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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke by phone to former US President Donald Trump yesterday in connection with an attempt to kill him during an election rally, his office said. Meanwhile, British newspapers claim that thanks to this event, Trump's chances of winning have increased.more

Former US President Donald Trump was shot in the ear yesterday during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Two people were killed, including the bomber, and two others were seriously injured. The Republican candidate's condition is good.more

US and German special services have foiled a Russian plan to assassinate Armin Papperger, the head of German arms conglomerate Rheinmetall, CNN reported yesterday, citing US and other Western officials. The conglomerate supplies munitions to Ukraine.more

The US House of Representatives Oversight Committee, led by a Republican majority, has summoned three White House advisers to testify about President Joe Biden's health. Anthony Bernal, Annie Tomasini and Ashley Williams are expected to appear at the Capitol.more

The reason for the heightened readiness at US bases in Europe was intelligence information about possible sabotage attempts by Russia's henchmen, CNN reported yesterday. Information about the threat of Russian sabotage was also confirmed by the head of the Ministry of Defence, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.more

The Republican party committee yesterday approved the electoral program for the November elections. The demands included, among others: "restoring peace to Europe" and preventing the outbreak of World War III, as well as mass deportations of millions of illegal immigrants.more

Beryllium struck the US coast yesterday, spawning several tornadoes and leaving seven victims in Texas and one in Louisiana, as well as three million utility customers without power. It later weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression.more

'I would only step down if God Almighty came down and told me I had no chance of winning against Trump,' Joe Biden declared in an ABC television interview yesterday, referring to the possibility of withdrawing from the presidential race. He downplayed concerns raised by politicians in his own party and ruled out undergoing additional medical tests.more

Two polls published on Wednesday by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal show Donald Trump's biggest lead to date over Joe Biden, between six and eight percentage points. The overwhelming majority of respondents also believe that the president is too old to be in office. Biden declares that he "absolutely" has no intention of withdrawing from the race. He has undergone a medical check-upmore

Donald Trump is open to the idea of ruling out Nato enlargement to include Ukraine and Georgia and giving the go-ahead to change Ukraine's borders, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing foreign policy experts close to Trump. Almost all experts close to the former president expect a significant reduction in the US role inside NATO.more

The American company Moderna is conducting advanced research on a vaccine against bird flu using mRNA technology. This work is financially supported by the US government. The results of clinical trials are expected to be known in autumn 2024.more

Shortly after the Supreme Court issued its decision on his claim of presidential immunity, Donald Trump took to social media to celebrate. “Big win for our constitution and democracy,” he posted on Truth Social. "Proud to be an American!”more

Some U.S. military bases in Europe raised their alert status to the second-highest level over the weekend. This is due to concerns about the possibility of a terrorist attack on US personnel or military facilities, CNN reported.more

After Joe Biden's performance in yesterday's presidential debate, there has been "aggressive panic" in the Democratic camp, and party activists are considering whether to ask the president to withdraw from the election race, CNN and other media reported. These reports are also confirmed by a source within the party of the Polish Press Agency.more

The founder of the whistleblowing website Wikileaks Julian Assange was released from a British prison yesterday and left the UK on a plane, the website reported. He had earlier reached a plea bargain with the US justice system, which had prosecuted him for revealing hundreds of thousands of confidential documents.more

Polish Radio correspondent Marek Walkuski will head the White House Foreign Press Group, a group of foreign correspondents at the White House. The group participates in the presidential pool as part of the press corps that follows the activities of the US president.more

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated yesterday that he believes the war in Ukraine started because Russian warnings about Ukraine's possible entry into NATO were ignored. The former president ruled out Ukraine joining the Alliance and assessed that it would be "madness".more

In the coming months, President Joe Biden's administration will allow some immigrants to apply for US citizenship, the White House announced on Tuesday. This applies to some 500,000 people who are spouses of US citizens and have no legal status.more

Much of America is bracing for extreme weather next week - from a heat wave in the South to possible snow in the Rockies. The temperature in Arizona reached 44 degrees Celsius on Saturday. Two feet of snow could fall in Montana.more

President Joe Biden has a slightly better chance of winning the November presidential election than his rival Donald Trump, according to the inaugural forecast of the renowned FiveThirtyEight center. The model constructed by analysts gives Biden 53 percent. chances of winning, even though the polls themselves are slightly in Trump's favor.more

Donald Trump is in breach of a British High Court order to pay £300,000 in legal costs to the former spy who compiled a salacious dossier alleging Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Sky News can reveal Trump has failed to comply with the costs order with Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who compiled the infamous document.more

"If we let Ukraine fall, we will see Poland and all these countries along the Russian border follow," warned US President Joe Biden in an interview for Time magazine. Biden assessed that Putin's goal is to restore the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. He also emphasized that for him the war in Ukraine does not have to end with Ukraine joining NATO.more

Donald Trump has been found guilty on all counts in his historic New York criminal trial, becoming the first former or sitting president to be convicted of a crime as he makes a bid to return to the White House.more

Billionaire Elon Musk has been in talks with Donald Trump about possibly taking on an advisory role in the administration if the Republican takes power again, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. According to the Journal, the Tesla owner is also campaigning to encourage members of the elite to support Trump in the election.more

A US luxury real estate billionaire and a deep-sea explorer are planning to travel in a submersible to explore the Titanic. Ohio tycoon and adventurer Larry Connor and Patrick Lahey, co-founder of Triton Submarines, say they want to take a sub to a depth of around 3,800m (12,467ft) to see the shipwreck in the North Atlantic Ocean.more