Environmentalists and communists on the Paris city council are criticising Coca-Cola's sponsorship of Christmas illuminations on the Champs-Elysees, the French capital's representative avenue. They accuse the corporation of disregarding the environment and its flagship product, Coca-Cola, of harming health.more

AFC Bournemouth's 17th round English Premier League match between AFC Bournemouth and Luton Town was abandoned in the 65th minute at the 1:1 mark due to visitors' player Tom Lockyer collapsing. Champions Manchester City barely drew at home with Crystal Palace 2:2, missing out on victory in added time.more

London is a fantastic place to live, but according to a new survey whether there's truth behind that statement depends on where exactly in the city you live.more

As part of the Archewell foundation they established, the royal couple undertook another philanthropic initiative. Currently operating in eight states and the US capital, "The Welcome Project" supports Afghan immigrant women in building a safe community based on friendship.more

Demand for at-home equipment jumps amid steep rise in cafe prices since pandemic.more

A Premier League match will be refereed by a woman for the first time after Rebecca Welch was appointed to take charge of Fulham’s game against Burnley on Saturday, Dec 23.more

The 12th Airbus A321 aircraft will join the fleet of Hungarian Wizz Air at Warsaw Chopin Airport in April 2024, the carrier said.more

Brits are drinking and spending less on a night out, a new report has revealed, as conscious clubbers ditch the booze to protect their pockets and health. more

The real mission of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan is not to reform the media, but to destroy the monarchy, said Piers Morgan, former editor-in-chief of the Daily Mirror, yesterday, referring to the verdict regarding invasion of privacy by this newspaper.more

The Urawa Red Diamonds team, led by coach Maciej Skorża, defeated the Mexican Club Leon 1-0 in Jeddah and advanced to the semi-finals of the Club World Championships in Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, the rival of the Japanese players will be Manchester City.more

David Cameron has said the “heat and anger” has gone from the UK-EU relationship, as he spoke at length about the UK’s global position after Brexit for the first time since becoming foreign secretary.more

Actor Matthew Perry's death was an accident caused by the "acute effects of ketamine", medical officials in Los Angeles have confirmed. The star was found unresponsive in the pool of his LA home in October, but a post-mortem examination was inconclusive at the time.more

Nearly 40,000 more people than last year are expected to spend this Christmas homeless, in a sign that England’s housing emergency is out of control, according to the charity Shelter.more

Juventus Turin, played by Wojciech Szczęsny and Arkadiusz Milik, drew 1-1 away with Genoa in the 16th round and missed the opportunity to take over as the leader of the Italian top football league for at least two days.more

The number of inhabitants of Spain has exceeded 48 million, a level previously unheard of in this country - according to preliminary estimates of the population census prepared by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) in Madrid.more

A decades-long decline in smoking in England has nearly ground to a halt since the pandemic, a study suggests. more

Italy is the most popular Christmas flight destination chosen by Polish Ryanair customers, the airline reported. It added that Spain and the Canary Islands are in second place.more

Muhammad held onto the boy's top spot, while Olivia makes a triumphant return to number one in the girl's list. more

The Polish women's national team takes 29th place in the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) rankings published yesterday, which means an advancement by one position compared to the previous ranking in August.more

As usual, Poles will postpone pre-Christmas grocery shopping until the last minute. Nearly 33% will do it a week before Christmas. This is more than a year ago. In addition, over 21% of Poles will go on major grocery shopping just a few days before Christmas - showed a report by the analytical and research platform UCE RESEARCH and the BLIX Group entitled "Poles' shopping plans for Christmas".more

Millions of people are borrowing to pay essential bills at Christmas, charities warn, with energy debts a key concern as prices are set to rise again. Citizens Advice said it was seeing more people falling behind on energy bills as winter began, owing an average of £1,841 to their supplier.more

Britain's Prince Harry won the lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), the publisher of, among others, tabloid "Daily Mirror". A court in London today found that newspapers published by MGN tapped his and other celebrities' phones and awarded Harry 140,600. pounds compensation.more

A west London library has had to temporarily close after bedbugs were found in returned books. It was announced on Monday that Northolt library in West Ealing would be closed until the issue is resolved.more

Four Polish ski jumpers advanced to Saturday's World Cup competition in Engelberg. Piotr Żyła took seventh place, Dawid Kubacki was 21st, Kamil Stoch 22nd, and Paweł Wąsek 29th. Maciej Kot was eliminated 54th. The qualification was won by Slovenian Anze Lanisek.more

A weekly carolling event in east London has been cancelled after going viral on Tiktok. The event, held on Columbia Road in Bethnal Green on Wednesdays in December, had "become a victim of its own success".more