President Andrzej Duda met with former US President Donald Trump in New York. There was a strong earthquake in the Mysłowice-Wesoła mine. Heavy rainfall paralyzed the United Arab Emirates. Here are five things to know on Thursday, April 18.
1. Duda met with Trump
President Andrzej Duda took part in a meeting with former American President Donald Trump organized at Trump Tower in Manhattan in New York.
– You know this gentleman, he is doing a fantastic job – said Donald Trump before the meeting, pointing to the Polish president. “He's my friend and we had a great four years together and I think we'll have to do it again,” he added.
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2. Shock in the Mysłowice-Wesoła mine
On Wednesday evening, there was a strong earthquake in the Mysłowice-Wesoła mine. As a result of this incident, one of the miners died – the Polish Mining Group (PGG) reported overnight. Several other employees who suffered in the accident were transported to hospitals.
Aleksandra Wysocka-Siembiga, spokeswoman for the coal producer, said that the deceased employee was 43 years old and had been working in the mine for 14 years. He was pronounced dead by a doctor who arrived at the scene.
3. Penalty on “Fakty” TVN waived
District Court in Warsaw waived the PLN 80,000 finewhich Maciej Świrski, the chairman of the National Broadcasting Council, tried to impose on “Fakty” TVN single-handedly and baselessly.
– Maciej Świrski should never have become the chairman of the National Broadcasting Council. It is a scandal that such a person is even in such a position – said Roman Imielski, first deputy editor-in-chief of “Gazeta Wyborcza”, in “Fakty po Faktach”. Krzysztof Luft, a former member of the National Broadcasting Council, said that it was sad to see the National Broadcasting Council “falling into the abyss of some third-rate causation.”
4. Flash flood in Dubai
Heavy rainfall paralyzed the United Arab Emirates. In Dubai, where a flash flood occurred, as much rain fell in 12 hours as is usually recorded in a year.
Violent storms hit the United Arab EmiratesALI HAIDER/PAP/EPA
Heavy rainfall earlier this week also hit neighboring Oman, where nearly 20 people died, and nearby Qatar and Bahrain, but it was in the United Arab Emirates that saw the heaviest rainfall. Questions have been raised about whether the so-called cloud seeding widely used in the UAE could have contributed to such massive downpours.
5. Great emotions in Manchester, Bayern in the Champions League semi-final
Overtime and penalties were needed to make it happen choose the winner in the quarter-final clash of the Champions League in Manchester between City and Real Madrid. Ultimately, the guests came out on top and won 4-3. Earlier, in Wednesday's match the score was 1-1, and last week in Spain it was 3-3. There will be as many as two Bundesliga clubs in the top four of the Champions League.
To Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich joinedwho won 1-0 at home against Arsenal in the quarter-final second leg.
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