The presidential couple Andrzej Duda and Agata Kornhauser-Duda will attend Saturday's coronation of King Charles III, according to Marcin Przydacz, head of the Presidential Office for International Policy.more

Iga Swiatek has advanced to the semifinals of the WTA 1000 tournament on the courts in Madrid. The number one seeded Polish tennis player won against Croatian Petra Martic (No. 27) 6:0, 6:3. Her next opponent will be Russian Veronika Kudermietova (No. 12).more

Residents of much of England are voting today in local elections, which are the most serious electoral test yet for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The issue, however, is not whether or not his Conservative Party will lose, but how badly it will lose.more

Florida, USA, yesterday saw the execution of 56-year-old Darryl B. Barwick, who was convicted of murdering 24-year-old Rebecca Wendt at her home in Panama City in 1986. The sentence was carried out by administering a lethal injection.more

Juventus Torino, with Wojciech Szczesny in goal, defeated Lecce 2:1 at home in the 33rd round and briefly became the Italian Premier League runner-up, until Lazio Roma overtook them in the evening. Spezia, whose squad included three Polish players, succumbed to Atalanta 2:3 in Bergamo.more

Passengers at Heathrow Airport are being warned to limit their hand baggage as security officers stage a series of walkouts, starting on Thursday.more

Ukraine's allies must intensify all kinds of support for Ukraine: military, economic and political. Anything else only prolongs the war and the murder of innocents by Putin's regime. What has been given so far has been enough to defend, but why not give enough for Ukraine to win? - asks Garri Kasparov, former world chess champion, in an interview for the weekly "Focus".more

British tennis player Emma Raducanu, the 2021 US Open winner, will undergo surgery on both wrists and ankle joint. For this reason, she will not compete in the Grand Slam tournaments French Open and Wimbledon.more

Brits may have to bid farewell to the classic roast, as British roast chicken is the latest supermarket item hit with supply issues. Poultry bosses say the industry is at “breaking point”, as producers are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with the cost of getting the item on the shelves.more

Due to the severe drought for 30 months, the regional government of Spanish Catalonia introduced far -reaching restrictions in the use of water in a total of 224 municipalities and announced similar restrictions in subsequent ones. The restrictions will affect a total of over 6 million inhabitants of 495 municipalities - said a spokeswoman for the Catalan government Patricia Plaj.more

Amajor boost to the frequency of DLR services is set to be introduced later this month, Transport for London (TfL) has revealed. From Monday May 15, timetable changes will come in across the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), to bring more services to all routes, especially at peak times.more

Leeds United authorities released the Spanish coach Javi's Gracia. He will be replaced by Allardyce himself - the club informed. The goal of the new coach is to keep the team in the English football league.more

The head of the UN Antonio Guterres warned in connection with the World Freedom Day of the Press that the media are attacked in every corner of the world and called all the countries to "stop attacks on the truth and those who fight for it".more

On the change of new passwords, the average internet user on the Vistula allocates 21 hours a year - according to the report "Cyber security of Poles". It was added, however, that less than half of Poles protect with the slogan all their electronic devices.more

With the Coronation approaching, there has been a call to "spare a thought" for millions who will have to carry on working through the holiday weekend. Trade union leader Paul Nowak hailed those in jobs such as shops, transport and hospitality who will be working, as well as emergency services.more

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe - according to the magazine "Forbes" - are currently the highest paid athletes. The Portuguese with an income of USD 136 million is ahead of the Argentine - USD 130 million and the French - USD 120 million. Fourth place is occupied by basketball player LeBron James - 119.5 million.more

Four in 10 Londoners are considering leaving the capital to escape toxic air pollution, a poll claimed on Wednesday.more

Former Tsar Bulgaria Symeon Sakskoburggotski, who in 2001-2005 held the office of the premiere of the country, won the trial with the Bulgarian state. The state is to pay Symeon and his sister 1.63 million euros compensation for preventing them from using their property. The trial has been going on since 2009.more

The UK should open more shared banking hubs to help those who feel uncomfortable managing their finances online, a charity has said. Bank hubs - which are spaces shared by several different High Street lenders - are meant to help communities that have seen all their bank branches close. more

Three Russian "ghost" warships operated in the Baltic before blowing up the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines near the site of the sabotage for several hours, and in one case for almost a day, public broadcasters of all Nordic countries revealed.more

After four games without a win, Arsenal's players beat local rivals Chelsea 3-1 at home on matchday 34 and are top of the English Premier League. For the first time, Jakub Kiwior was included in the starting line-up of the "Kononiers" for a league match.more

Ministers have announced a clampdown on the use of cold calls to sell financial products and on technology which allows mass texting of numerous phones as part of a strategy to combat fraud, now the UK’s most common crime.more

In South Korea, the cost of raising a child is the highest in the world, according to The Korea Times. Second place is occupied by China.more

An aspiring astrophysicist is to reach for the stars after landing a “once in a lifetime” role in a space education scheme. Mateusz Mosciszko is one of just 50 people around the world to have been picked to take part in the United Space School programme this summer. more

RB Leipzig beat SC Freiburg 5-1 in the semi-final of the German Cup. Their rival in the match for the trophy will be either Eintracht Frankfurt or VfB Stuttgart - the meeting of these teams is scheduled for Wednesday.more