First delivery of S. Korean heavy weapons comes to Poland
Polish President Andrzej Duda and the country's defense minister have taken delivery of a first shipment of tanks and howitzers from South Korea, hailing the swift implementation of a deal signed in the summer in the face of the war in neighboring Ukraine.
First delivery of S. Korean heavy weapons comes to Poland
Polish President Andrzej Duda and the country's defense minister on Tuesday took delivery of a first shipment of tanks and howitzers from South Korea, hailing the swift implementation of a deal signed in the summer in the face of the war in neighboring Ukraine. Duda and Mariusz Blaszczak were in the Polish Navy port of Gdynia, on the Baltic coast, to mark the arrival by sea of the first 10 Black Panther K2 tanks, along with 24 Thunder K9 howitzers, from a $5.8 billion deal with Seoul.
news.yahoo.comBiden calls 'emergency' meeting after missile hits Poland
President Joe Biden convened an “emergency” meeting of the Group of Seven and NATO leaders in Indonesia Wednesday morning for consultations after NATO-ally Poland said a “Russian-made” missile killed two people in the eastern part of its country near the Ukraine border. Biden, who was awakened overnight by staff with the news of the missile explosion while in Indonesia for the Group of 20 summit, called Polish President Andrzej Duda early Wednesday to express his “deep condolences” for the loss of life. Biden promised on Twitter “full U.S support for and assistance with Poland’s investigation,” and “reaffirmed the United States’ ironclad commitment to NATO.”
news.yahoo.comPoland opens new sea waterway to cut dependence from Russia
Poland’s top leaders celebrated the opening Saturday of a new — albeit unfinished — canal that they say will mean ships no longer must secure Russia’s permission to sail from the Baltic Sea to the ports of the Vistula Lagoon. The event was timed to mark 83 years since the Soviet invasion of Poland during World War II and to demonstrate symbolically the end of Moscow’s say on the economy and development of a region that borders Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. The government says the waterway gives Poland full sovereignty in the northeastern region, which needs investment and economic development.
news.yahoo.comWalmart ordered to pay Oregon man $4.4M in damages for racial profiling
DDA Multnomah County grand jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the store saying he was racially profiled and harassed by a Walmart employee at a Portland, Ore., area store in 2020.
news.yahoo.comVideo shows police in hallway during Uvalde massacre
Surveillance footage captured the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting enter the building with a AR-15 style rifle and later shows officers in body armor milling in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classrooms where 19 children and two teachers were killed. (July 12)
news.yahoo.comPolish and Lithuanian leaders meet troops at NATO bottleneck
The presidents of NATO members Poland and Lithuania have voiced confidence that allied troops can fully safeguard a strategically vital corridor that links their countries, Concern over NATO’s ability to defend the so called Suwalki Gap, a 70-kilometer (43-mile) wedge joining Poland and Lithuania, has rocketed since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Putin's Security Council says that Poland is "moving to seize" Ukraine
"EUROPEAN PRAVDA" - TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2022, 15:23 NIKOLAY PATRUSHEV, PHOTO BY RIA NOVOSTI Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that Poland is moving to seize territories in western Ukraine.
news.yahoo.comZelenskyy has told where he will go after the victory of Ukraine
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO - SUNDAY, 22 MAY 2022, 18:21 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that one of his first foreign visits after Ukraine's victory in the war against Russian aggression will be to Polish cities that especially helped Ukraine.
news.yahoo.comPoles need EU funds as they help Ukrainians, ambassador says
Ukraine's ambassador to neighboring Poland says his country is grateful for the welcome that Poles have given to millions of Ukrainians, but hopes the European Union will soon release billions of euros to Poland so that helping those fleeing the war does not come “at the cost of the Polish people.”.
Biden sends subtle message to Polish leaders on democracy
In a forceful speech in Warsaw denouncing Russia's Vladimir Putin and praising Ukrainians, President Joe Biden on Saturday also appeared to have a more subtle message for his Polish hosts. Speaking of a “perennial struggle for democracy,” Biden mentioned the rule of law and freedom of the press among the principles essential in a free society. Since they won power in 2015, they have been accused by the European Union of eroding the rule of law with changes that have given the party vast new powers over the judicial branch of government.
news.yahoo.comHarris meeting with Polish president is complicated by surprise proposal on jets
Harris is visiting Poland and Romania amid Ukraine war to reassure allies worried they might be next in Russia’s crosshairs. Warsaw's eagerness to provide planes to fight in Ukraine -- an idea the U.S. opposes -- has suddenly made the diplomatic mission more sensitive.
washingtonpost.comXi meets Poland, Pakistan leaders in Olympic diplomacy
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Sunday with leaders from Poland and Pakistan in a flurry of diplomacy on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Xi told President Andrzej Duda that China seeks to further improve ties with Poland, whose warm relationship with Beijing has not sat well with main rival the United States. Poland was the only European Union nation to send an elected leader to the Games despite a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott.
news.yahoo.comWhy Poland’s Media Law Is Stirring Up Protest
Poland’s Law & Justice party has been under fire for eroding media freedom since winning power in 2015. Now an effort to restrict foreign ownership is taking the controversy to a new level. Proposed legislation targets Discovery Inc., the American owner of Poland’s largest private television network TVN. It undermines relations with the U.S., the muscle behind Poland’s NATO deterrence, while raising the alarm for foreign companies doing business in the European Union’s biggest post-communist
washingtonpost.comRomanian leader tells Biden more NATO troops needed in east
Romania's president told U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Monday that more NATO troops are needed on the alliance's eastern flank given Russia actions that are perceived as threatening by many in the region. The appeal by President Klaus Iohannis came during a conference of regional leaders which Biden joined by video. The Polish and Romanian leaders hailed Biden's appearance as a sign of U.S. support for their security.
news.yahoo.comWorld leaders react as President Trump tests positive for coronavirus
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing plan in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, September 28, 2020. In the U.K., Prime Minister Boris Johnson , who himself had a severe bout of the virus earlier this year, said: "My best wishes to President Trump and the First Lady. Hope they both have a speedy recovery from coronavirus." LONDON — Leaders around the world sent their best wishes to President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Friday after the couple tested positive for the coronavirus. European Council President Charles Michel said that Covid-19 is a "battle we all continue to fight," and wished Trump a quick return to full heath.
cnbc.comAuschwitz was liberated 75 years ago. But survivors know anti-Semitism is alive and well
There, former prisoners and the presidents of Poland and the World Jewish Congress thanked survivors for their perseverance and called for a renewed battle against rising global tides of anti-Semitism. Auschwitz did not fall from the sky, said Marian Turski, 93, a Polish survivor of the camp. He said Auschwitz only came to be because of indifference in the world to anti-Semitism. AdvertisementThe meeting at Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum took place five years after the last major gathering of survivors at the site. As they share their eyewitness testimonies, the world will hear what they lived through, an unparalleled tool in Holocaust education.
latimes.comTrump rails on Fed, notes other countries have negative rates: 'Give me some of that money'
Instead of highlighting warmer relations with Beijing, Trump criticized the Fed for what he sees as its hesitation to lower interest rates and blamed the central bank for capping gains in the U.S. economy and stock market. But those numbers could be way higher, Trump said, if it weren't for the reluctance of the Fed. "And if we had a Federal Reserve that worked with us, you could have added another 25% to each of those numbers, I guarantee you that," Trump said. Trump also contended that the Fed should continue to cut interest rates to make the U.S. more competitive in the global market. "We are actively competing with nations who openly cut interest rates so that now many are actually getting paid when they pay off their loan, known as negative interest," he said.
cnbc.comWhite House severely restricted access to Trump calls with Putin and Saudis
The White House severely restricted distribution of memos detailing President Donald Trump's calls with foreign leaders, including Russia's Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman, after embarrassing leaks of his conversations early in his tenure, a former White House official said. The White House's handling of Trump's calls with foreign leaders is at the heart of House Democrats' impeachment inquiry. The anonymous whistleblower alleges the White House also tried to cover up the content of other calls by moving memos onto a highly classified computer system. The former White House official acknowledged that other calls were concealed, while casting the decision as part of an effort to minimize leaks, not an attempt to hide improper discussions. The White House was beset by leaks of highly sensitive information in the early days of Trump's presidency.
cnbc.comTrump says may release transcript of disputed Ukraine phone call
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Poland's President Andrzej Duda on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering the release of a transcript of his controversial July phone call with Ukraines president but noted concerns about the precedent of doing so. Trump is under fire to show what he said in his July 25 call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after reports surfaced that Trump had pressed Zelenskiy to investigate accusations involving the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Trump, during a picture-taking session with Polish President Andrzej Duda, said I may do it when asked if he was going to release a transcript of the call. But he said he was concerned about the precedent of releasing transcripts of presidential phone calls with foreign leaders.
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