World No.1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek booked her return to the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open after defeating Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday. more

A 400-year-old hotel in West Sussex that was housing Ukrainian refugees has been engulfed by a fire. more

The two-day International Congress of Russophiles was held in Moscow. Among the participants were conspiracy theorists and celebrities, including Charles de Gaulle's grandson, American actor Steven Seagal and an Italian princess who fears that European boys are being encouraged to marry their cows, The Guardian reported.more

Dawid Kubacki has won the ski jumping World Cup competition in Lillehammer, Norway. Kubacki, who was in fourth position after the first round, was 7.4 points ahead of Slovenian Anze Lanisek and 9.2 points ahead of the Austrian Daniel Tschofenig, the leader at the halfway point.more

It might feel wet this week but experts are warning that parts of England need unseasonable rainfall to compensate for an abnormally dry winter.more

People who intend to have dogs at home will be required to complete a prior course in the care of these animals, according to the Animal Protection Act approved yesterday in Spain. The Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the parliament, supported the proposal to organize such a course at veterinarians or via the Internet.more

The number of Poles running their own businesses increased by 3.2% last year. - results from the data published by the Central Statistical Office on the Vistula River (GUS).more

King Charles's coronation is a matter of weeks away and it is still not clear how lavish the ceremony will be - nor how much it will cost.more

The company PL.2012+, the operator of PGE Narodowy, confirmed that the match scheduled for March 27 for the European Football Championships between Poland and Albania will be played there. "The stadium is a safe place and mass events can take place there" - it was assured.more

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared a list of which job centres will be taking part in a new pilot scheme that will encourage Universal Credit claimants to spend more face-to-face time with their work coaches. The scheme will aim to give 120,000 people in Universal Credit more support.more

Virgin Orbit is to pause operations from Thursday in an apparent attempt to shore up its finances. Almost all employees at the satellite launch company will reportedly also be furloughed. more

"Stefan Wilmont committed a crime without precedent in the history of post-war Poland" - stressed the chairman of the adjudicating panel, Aleksandra Kaczmarek. In the justification, she also pointed out that "the case in question was not a political matter" and this was not the motivation for the crime.more

Gianni Infantino will be president of the International Football Federation (FIFA) for at least the next four years. The 52-year-old Swiss was re-elected today at the 73rd FIFA Congress in Rwanda's capital, Kigali.more

Campaigners are calling on the government to close a minimum wage loophole, two years after the independent Low Pay Commission warned that it allowed vulnerable migrant workers in private homes to be exploited.more

The Moldovan government will receive 10 million pounds from the UK authorities to strengthen the country's security, both military and in the field of energy, Chisinau media reported.more

The price of a packet of 20 cigarettes will rise by an average of 95 pence from 6pm on Wednesday as part of measures announced in the spring Budget.more

Naples turned into a battlefield yesterday - this is how the Italian media summarize the clashes that took place between the fans of the local club and Eintracht Frankfurt. "These were street fights" - it is emphasized in the reports from the capital of Campania, where the rematch of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League took place. Napoli won 3-0. One of the goals was scored by Piotr Zielinski.more

Today, a nationwide warning strike began in dozens of hospitals across the Netherlands. Only admission rooms remain open, the media reported. Workers are demanding higher wages and better working conditions.more

One in every 23 children in London is homeless, new figures suggest, as the Chancellor faces calls to tackle the issue in Wednesday’s Spring Budget.more

Fifth seed Daniil Medvedev defeated Spanish tennis player Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the semi-finals of the ATP 1000 tournament in California's Indian Wells for the first time. This is his 18th win in a row.more

For 70 percent of respondents, Pope John Paul II remains an authority, according to a poll conducted by the Pollster Research Institute for "Super Express".more

The value of the 98-piece tableware made of Sevrian porcelain was estimated by experts at PLN 300-500 thousand. euro, i.e. a maximum of approx. 440 thousand. pounds. As you can read in the weekly magazine "La Gazette Drouot" devoted to auctions, gold-plated porcelain is decorated with "animal scenes, the quality of which rivals easel painting".more

There were no surprises in yesterday's rematch of the 1/8 finals of the football Champions League. In Madrid, Real not only defended the lead from the first leg (5: 2), but also won against Liverpool 1: 0, and Napoli beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3: 0. One of the goals was scored by Piotr Zieliński.more

By May, Ukraine intends to conduct a major counter-offensive operation against the aggressor's troops; Kiev is considering an advance from the Kherson region towards the occupied Crimea or cutting the Russian "land bridge" to the peninsula, i.e. an attack on the enemy-held areas on the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov, Politico reported.more

The British economy will shrink this year but avoid recession, while currently double-digit inflation will fall below 3 per cent. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt announced.more