Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news ...

TYCHOWO, Poland — The last time Lester Schrenk stood in this dense patch of forest in what is now northwestern Poland, there were no trees here. It was 80 years ago, and the Germans had cleared ...

Cold War hero Lech Wałęsa has condemned the Trump administration’s increasingly hostile stance toward Ukraine. In a message ...

The Nobel Peace Prize-winner posted the text of the letter, which was signed by 39 Polish former political prisoners, on Facebook.

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