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The foreign politicians most trusted by Poles are Volodymyr Zelenski (86 per cent), Joe Biden (74 per cent) and Boris Johnson (55 per cent). Vladimir Putin and Aleksandr Lukashenko are the most distrusted, according to the July CBOS survey.more

As the cost of living has risen, around 24 million UK adults have reduced their energy consumption and 16 million have cut back on spending on food and other essentials, according to an ONS survey published yesterday.more

A large proportion of German executives are unfit to manage staff, according to psychologist Juergen Hesse. "At least half are slightly insane, but there are also severe cases," says the psychologist who deals with toxic bosses in an interview with the Spiegel weekly.more

The latest report from the Union of Polish Metropolises on helping refugees from war-stricken Ukraine shows that Rzeszów residents are among the most helpful people in Poland, the Rzeszów municipality reported yesterday.more

The global forest area per inhabitant of the Earth has decreased by more than 60% in the last 60 years. - up to 0.5 hectares per head - informs the journal "Environmental Research Letters".more

The UK's leading food bank charity has warned of a winter crisis as demand increases but donations drop off amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis.more

In approx. 38 percent. cases that were referred to the State Commission for Pedophilia, the indicated perpetrator was a family member. the majority, however, were unrelated to the victim, with the clergy being the largest group among them, according to the Commission's second report. The greatest number of reports of crimes came from the parents of the victims.more

A McDonald’s branch will no longer serve kids without an adult after 5pm in a bid to avoid staff getting harassed. The fast food restaurant on Church Street in Liverpool introduced the ban because too many employees were ‘subjected to verbal and physical abuse’. more

The world is facing a nuclear threat that has not been seen since the Cold War, warned UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the NPT review conference that began yesterday in New York.more

Almost 18 per cent of Poles are considering emigrating for work within the next year, according to a survey by ARC Market and Opinion commissioned by the Gi Group. Compared to the survey a year ago, the percentage of those undecided about whether to stay in the country or go abroad for work has increased fivefold.more

The government is refusing to name the councils excluding some households from receiving a vital support payment to help with the cost-of-living crisis.more

According to employers, job candidates lack soft skills; among these they most often mention: resistance to stress, adaptability, reliability, discipline and creativity, according to the Manpower report.more

The Spanish government has asked citizens to voluntarily join in reducing their gas consumption in the face of a possible cut-off by Russia. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Ecological Transformation Teresa Ribera recommended that citizens control their residential electricity consumption and turn off unnecessarily burning lights.more

From 1990 to 2020, the total number of international migrants increased from 153 million (2.9 per cent of the world population) to 281 million (3.6 per cent of the world population). Some 36 million are children, according to the latest World Health Organisation (WHO) report.more

The government has ruled out granting the country an additional bank holiday if England win the women's Euros. more

Vulnerable children are going without vital support because there are not enough social workers or appropriate homes to meet their needs, a regulator has warned.more

The decades-old routine of visiting an NHS dentist for a six-month checkup is being scrapped across England and Wales for most adults as part of changes designed to address the dire lack of access to dental care for many people.more

West Green Road was named ‘London's unhealthiest high street’, based on a Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH) ranking of the capital’s 146 high streets. more

Threshold has launched its impact report for the period from April to June, highlighting that in a 61 working day period, Threshold advisers across the country answered an average of 197 calls per day.more

The current legislation on mobbing is inadequate, as it does not sufficiently protect the interests of victims, Law.pl assesses, citing expert opinions. The website also points out that there is a lack of full knowledge of the true scale of the problem.more

Restaurants and gastro pubs are planning to offer more “heatwave menus” in the future amid concerns that soaring temperatures will make it impractical and potentially unsafe for chefs to cook hot food in summer.more

Poles go on vacation as often as last year, but for a shorter period. They also save on food, hence, for example, many questions to the owners of facilities about equipping rooms or apartments with kitchen equipment - according to the data from the Noclegi.pl platform collected at the halfway point of the holidays.more

A Parisian restaurant on the Champs Elysees has been accused of racism in the media. According to the former security guard, the manager of the premises was to recommend that people with a skin color other than white should not be allowed in. The prosecutor's office opened an investigation into this matter.more

The last few months have shown us vividly how important and yet how shaky a value peace is. When we feel the effects of war so strongly and see all kinds of social unrest, it is difficult to feel safe. However, there are countries that can boast a very high peace index. more

The public needs to play a transformational part to help Ireland meet its emission reduction targets, say the authors of a new report which warns that the country’s emissions are rising rather than falling.more