PESHAWAR, Pakistan—A Polish climber has died after scaling Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat, known as “killer mountain” for its dangerous conditions, local police and a mountaineering official said Tuesday. Pawel Tomasz Kopec had suffered breathing problems while descending the 8,126-meter (26,660-foot) mountain with two other climbers in harsh weather conditions, a local police official Zahid Hussain said….
Polish Climber Dies After Scaling Pakistan’s ‘Killer Mountain,’ Nanga Parbat
Polish Official Says Object That Entered Airspace Was Russian-Made Rocket
WARSAW, Poland—An aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda said Friday that the object that entered Poland’s airspace last year and was found in April was a Russian-made rocket. The aide, Pawel Szrot, said on Radio RMF FM that the nose of the rocket had been found and that it’s “peculiar” because it’s made of concrete….
Polish Council Recommends Banning TikTok on Public Administration Phones: Media
WARSAW—A Polish government advisory body has recommended banning the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of public administration employees, Polish media reported on Monday. “The Digitization Council expresses a positive opinion regarding the order to remove the Chinese TikTok application by public administration officials and employees from their work phones,” it…
Polish Officials Observe Training of Ukrainians on New Tanks
SWIETOSZOW, Poland—Poland’s president and defense minister met Monday with Polish and foreign instructors intensively training Ukrainian troops to operate the German-made Leopard 2 tanks that some European countries and Canada have offered Kyiv to help fight the Russian invasion. President Andrzej Duda and minister Mariusz Blaszczak also watched Leopard 2 training at a military base…
Polish Airline Asks US Judge to Declare It Crime Victim in 737 MAX Case
Polish national airline PLL LOT on Friday asked a U.S. judge to declare it was a crime victim in the Boeing 737 MAX criminal case, a move that could make the airline eligible for significant compensation. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Texas ruled last week that people killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes…
Video: Polish Woman Crosses Border to Ukraine to Bring Refugees
Tatiana Romaniuk, a Polish woman, crosses the border into Ukraine every day to bring in refugees. For one of these trips, eight people including children were in her car. She said she saw a Polish man crossing the border on his bike to distribute hot beverages to Ukrainian refugees waiting in line to come to…
Canadian Foreign Minister Headed to the Polish-Ukraine Border
OTTAWA—Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she is headed to the Polish-Ukraine border on Tuesday to make sure that Canada’s latest supply of military aid flows into the war-ravaged country. Joly says she will also be meeting with her Polish counterparts in Warsaw to discuss the refugee crisis spawned by the Russian invasion of Ukraine….
Water Traps 3 Polish Researchers in Austrian Cave
BERLIN—Rescuers in Austria on Friday tried to reach three Polish researchers who got trapped when water from melted ice or snow entered the cave where they were working, authorities said. Officials in Salzburg said a rescue operation was launched late Thursday in the Lamprechtsofen cave near the village of St. Martin bei Lofer. Unusually warm…
Polish Miners Block Coal for Power Plants to Demand Pay Hike
WARSAW, Poland—Miners employed by Poland’s largest coal company blocked deliveries of the fossil fuel to state-run power plants Tuesday to demand higher pay to keep pace with surging consumer prices. Groups of protesters were stopping trains leaving the Halemba mine and other mines of the Polish Coalmining Group in the southern Silesia region. They demanded…
France Backs Poland Over Belarus but Warns EU Row Not Over
PARIS/WARSAW—France assured Poland on Wednesday of European Union support in its stand-off with Belarus, but reminded Warsaw it needed to resolve a row with the bloc over its values and the rule of law. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki met French President Emmanuel Macron as part of a diplomatic effort to rally support for a…
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