Former great Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world in 100 and 200 meters, believes that the second of these records will probably be broken sooner. However, he added that for now he is not afraid of any of them.more

Police arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of murdering a 39-year-old Pole in Leidschendam in the central Netherlands last week, said Fleur Mosterdijk from the police press office in The Hague.more

King Charles has wisely continued the 'never complain, never explain' policy amid rift with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.more

"I want to play even after the age of forty, just like American football player Tom Brady," said 36-year-old tennis player Novak Djokovic, who won three Grand Slam tournaments in 2023: Australian Open, French Open and US Open.more

An unidentified object appeared on the radar near Hrubieszów and then disappeared; we have no confirmation that it fell in our voivodeship - said Krzysztof Komorski, voivode of Lublin, today.more

Antisemitic hate crimes rose sharply in the month after the Hamas attack on Israel, figures from some of the UK's largest police forces suggest. more

Today, Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov officially confirmed that an agreement has been reached with Austria, which has so far blocked the entry of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area. The country will enter the zone in 2024. Initially, control will be removed at sea and air borders, and later at land borders.more

Arsenal London, who was leading before the 19th round, lost at home to local rival West Ham United 0:2. This means that at the halfway point of the English Premier League season, Liverpool is the leader. Jakub Kiwior was a substitute for the hosts, and Łukasz Fabiański - for the guests.more

Post Offices saw a record high for personal cash withdrawals on a single day on Friday 22 December, the group said. It said that £62m was withdrawn as many did last minute shopping and readied cash gifts for Christmas day.more

Large numbers of safety-conscious Irish householders keep the lights on when they leave the house in the hope of fooling burglars into thinking they are still at home. Others leave clothes hanging on the line to give the impression they are in the home. And some put their valuables in the attic when they are on holiday, according to a survey of the various methods used by people to keep burglarsmore

In March, during Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin informed him that he intended to wage war with Ukraine for at least five years, revealed the Japanese portal Nikkei Asia, which cited its own sources.more

German Andreas Wellinger won the qualification for the first competition of the 72nd Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf. Six Poles in total advanced to today's competition. The best of them, Piotr Zyla, took 26th place.more

Tesco has started packaging its pocket tissues in recyclable paper to save almost 35 tonnes of new soft plastic being created each year. The UK’s biggest supermarket said the change to its own-brand pocket tissue multipacks would save more than 55 million pieces of soft plastic.more

Barrington, Nova Scotia, will start sourcing water from Atlantic Ocean desalination next year. The town is looking at ways to cope with the drought.more

Graphic seat booking is available on all domestic PKP Intercity trains, PKP InterCity spokesman Cezary Nowak said. He stipulated that such a possibility is not available on international trains.more

New Year’s Eve is set to see “ferocious” winds when a second Atlantic storm will strike the UK in the wake of Storm Gerrit. After Gerrit’s 60-70 mph winds, the unsettled weather is due to linger for the following 36 hours, before another bout of low-pressure threatens festive plans.more

Trains from London to Europe could be expanded under proposed plans which would see new direct rail routes to Germany and Switzerland. Swiss national railways (SBB) plans a new five-hour service between St Pancras and Basel using Eurostar trains while Spanish firm Evolyn wants to open a direct link to Frankfurt, Cologne, and Zurich, reported MailOnline.more

Kamil Majchrzak - after 13 months of suspension - returns to the courts. He starts from scratch, but his goals are ambitious. Next year he would like to play in the US Open qualifiers and secure a trip to Australia. "The goal is to return to the top 100 in the ATP ranking," the tennis player, who will turn 28 on January 13, assured PAP.more

Kerbside collections for small electrical goods such as toasters and hairdryers could be rolled out across the UK from 2026 under government proposals to boost recycling.more

Another type of cheese has been urgently recalled due to fears of possible E. coli contamination. Health chiefs have urged people not to eat the No.1 Kirkham’s Lancashire product, made using raw cow’s milk and sold at Waitrose.more

The position of French President Emmanuel Macron is weakening, which raises fears that his position may be taken by Marine Le Pen from the far-right National Rally in the future. This would mean a political earthquake - says the Financial Times.more

The 72nd edition of the Four Hills Ski Tournament will begin with qualifications on Thursday in Oberstdorf, Germany. This time, it is difficult to find Poles among the favorites of this prestigious event, as their performance this season is much worse than in recent years.more

UK sales of vinyl LPs have hit their highest level since 1990 as the revival of the physical music market continues. Sales rose by 11.7% to 5.9 million units, increasing for the 16th year in a row, according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) trade group.more

Most of the richest people in the world have increased their wealth in 2023. The fortunes of 38 of the 50 most wealthy have increased, The Guardian reported yesterday.more

Commemorative coins celebrating Sir Winston Churchill, Buckingham Palace and the RNLI have been unveiled by the Royal Mint among five new designs to appear in 2024. The designs will celebrate some key events and anniversaries, the Mint said.more