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Belarus grants asylum to fugitive Polish judge wanted on spying allegations
Belarus has granted asylum to a former Polish judge who faced espionage charges at home following his defection in May to the Kremlin-allied countryWorld - ABC News - 7 hours ago -
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The bear who was a private in the Polish army
The bear was enlisted into the Polish army and served alongside soldiers during World War Two.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
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Italian Camorra mafia fugitive arrested in Colombia for drug trafficking
A fugitive member of the Camorra mafia due to serve almost 19 years in prison for drug trafficking has been arrested in Colombia, Italian police said on Friday.Top stories - NBC News - October 25 -
Mafia fugitive caught in Colombia seen at infamous drug lord's grave
Luigi Belvedere has been sentenced to almost 19 years in jail for international drug trafficking but has been on the run since December 2020.Top stories - CBS News - October 25 -
Disgraced Lebanese Central Banker Who Was a Fugitive Now Awaits His Fate
Riad Salameh was arrested on graft charges and accused of undermining Lebanon’s economy, as the Israel-Hezbollah war further destabilizes the country.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 3 -
White supremacist stabbed asylum seeker in hotel
Callum Parslow is convicted of attempted murder over the attack at a hotel in Worcestershire.Top stories - BBC News - October 25 -
Asylum seekers moved off Bibby Stockholm barge
It's understood the men have been sent to places including Cardiff, Wolverhampton and Bristol.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
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Polish radio station abandons use of AI 'presenters' following outcry
A Polish radio station says it has ended an “experiment” that involved using AI-generated “presenters” instead of real journalists after the move sparked an outcryTech - ABC News - October 28 -
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Polish Radio Station Uses A.I. to Interview Dead Nobel Laureate
A radio station in Poland fired its on-air talent and brought in A.I.-generated presenters. An outcry over a purported chat with a Nobel laureate quickly ended that experiment.Top stories - The New York Times - November 3 -
Tusk’s stance on migration hurts Polish economy, CEOs warn
Visa restrictions and border crackdown deprive Poland of much needed foreign workforce, say business leadersWorld - Financial Times - November 10 -
Polish president urges sustained US commitment to Europe's security
Poland's president has marked his country's Independence Day with a call for sustained U.S. commitment to Europe’s security in view of Russian aggression in the regionWorld - ABC News - November 11 -
Tusk's party holds primary to pick Polish presidential candidate for election in 2025
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist Civic Coalition is holding a primary to choose a candidate who will run in the nation’s presidential election next yearWorld - ABC News - Yesterday -
Donald Tusk’s ruling party picks Warsaw mayor as Polish presidential candidate
Rafał Trzaskowski beats foreign minister Radosław Sikorski in primary contestWorld - Financial Times - 13 hours ago -
Polish prime minister's party picks Warsaw mayor as its candidate for president
Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski has been selected by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist Civic Coalition as its candidate in next year’s presidential election, beating out Foreign Minister Radek ...World - ABC News - 6 hours ago -
Under Trump or Harris, U.S. Asylum Curbs Are Likely to Endure
As administrations of both parties have failed to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, a reckoning for the asylum system, which some say is overdue, seems inevitable.Top stories - The New York Times - October 28 -
Dutch asylum agency is fined 50,000 euros daily for an overcrowded center
A Dutch court has ordered the agency responsible for housing asylum seekers to pay a 50,000-euro ($54,000) penalty for every day that more than 2,000 migrants stay at an overcrowded center in the ...World - ABC News - October 30 -
Asylum housing provider Clearsprings’ profits jump on high demand
Bumper profits risk fuelling government concerns over large amounts paid to private companies to handle politically sensitive issueWorld - Financial Times - November 1 -
Revealed: English neo-Nazi who stabbed asylum seeker was serial stalker
Terrorist Callum Parslow was previously jailed for sending 10 women sexually explicit and misogynistic messages, and targeted a former GB News presenter. A neo-Nazi terrorist who was found guilty ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
UK looks at handing asylum seeker housing contracts back to local councils
Exploratory talks follow criticism of private outsourcing groups and concern about their high profitsBusiness - Financial Times - November 4 -
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Italy’s Albania asylum deal has become a political disaster for Giorgia Meloni
Pact hailed as EU migration breakthrough in tatters after judges rule asylum seekers must be transferred to Italy. A multimillion-dollar migration deal between Italy and Albania aimed at curbing ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
Fear and sympathy: small Irish town divided over asylum camp
A year after Dublin’s anti-immigration riots, a tent camp for asylum seekers faces hostility while some locals try to support the new arrivals. In the small town of Newtown Mount Kennedy, a holding ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Revealed: Home Office ‘completely lost grip’ at notorious Manston asylum centre
Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were unable to control the situation at the Kent facility where 18,000 asylum seekers were illegally detained. Racial abuse, physical ...World - The Guardian - 6 hours ago -
Back from the dead: Scientists rebuild the face of 400-year-old Polish 'vampire'
Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, “Zosia” was never supposed to be able to come back from the dead.Top stories - NBC News - October 31 -
Polish PM, other world leaders to discuss Ukraine after Trump's election win
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he would host meetings with fellow world leaders to deliberate on how to approach growing tensions in Ukraine after President-elect Trump's election win. ...Politics - The Hill - November 9 -
US and Polish officials open missile defense site that Russia has long protested
U.S. and Polish officials have opened a new NATO missile defense base in northen PolandWorld - ABC News - November 13 -
Switzerland bars exports to Polish firm after Swiss-made ammunition ends up in Ukraine
The Swiss government says it is barring exports to a Polish military hardware supplier after concluding that some 645,000 rounds of Swiss-made small-caliber ammunition ended up in Ukraine in ...World - ABC News - Yesterday -
Anti-whaling activist detained in Greenland requests French citizenship after asylum bid dismissed
Environmental activist Paul Watson, who is detained in Greenland and facing possible extradition to Japan, has formally requested French citizenship after France’s Foreign Minister said his bid for ...World - ABC News - October 25 -
Europe's human rights watchdog urges Cyprus to let migrants stuck in UN buffer zone seek asylum
A senior official with Europe’s top human rights watchdog is urging the government of ethnically divided Cyprus to allow passage to nearly three dozen asylum seekers who have for months been ...World - ABC News - October 30
