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Another Year, Another Useless UN Climate Summit

Talk is cheap. Right? Wrong. As you read this, climate worriers from around the world are gathered in Lima, Peru to talk about the weather. They are attending something called COP 20. That’s UN shorthand for the grandly titled ‘Conference

Another Year, Another Useless UN Climate Summit

EU Migrant Rules are ‘Red Line’, Poland Tells Britain

Poland has warned British Prime Minister David Cameron against his plans to reform European Union migration rules to curb the number of arrivals, saying this was an “absolute red line”. Cameron last week unveiled proposals including delaying access to benefits

EU Migrant Rules are ‘Red Line’, Poland Tells Britain

EU Moves Eastward with Tusk Taking Presidency

BRUSSELS (AP) — Former Polish prime minister Donald Tusk is pushing the European Union’s center of political gravity eastward by taking over the EU presidency from Belgium’s Herman Van Rompuy. Monday’s transition ceremony highlighted the increasing power of Poland within

EU Moves Eastward with Tusk Taking Presidency

Matthew Shepard’s parents head to Russia

NEW YORK (AP) — The parents of Matthew Shepard, the gay Wyoming college student tortured and murdered in 1998, are traveling to Russia on Friday to spread their message of tolerance and acceptance in a country where anti-gay policies and

Matthew Shepard’s parents head to Russia

Poles, Russians Expel Diplomats over Spying

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russian and Polish officials confirmed Monday that they have carried out tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions in an espionage affair that highlights intensified efforts by Moscow to penetrate NATO counties and a new determination by the West to

Poles, Russians Expel Diplomats over Spying

Poland in Defense Shift as Security Concerns Rise

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is planning a major realignment of its military structure because of the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, the country’s defense minister said Monday, a move that could shift thousands of troops to its eastern border. “The

Poland in Defense Shift as Security Concerns Rise

Noon: EU Climate Compromise: I Will, If You Will

Last week, 28 European leaders met at a summit in Brussels to reach a climate deal that would build on previous targets of a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases, a 20 percent boost in the use of renewable sources,

Coal-Rich Poland Ready to Block EU Climate Deal

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Union leaders meeting in Brussels to stamp their new, ambitious greenhouse gas emissions plan should prepare for unyielding opposition from coal-reliant Poland and some other East European countries who say their developing economies and electricity

Coal-Rich Poland Ready to Block EU Climate Deal

Poland's Sikorski Under Fire over Russia Interview

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s former Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski came under fire Tuesday from the prime minister and political opponents over a U.S. magazine interview in which he allegedly said Russia’s president offered Poland the opportunity to jointly carve

Poland's Sikorski Under Fire over Russia Interview

Poland Tests Border Protection in Major Exercise

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland launched a major military exercise with international allies on Wednesday to test joint response to security threats at a time of armed conflict in neighboring Ukraine. Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said the original plan for

Poland Tests Border Protection in Major Exercise

Germany Charges 93-Year-Old over Auschwitz Murders

Germany charged a 93-year-old former member of the Nazi Waffen-SS on Monday with at least 300,000 counts of accessory to murder over his time at the Auschwitz death camp. The charges relate to the around 425,000 people believed to have

Germany Charges 93-Year-Old over Auschwitz Murders

Jack the Ripper Identified Through DNA Traces

Jack the Ripper, one of the most notorious serial killers in history, has been identified through DNA traces found on a shawl, claims a sleuth in a book out on Tuesday. The true identity of Jack the Ripper, whose grisly

Jack the Ripper Identified Through DNA Traces

NATO Approves New Force Aimed at Deterring Russia

NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — Seeking to counter Russian aggression, NATO leaders approved plans Friday to create a rapid response force with a headquarters in Eastern Europe that could quickly mobilize if an alliance country in the region were to come

NATO Approves New Force Aimed at Deterring Russia

Poland, September 1939: Ukraine, September 2014

On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany attacked Poland–beginning a series of attacks and invasions that would result in the fall of Poland and the start of World War II.  Adolf Hitler wanted to conquer Poland because of territorial relationships with

Poland, September 1939: Ukraine, September 2014