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Peterka has goal, 3 assists in Germany's 8-2 rout of Kazakhstan at men's hockey world championship
PRAGUE (AP) — JJ Peterka had a goal and three assists, Wojciech Stachowiak set up four goals, and Germany clinched a playoff berth with an 8-2 rout of Kazakhstan at the men’s hockey world championship on Friday. Philipp Grubauer, who plays for the NHL's Seattle Kraken, stopped 18...
Poland puts judge who defected to Belarus on wanted list, opening way to international warrant
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A controversial judge who fled from Poland to neighboring autocratic Belarus has been put on a wanted list, a step toward an international arrest warrant on espionage allegations, the Polish national prosecutors' office said Thursday. ...
Shopping complex fire inflicts tragedy on Vietnamese community in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Nguyen Van Son struggled to hold back tears as he stood outside the vast burnt carcass of a shopping complex that was engulfed in flames three days earlier in Warsaw. The 42-year-old Vietnamese trader had his entire livelihood inside — unsold clothing in...
A third miner is declared dead in a cave-in in southern Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Rescuers recovered the body of a third miner a day after a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland in which 12 other workers were hurt, a company spokesperson said Wednesday. The miner was declared dead and the rescue operation finished...
Cave-in leaves 2 miners dead, 1 missing and 12 injured at a coal mine in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two miners were killed and one remains missing after a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland early Tuesday in which 12 other miners were hurt, mining authorities said Tuesday. The cave-in happened around 3:30 a.m. some 870 meters (2,800...
Polish activists criticize Tusk's government for tough border policies and migrant pushbacks
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Refugee rights activists on Monday criticized Poland's pro-European Union government for plans to tighten security at the border with Belarus and for continuing a policy initiated by predecessors of pushing migrants back across the border there. The activists...
A fire burns down a shopping complex housing 1,400 outlets in Poland's capital
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A major fire broke out Sunday morning in a vast shopping complex in the Polish capital that housed some 1,400 shops and service outlets and where many of the vendors were from Vietnam. Huge plumes of black smoke could be seen rising over the vast area. The...
Poland's prime minister vows to strengthen security at EU border with Belarus
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday traveled to the country's border with Belarus, which is also the European Union's external border with the autocratic state, and pledged to do more to strengthen security along its entire eastern frontier. Tusk...
Poland lifts immunity of a judge who defected to Belarus, paving way for an arrest warrant
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A disciplinary court in Poland on Thursday lifted the immunity of a judge who fled the country to neighboring Belarus, an autocratic ally of Russia, paving the way for an international arrest warrant for him on espionage allegations. Poland's prosecutors and...
Polish defense minister fends off criticism after he says he keeps an emergency backpack ready
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's defense minister said Thursday that since early in Russia's war against Ukraine he has kept an emergency backpack ready, drawing detractors who said his comments did not send a reassuring message about the country's safety. The comment from a high...
