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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump surprised NATO allies by pledging to send an additional 5,000 troops to …
Read More »Poland formally withdraws from Ottawa Convention on landmines, citing Russian threat
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Poland will use anti-personnel as well as anti-tank landmines to defend its eastern border against the …
Read More »Poland rail explosion shows Europe still struggling to respond to Russia’s shadow war
When Poland announced this week that an explosion damaged a railway track leading to Ukraine, Prime Minister Donald Tusk was quick to declare it was an unprecedented act of sabotage designed to cause catastrophe. In the hours that followed, Polish authorities said the two suspects behind the explosions were Ukrainian …
Read More »Poland suggests Russia is behind railway blast on Ukraine delivery line
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Evidence suggests that Russian secret services appear to have ordered the blowing up of a railway line in Poland over the weekend that is on a crucial …
Read More »Canada wins bronze at women’s 3×3 basketball World Cup with rout of Poland
Canada claimed bronze at the FIBA women’s 3×3 basketball World Cup with a 21-9 win over Poland on Sunday in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Team veteran Paige Crozon of Humboldt, Sask., led Canada with 13 points and five rebounds at Sükhbaatar Square. Hamilton’s Saicha Grant-Allen added five points and five rebounds for the sixth-seeded Canadians. Cassandra Brown of …
Read More »Poland elects nationalist Karol Nawrocki as president
Nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki narrowly won Poland’s presidential election, results showed Monday, delivering a major blow to the centrist government’s efforts to cement Warsaw’s pro-European orientation. Nawrocki secured 50.89 per cent of the vote, election commission data showed — an outcome that presages more political gridlock as he is likely …
Read More »Poland and Baltics plan Ottawa Treaty exit, sparking fears for the landmine ban’s future
Against the backdrop of Russia’s three-year war in Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics are preparing to exit the Ottawa Treaty, the landmark agreement that saw 164 countries destroy their arsenals of landmines and ban future use. But critics of the decision, including the Canadian who developed and promoted the agreement, …
Read More »Poland arrests 4 in plot to mail explosives to Canada and U.S.
Authorities in Poland have arrested four people in connection with an alleged plot to mail explosives to Canada and the United States. In a media statement, Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office says it began an investigation on Aug. 5, 2024 based on information obtained by the country’s Internal Security Agency, Poland’s domestic …
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