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Blinken wraps up Ukraine-focused Europe trip in Poland with arms requests on the table

Sep. 12, 2024 16:06 PM EDT

WARSAW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a three-nation, Ukraine-focused European tour in Poland on Thursday after hearing repeated appeals from Ukrainian officials to use Western-supplied weaponry for long-range strikes inside Russia. Blinken traveled to...

Jewelry seized from Polish inmates of Nazi German concentration camps is returned to families

Sep. 11, 2024 09:26 AM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Stanislawa Wasilewska was 42 when she was captured by Nazi German troops on Aug. 31, 1944, in Warsaw and sent to the women’s concentration camp at Ravensbrück, Germany. From there, she was sent to the Neuengamme forced labor camp, where she was given prisoner number 7257...

Poland thanks military dogs for their service by giving them army ranks

Sep. 09, 2024 10:54 AM EDT

NOWY DWOR MAZOWIECKI, Poland (AP) — The new privates received their ranks amid military pomp in a town near Warsaw where a Napoleonic fortress attests to a long military history. The group was made up of a German shepherd, a Dutch shepherd and two Belgian Malinois. The dogs —...

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says 2025 state budget will include “record high” spending on defense

Aug. 28, 2024 09:13 AM EDT
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says 2025 state budget will include “record high” spending on defense.

India's Modi visits Poland for security and trade talks en route to war-torn Ukraine

Aug. 21, 2024 12:03 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Poland for top-level security and trade talks before heading to neighboring Ukraine, which is at war with India's strategic partner, Russia. Modi will hold talks Thursday in Warsaw with Poland’s Prime Minister...

Polish leader urges Nord Stream patrons to 'keep quiet' as pipeline mystery returns to spotlight

Aug. 17, 2024 16:35 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday reacted to reports that revived questions about who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, saying the initiators of the gas pipeline project should “apologize and keep quiet." That comment came after one of his deputies...

Poland showcases its growing army on a holiday that celebrates its historic defeat of the Red Army

Aug. 15, 2024 15:37 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — NATO member Poland paid tribute Thursday to its historic 1920 victory over the Red Army by honoring fallen Poles and showing off modern tanks and other equipment that it hopes will deter the threat it sees in modern-day Russia. More than 2,500 Polish troops,...

Polish diplomats seek release of students and a lecturer detained in Nigeria during protests

Aug. 09, 2024 15:08 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish diplomats on Friday said they were making progress as they appealed for the release of seven citizens who were detained in Nigeria in what Warsaw believes was a misunderstanding that happened as protests were underway in the West African country. Six...

Zimmer: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Aug. 07, 2024 06:53 AM EDT

WARSAW, Ind. (AP) — WARSAW, Ind. (AP) — Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. (ZBH) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $242.8 million. The Warsaw, Indiana-based company said it had profit of $1.18 per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and restructuring costs,...

OrthoPediatrics: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Aug. 05, 2024 16:47 PM EDT

WARSAW, Ind. (AP) — WARSAW, Ind. (AP) — OrthoPediatrics Corp. (KIDS) on Monday reported a loss of $6 million in its second quarter. The Warsaw, Indiana-based company said it had a loss of 26 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 23 cents per share. ...