Climate activists down forks in solidarity with Philippines

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 21:05

Ecologists at UN climate talks in Warsaw downed forks today in solidarity fast with the typhoon-ravaged Philippines` chief negotiator, demanding "ambitious action" to halt global warming.

Rioters leave trail of destruction in Polish capital

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 23:06

Polish riot police used rubber bullets on Monday to break up groups of masked far-right youths during a nationalist march through center of capital.

Talks seek modest UN climate deal for 2015, to raise aid

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 12:24

World governments meeting in Poland from Monday are likely to make only modest progress in reaching a 2015 deal to fight climate change.

China asks rich nations to pay for action on climate change

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 21:32

Ahead of a number of key meetings on climate change, China Tuesday asked developed nations to pay their committed amounts to finance efforts to combat global warming.

Warsaw to lay climate deal basics

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 19:52

Poland`s environment minister says his challenge at next month`s climate conference will be to lay foundations for a new global emission cuts deal.

Poland to spend $40 bn on defence

Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 23:41

In a bid to modernise its armed forces, Poland has decided to spend $40 billion on its military despite its economic woes.

Poland honours Jews who fought Nazis

Last Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013, 21:53

A ceremony was held Friday here in the Polish capital to honour Jews who fought overwhelming Nazi German forces 70 years ago in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, BBC reported.

Pole taken to hospital with screwdriver in head

Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 00:09

Polish doctors say a 25-year-old man has undergone a three-hour operation to remove a screwdriver lodged about five centimetres into his head.

Two bodies found at Polish philharmonic

Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 19:30

Polish authorities have launched a double homicide investigation after the bodies of a harpist and a security guard were found in a building housing a philharmonic orchestra in western Poland.