English Premier League leaders Liverpool beat AFC Bournemouth 4:0 away in the 21st round and consolidated their lead in the table. In Sheffield United's encounter with West Ham United (2:2), Scotsman Oliver McBurnie scored the latest goal ever scored in the competition.more

January 15 this year Wiktor Moszczyński's author's evening took place at Ognisko Polskie in connection with the release of his new book, published in English, entitled "Chasing Phileas Fogg; 80 Days on the Borealis" The author described his journey in the form of a diary, and he took it with his wife Albina on board the Borealis ship.more

Szymon Żurkowski scored three goals for Empoli in a 3-0 win over Monza in the 21st round of the Italian Premier League. The Pole, recently on loan from Spezia, has already scored four goals in two games. Bartosz Bereszynski and Sebastian Walukiewicz also played for the home team.more

A leaked secret military report shows that Germany is analyzing the option of abandoning Ukraine by the United States and emboldening Russia to the extent that it will invade Poland - reported the most popular Australian news portal news.com.au.more

The GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) agency has for the first time released photos and a working diagram of Colossus, a secret British code-breaking computer. The machine was considered to be of key importance in helping the Allies win World War II.more

The front lines of the war in Ukraine have been overrun by rats and mice, spreading diseases among soldiers that paralyze their fighting abilities. This is reminiscent of the gruesome conditions in the trenches during World War I, CNN reports.more

Aleksander Zniszczoł finished 11th in the ski jumping World Cup competition in Zakopane. The overall leader was won by Austrian Stefan Kraft. Second place went to Germany's Andreas Wellinger and third place to Slovenia's Anze Lanisek.more

Transport for London (TfL) fares will be frozen until March next year, Sadiq Khan has announced. The Labour mayor of London, who chairs TfL, said he “wasn’t prepared to stand by” while passengers pay more for public transport.more

EU countries exported 32.1 million tonnes of waste to non-EU countries in 2022, mainly to Turkey, Eurostat reported.more

Norwegian Erling Haaland received the Globe Soccer Awards' best player of 2023. The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo won the fans' vote. The names of the winners were announced during the gala in Dubai.more

A new book about King Charles III, "The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy" brings an interesting fact about Boris Johnson and his relationship with Elizabeth II. During the pandemic, when the Queen allowed the British Prime Minister to walk around the gardens of Buckingham Palace, an unpleasant event occurred.more

Venice introduces entrance fees to the city, the Louvre museum in Paris increases ticket prices, and Amsterdam discourages visits. More and more cities in Europe are trying to slow down the influx of tourist crowds. Tourism experts wonder in the Dutch daily "Algemeen Dagblad" whether such actions are effective.more

Almost the whole of the UK is under amber weather warnings for strong winds from Storm Isha. The Met Office said amber wind warnings will be in force from 18:00 GMT on Sunday for all of the UK apart from London and parts of the South East.more

Magdalena Frech lost to the fourth seeded American Coco Gauff 1:6, 2:6 in the 1/8 finals of the Grand Slam tennis tournament Australian Open in Melbourne. In turn, Aryna Sabalenka, seeded number two, advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating American Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-2.more

Britain's Prince Harry has withdrawn his defamation suit against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday newspaper, reported Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).more

Large parts of Australia are in a zone of extreme heat, further increasing the already serious threat of bushfires, Reuters reported.more

Cases of measles have been rising across England, with the latest outbreaks centred in the West Midlands and London. Health officials are encouraging people to have the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab, after figures showed uptake at the lowest level for more than a decade.more

Arsenal players defeated Crystal Palce 5-0 at their own stadium in the London derby in Saturday's match of the 21st round of the Premier League. In the 81st minute, the hosts' defender Jakub Kiwior appeared on the pitch.more

Parliamentarians voted to reform the Citizenship Act, making naturalization faster and easier. It will also be possible to retain a second citizenship, the dpa news agency reported.more

The government has backed proposals to make stealing cats and dogs a specific criminal offence in England and Northern Ireland. A bill which would create an offence of "pet abduction" passed its first Commons hurdle unopposed on Friday. more

Kamil Stoch, Paweł Wąsek, Aleksander Zniszczoł and Dawid Kubacki took sixth place in the team competition of the Ski Jumping World Cup in Zakopane. The Austrians won, the Slovenians were second, and the Germans took third place. It was the penultimate element of the Polish Tournament.more

Positions for lighthouse keepers and their assistants are immediately available from the Canadian Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans. CVs can be submitted until the end of March this year, and for an assistant lighthouse keeper in British Columbia until the end of the year. Canadian citizenship is not required, just residency and technical skills.more

Retail sales volumes fell by 3.2% in December in the sharpest drop since the UK was in a Covid lockdown. Official figures revealed a sharp fall in demand for goods, but food sales also declined in the run-up to Christmas.more

The British Ministry of Defense announced yesterday a successful test of a high-power laser weapon against an airborne target. In the future, these weapons will become a cheap alternative to missiles for shooting down targets such as drones.more

Iga Swiatek lost to Czech tennis player Linda Noskova in the third round of the Grand Slam Australian Open in Melbourne. The meeting lasted two hours and 20 minutes. In turn, Hubert Hurkacz advanced to the 1/8 finals.more