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

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

The number of people detained in connection with suspected jihadist activities in Spain has increased in the last two years. The greatest threat is now posed by organisations from Central Asia, wrote the Catalan daily ‘La Vanguardia’ on Saturday.more

The films ‘Emilia Perez’, directed by Jacques Audiard, and ‘The Brutalist’, directed by Brady Corbet, won the main awards at Sunday's 82nd Golden Globes gala in Los Angeles, USA. Jesse Eisenberg's ‘Real Pain’, made with Polish filmmakers among others, received a statuette for supporting actor Kieran Culkin.more

A Polish couple was rescued on Saturday in Madeira, Portugal, after they became stranded by the tide at one of the cliffs near Ponta do Pargo, in the western Atlantic island. The rescue operation lasted several hours.more

"Security, Europe!" - this is the slogan of the Polish presidency of the European Union, which was officially inaugurated on January 3 in the building of the Grand Theatre - National Opera, where the opening ceremony of the Polish presidency of the EU Council took place. After 6 months of the problematic Hungarian presidency, the taking over of the baton by Poland is commented with great hope.more

Even before the end of the year, travel enthusiasts got to know a number of interesting destinations, which various travel portals considered worthy of a visit in 2025. Now CNN has also presented its proposals, singling out Gdańsk among others. This city was presented as one of the most beautiful and colourful in Poland.more