More than 290,000 Canadians have signed a petition asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to strip tech mogul Elon Musk of his Canadian citizenship for acting against Canada’s national interest.more

US President Donald Trump Wednesday said that the European Union was formed to "screw" the United States as he threatened to levy 25 percent tariffs against the bloc. Trump's latest invective brought swift reaction from the EU, with one official saying the bloc had in fact been a "boon" for the United States.more

Three years of war in Ukraine have had an impact on Poland's image among Portuguese public opinion. Evidence of security concerns is the smaller number of Portuguese travelling to Poland - with the exception of students.more

Ukraine may sign a deal with the United States on minerals in Washington on Friday, AFP reported yesterday, citing a senior Ukrainian official. Earlier, the Financial Times reported that Ukraine had agreed to the American agreement.more

Tesla car sales in the European Union fell by half in January 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to ACEA. At the same time, the market share of electric cars reached a record 15 percent. Hybrids are becoming increasingly popular in Poland.more

Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke said private company Ocean Infinity had resumed the search for the wreckage of flight MH370, which disappeared during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.more

Several European and non-European countries are ready to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine if an agreement is reached between Kiev and Moscow, French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday after meeting with Donald Trump during a press conference at the White House.more

The European Union spent more money on Russian fuels in the third year of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine than on financial aid given to Kyiv, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), cited by the UK's daily ‘The Guardian’ today.more

‘After difficult, chaotic years in politics, the Germans have chosen a change and a new, strong leader in the form of the leader of the victorious CDU party Friedrich Merz,’ said University of Szczecin historian Professor Pierre-Frederic Weber, commenting on the results of the Bundestag elections.more

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha has expressed confidence that his country can achieve a "just and reasonable peace" this year. The diplomat spoke yesterday at the "Ukraine. Year 2025" forum, dedicated to the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.more

Introducing a guaranteed income in Canada would reduce the area of poverty by up to 40 per cent and cost between $53 billion and $107 billion, according to a report released this week by the parliamentary budget watchdog.more

Berlin police have arrested a suspect accused of carrying out an attack at a memorial to Holocaust victims - the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in the centre of the German capital, investigators announced last night. One person was seriously injured as a result of the attack. The identity of the suspect has been established: he is a 19-year-old Syrian refugee. more

Representatives of the Trump administration threatened Ukraine with immediate cut-off from the Starlink orbital communications network if Kyiv did not agree to a profit-sharing deal on Ukraine's natural resources, Reuters reported. Donald Trump assessed yesterday that Ukraine was likely to agree to US demands soon.more

The United States does not want the joint declaration of the G7 countries to mark the third anniversary of Russia's attack on Ukraine to include the wording about Russia as an aggressor, the 'Financial Times' reported yesterday.more

The value of EU exports of goods to non-EU countries in 2024 reached €2.59 trillion, up 1.1 per cent on 2023, according to the latest Eurostat figures. Imports to the EU amounted to €2.43 trillion, recording a decrease of 3.5 per cent on the previous year.more

US President Donald Trump has already made no secret of his sympathy for Russian leader Vladimir Putin during his first term in office, but his attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could mark the beginning of a new world order, the US press comments today.more

The European media fears a drop in turnover for tourism and service sector companies due to the planned reduction of Ryanair flights in at least five EU countries such as Spain, Denmark and Germany, among others. In Poland, the airline will launch 23 new destinations during the summer season.more

If Europe wants to send troops to Ukraine, I'm for it, but we won't do it because we are very far away, US President Donald Trump declared yesterday. He also praised the outcome of the Riyadh talks, supported the Russian demand for elections in Ukraine and announced a meeting with Putin later in February.more

French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed he will hold another meeting on Ukraine today with leaders from Europe and beyond, and announced he will talk to political forces in the country about the situation related to the threat from Russia.more

At the end of 2024, the U.S. population reached 340.1 million, an increase of about 8.5 million people from 2020. The largest number of new residents were added by Texas, Florida, and South Carolina, while the largest losses were recorded by New York, California, and Illinois.more

Talks between US and Russian delegations took place today in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported. This is the first such meeting since the beginning of the Russian assault on Ukraine. The main topic was Russia's war against Ukraine. The meeting lasted 4.5 hours.more

All passengers and crew on a flight which crashed and overturned while landing at Toronto Pearson Airport in Canada have survived, the airport's chief executive said. "We are very grateful there was no loss of life and relatively minor injuries," said Deborah Flint of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority.more

After the informal meeting in Paris, Prime Minister Donald Tusk stressed yesterday evening that it was a prelude to what will happen in the coming weeks and months. He said that he was pleased to hear from everyone that it is in the interest of all of Europe to work intensively to strengthen cooperation among allies.more

US President Donald Trump’s administration has told European officials that it wants to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine by Easter, Bloomberg reported yesterday. This year, Orthodox, Greek Catholics and Catholics celebrate the holiday on the same day – April 20.more

Brazil has been hit by an extreme heatwave. The highest temperatures, reaching 40°C, felt up to 63°C, with air humidity reaching 80% in the afternoon, are in the former capital of the country - the seaside city of Rio de Janeiro, where the famous Brazilian carnival has begun, with performances by competing "dance school" teams of several hundred people.more