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As head of the National Space Council (NSC), current vice-president Kamala Harris has made herself known as an advocate of sending astronauts to the moon again to build a base there. Like Donald Trump, she sees space as another space of global competition with China, assesses the Politico website.more

Within the first month of the Labor government taking power, 3,596 illegal immigrants entered Great Britain through the English Channel, which is an almost identical number to the same period last year and clearly lower than in the same period a year earlier - according to statistics British Home Office.more

Due to the indexation of salaries in the budget sector for next year, President Andrzej Duda's salary will increase by over PLN 1,000. zloty. According to a SW Research survey for "Wprost", 64 percent respondents believe that the salary of the head of state should not be higher, nearly 19 percent is of the opposite opinion.more

Limit on welfare support, introduced in 2013, leaves some with just £4 a day for each family member, writes "Guardian".more

A man has been arrested after a van drove into several gates at Government Buildings in Dublin. Gardai are also investigating an incident of criminal damage at Dublin’s Phoenix Park where the official residence of Ireland’s President, Michael D Higgins, is located.more

Yesterday's prisoner exchange, according to the media the largest in Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War, involved 24 people aged 19 to 71. They include experienced activists as well as people, including journalists, who opposed Russian aggression against Ukraine, noted the AP agency.more

The Montenegrin non-governmental organization "35 millimeters" entered the Montenegrin government into the Guinness Book of Records for the largest number of ministers per capita in the country, N1 television reported.more

Exclusive Ipsos survey for The Evening Standard found 50 per cent of adults in Britain would prefer to see Democrat Ms Harris as US president, compared to 21 per cent for Republican Donald Trump.more

Newham town hall is facing “considerable financial pressures” over its temporary accommodation bills.more

The government will probably have to increase some taxes in the budget report presented in October, admitted Rachel Reeves, finance minister in the new Labor government of Great Britain.more

36 per cent of respondents believe that Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski would be the best candidate of the Civic Coalition for President of Poland, according to a United Surveys poll for Wirtualna Polska. The second most frequently indicated politician was Prime Minister Donald Tusk - 15.9 per cent.more

Britain's new government on Tuesday set out mandatory housing targets for councils in England with a view to delivering 1.5 million more homes before the next election, aided by an overhaul of the planning system.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appealed to Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog to immediately take steps that will lead to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The two leaders talked in Paris, where the Summer Olympics are being held.more

Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic candidate in the November US presidential elections, is considering only three candidates for the position of vice president. These people are Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Bloomberg revealed.more

Thousands of supporters of the far-right activist Tommy Robinson have filled Trafalgar Square in central London after a march. He claimed the event was the "biggest patriotic rally" the UK had ever seen.more

Real sanctions against the Kremlin, a strengthening of Nato, a lend-lease for Ukraine and the lifting of restrictions on the use of US weapons in its war against Russia - according to former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, these are all elements of Donald Trump's plan for Ukraine should the Republican win the presidential election.more

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy appealed to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi behind the scenes at the ASEAN summit in Laos that China should not allow its companies to support the Russian arms industry, Lammy's office reported today.more

There are some doubts as to whether Donald Trump was shot or injured by a fragment of a teleprompter - the AFP agency reported yesterday, citing the words of FBI Director Chris Wray. He testified on Wednesday in the US Congress before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.more

‘America is at a turning point, it must choose between hope and hate, between moving forward and moving backward, democracy is in your hands,’ - announced President Joe Biden yesterday in a speech to the nation in which he explained the reasons for his resignation from running for the US presidency.more

Seven Labour MPs have had the whip suspended for six months after voting against the government on an amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Ex-shadow chancellor John McDonnell was among the Labour MPs who voted for an SNP motion calling for an end to the policy, which prevents almost all parents from claiming Universal Credit or child tax credit for more than two children.more

US Vice President and informal Democratic candidate for President of the United States Kamala Harris started her election campaign yesterday. She took part in her first campaign rally, which took place in Wisconsin.more

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The highest trust among politicians is currently held by President Andrzej Duda (49 per cent). In second place is the Speaker of the Sejm, Poland 2050 leader Szymon Hołownia (48 per cent), and in third place is Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski (45 per cent), according to the July CBOS poll.more

The state of our armed forces, after decades of cutting military spending, is much worse than we thought, UK Defence Minister John Healey has announced. The politician highlighted the need to change the culture of management in the army.more

US Vice President Kamala Harris travelled to Wilmington, Delaware yesterday to meet campaign staff. Harris announced, among other things, that she would fight for women's right to abortion, as well as strengthen the middle class. At least 2,579 Democratic delegates have declared their support for her as the party's candidate in the US presidential election.more