoyed themselves.more

The frequent use of devices such as smartphones and tablets to calm upset children aged 3-5 years is associated with their emotional disruption. This effect is particularly strong in boys.more

Anyone who has no idea where to travel to this year can take inspiration from this year's ranking by The New York Times. The list is extensive, with 52 destinations. London tops the list, followed by the Japanese city of Morioka and the Monument Valley located on the Navaho Indian Reservation.more

Heavily rising prices are a pain not only for Poles. They worry around 90 per cent of our continent's inhabitants, according to an IBRiS survey published today in Rzeczpospolita.more

The overall number of crimes over the last six months in Paris has decreased, but remains high and the situation is still not positive, Paris police chief Laurent Nunez assessed, as quoted by Euronews today.more

Yesterday shortly before midnight a black Mercedes hit the Brandenburg Gate with great force. The driver died on the spot, a police spokesman confirmed this morning. According to the Bild newspaper, the car had Polish number plates.more

After nearly 30 years of searches around the world, Italian police have arrested local Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro in Palermo, Sicily, Italian media reported. He was at the top of the list of the most powerful wanted mafiosi. He was detained at a private clinic where he had gone for treatment.more

R'Bonney Gabriel was crowned Miss Universe 2023 on Saturday night, making her the first American woman of Filipino descent to receive the honour.more

The Polish passport is once again among the world's strongest passports. Its holders can travel without a visa to 184 countries, according to the Henley Passport Index report recently published in the UK.more

Police have arrested two men for planting an explosive device under the flat of a police officer in Best in the south of the Netherlands, reports the daily Algemeen Dagblad. It emerged that the father had ordered the officer's flat to be blown up after the officer had fined his son.more