Thanks to the new agreement with the European Union, Northern Ireland will be in a unique position in the world - stressed British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Belfast, convincing to support the Windsor framework agreed the day before. They are a response to trade problems between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom that the Northern Ireland Protocol created.more
Hubert Hurkacz defeated Russian Aleksandr Shevchenko 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) in the first round of the ATP 500 tennis tournament on hard courts in Dubai ($2.86 million prize pool). In the quarterfinals, the Pole can meet Serbian Novak Djokovic.more
The United States does not expect Russia to make significant territorial gains in Ukraine anytime soon, a senior Pentagon official in the House of Representatives has said.more
Founded in 1946, the largest federation of Polish organizations in the world, based in London, has a new president. As the organization itself informed our portal, Alicja Donimirska will now lead the Polish Union in Great Britain.more
Manchester City players have advanced to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. Josep Guardiola's charges defeated the lower class Bristol City 3:0 (1:0) last night.more
For several days now, just after sunset, two exceptionally bright points can be observed on the western side of the sky. It's Jupiter and Venus that are approaching a conjunction, or union. The planets will be closest to each other today.more
Ocado has kicked off a pricing war with Tesco after revealing it lost more than half a billion pounds as shoppers filled up their baskets with fewer items since the pandemic.
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The White House on Monday ordered government agencies to eliminate the Chinese Tik Tok app from federal devices and systems within 30 days. This was protested by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).more
Tennis star Rafael Nadal will miss the March ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, California due to an injury, organizers have announced. The Spaniard has won this prestigious event three times in the past and reached the final last year.more
Women and ethnic minorities are now overrepresented in the UK advertising industry following a decades-long push to improve diversity, according to a new survey.more
Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is once again the world's richest man, Bloomberg reports. Musk lost his title as the world's richest man last December.more
As many as 43% of Poles believe that our civilization will soon be destroyed, and 41% of people in this group claim that it will happen in their lifetime. The main reasons for their concerns are: the climate crisis, the war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, only 46% of respondents claim that they have the skills necessary to survive after a global cataclysm.more
Long waits for patients in hospital emergency departments (A&E) contributed to some 23,000 additional deaths in England last year, according to an analysis presented today by the emergency physicians' organization, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).more
"I didn't train for fun. I came to do great things. Today we see the results of that." - announced amputee Marcin Oleksy, who received the Puskas Award for the prettiest goal of 2022 at the FIFA The Best gala in Paris yesterday.more
The Dutch government today forwarded to parliament a bill criminalizing the exploitation of labor migrants. Penalties are to include accommodation in poor conditions and underpayment of wages.more
After the dispute between Britain and the European Union over Northern Irish protocol was resolved, a dispute arose over another protocol - diplomatic protocol, specifically who invited European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen to an audience with Charles III, British media wrote today.more
The Russians are preparing for a long war in Ukraine, their use of nuclear weapons seems unlikely - these are the conclusions of an Italian secret service report to parliament released today. According to the intelligence service, further cyberattacks by Russia and attempts to interfere in the politics of NATO countries are to be expected.more
Two-thirds of veggie burgers sold in the Netherlands are unhealthy due to too much salt, according to a study by the Dutch Consumers Association (Consumentenbond). The organization points out that they also contain too much fat.more
West Ham United goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski will not play tomorrow against Manchester United in the 1/8 finals of the FA Cup due to a fractured cheekbone. The former Polish national team player suffered the injury in Saturday's league match against Nottingham Forest (4:0).more
The British opposition leader's warning that we will soon be poorer than Poland is disrespectful to this country, to say the least; Keir Starmer should rather look into the reasons for Poland's success, writes his columnist Matthew Lynn on the website of 'The Spectator'.more
Elon Musk has approached artificial intelligence specialists in recent weeks about setting up a new research lab to develop an alternative to ChatGPT, Reuters reported today, citing technology industry portal The Information.more
Arkadiusz Milik will not return to action until after the break for national team matches, Juventus Turin coach Massimiliano Allegri has announced. The Polish player suffered a thigh injury on January 29 in a league game against Monza.more
