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Microsoft was investigating its co-founder Bill Gates over a 20-year-old affair shortly before he stepped down from the company's board last year.more

A universal basic income scheme is to be trialled in Wales, meaning adults, regardless of their means, will receive a regular sum of money.more

Poland’s right-wing government has revealed a new economic strategy that marks a clear leftward shift, including higher taxes for the wealthiest Poles.more

Companies in Poland offer employees, for example, a day off or a cash allowance for vaccination. By doing so, they run the risk of being compensated for unequal treatment - the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more

Henry McCollum and Leon Brown spent nearly 31 years in prison for a brutal crime they did not commit - one they were convicted of on the basis of confessions that they insisted, for decades, had been coerced.more

Fraud and error on the main universal credit benefit have reached record levels, according to new official figures. According to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), £8.4bn was lost in 2020-21, up from £4.6bn the previous year.more

The coronavirus pandemic had sent large parts of the world into lockdown, shuttering businesses, costing tens of millions of workers their jobs and putting the housing market into a deep freeze. The number of people asking lenders for more time on their mortgage payments surged as the global recession hit.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has obtained the annulment of a court order for payment that was issued on his alleged £ 535 debt on a defamation charge, it said Thursday.more

Conor McGregor was the world's highest-paid athlete over the last year ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the annual Forbes list.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has an unpaid debt of 535 pounds ($756.12) court records showed on Wednesday, although his office said they would ask for the ruling to be removed from his record as it was “without merit”.more

The pharmaceutical company Pfizer earns billions of euros in Europe on vaccines against COVID-19, but it avoids paying taxes using Dutch tax law, as do other global companies. It was established by the Follow the Money portal.more

Electric cars and vans will be cheaper to produce than conventional, fossil fuel-powered vehicles by 2027, and tighter emissions regulations could put them in pole position to dominate all new car sales by the middle of the next decade, research has found.more

During the pandemic in Poland, banknotes remain in circulation for longer and longer, according to the data of the National Bank of Poland.more

In a letter posted on the website of their Archewell non-profit foundation, they praised supporters for their charity donations on Archie's birthday.more

The 5p charge for single-use plastic bags is going to double to 10p from 21 May, the government has confirmed. All stores in England will also have to apply the charge - a departure from the previous policy where only retailers with 250 employees or more needed to do so.more

A new "breathing space" scheme has begun in England and Wales to shield people in problem debt from further interest and charges.more

Haircutting, wall painting or garbage collection are among the services whose prices are growing fastest in Poland compared to other EU countries - stated in the HRE Investments analysis. Experts indicated that in some cases the increases in the last year were in the tens of percent.more

From today, the cost of changing one's legal gender comes down from £140 to £5 to make it easier for transgender people to afford. more

Fresh questions have been raised over Amazon’s tax planning after its latest corporate filings in Luxembourg revealed that the company collected record sales income of €44bn (£38bn) in Europe last year but did not have to pay any corporation tax to the Grand Duchy.more

Most Greeks want Germany to pay for their country's destruction in World War II. According to research conducted by various centers, support for reparations ranges from 90 to as much as 97 percent.more

Bill and Melinda Gates have announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage, saying "we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple".more

As part of the celebration of the 230th anniversary of the adoption of the May 3 Constitution and the Mutual Guarantee of Both Nations, the Bank of Lithuania and the National Bank of Poland issued three collector coins in denominations of 20 euros and 100 and 50 zlotys, informs the Bank of Lithuania.more

The Royal Mint has produced the largest coin in its 1,100 year history - measuring 20cm wide and 10 kilograms in weight.more

Boris Johnson is continuing to face questions over how expensive renovations at his Downing Street flat were paid for. There has been speculation the bill could be as much as £200,000, despite the fact the prime minister only receives an annual public grant of £30,000 to spend on the flat.more

Last year, Poles earning money abroad sent almost PLN 15.2 billion to the country. This is PLN 423 million less than in the previous year - the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more