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Russian Strike on Ukraine Sent Warhead Through Polish Airspace, Warsaw Says
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Russian Strike on Ukraine Sent Warhead Through Polish Airspace, Warsaw Says

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on cities across Ukraine, killing at least 30 people and allegedly sending a warhead through Polish airspace in one of the biggest barrages of the war.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched around 110 missiles on Friday morning. The majority were shot down, according to Ukrainian officials, but damage was nonetheless widespread. Schools, apartment buildings and a maternity hospital were all hit. Casualties were reported in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Lviv—the six largest Ukrainian cities not under Russian occupation.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Poland Turns Toward the Center
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Poland Turns Toward the Center

Oct. 16, 2023 12:58 pm ETReports of the death of Polish democracy appear to have been greatly exaggerated, as exit polls suggest this weekend’s election has produced a perfectly normal swing in political power. The centrist opposition is expected to have a clear shot at forming an administration to replace the right-leaning Law and Justice (PiS) despite frequent complaints that PiS robbed Poland of its democratic freedoms.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Poles Are Voting in What Could Be Europe’s Biggest Election This Year
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Poles Are Voting in What Could Be Europe’s Biggest Election This Year

By Thomas Grove and Karolina Jeznach Updated Oct. 15, 2023 12:07 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)WARSAW—Poles are set to head to the voting booths Sunday in what is likely to be Europe’s most important election this year—one in which a smaller upstart party has pulled the debate to the right by questioning how much longer Poland can throw its full support behind its neighbor Ukraine.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
In Poland’s ‘J-Town,’ Soldiers Move Arms to Ukraine as Russian Spies Try to Stop Them
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In Poland’s ‘J-Town,’ Soldiers Move Arms to Ukraine as Russian Spies Try to Stop Them

Updated Sept. 30, 2023 12:06 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)RZESZÓW, Poland—Polish authorities first got wind of a Russian-organized espionage operation targeting a crucial logistics hub for Ukraine’s war from an unexpected source: an inebriated man stumbling along spotted a suspicious camera pointed at railroad tracks not far from the local airport.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Drinks company in Poland appoints AI robot as ‘experimental’ CEO
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Drinks company in Poland appoints AI robot as ‘experimental’ CEO

NEW DELHI: As several workers are already living in a fear of a possible takeover of markets and jobs by artificial intelligence (AI) in future, a drinks company in Poland has reportedly appointed an AI robot as its 'experimental' CEO. Dictador, best known for its rums, has appointed the robot to oversee the company's growth into one-off collectables, communication or even strategy planning, as per reports. The robot goes by the name 'Mika'.“Dictador’s board decision is revolutionary and bold at the same time,” said its Europe chief Marek Szoldrowski. "This first human-like robot, with AI, in a company structure, will change the world as we know it, forever,” he said.Significant decisions, like hiring and firing, are still in the hands of the humans at the company, while Mika will largely...