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☆ Ad giant IPG advises brands to pause Twitter spending after Musk takeover
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Twitter logo is seen on a mobile device in ths illustration photo in Warsaw, Poland on 30 October, 2022. Twitter is losing its most active users according to research done by Reuters. Advertising giant Interpublic Group has recommended that clients of its IPG Media Brands agencies suspend all paid advertising on Twitter for at least a week following Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of the social media network. Yoel Roth, head of safety at Twitter, has posted several threads to Twitter discussing how the company is combating this. Finchem called upon Musk personally for help in a tweet, and Musk said in a reply on Twitter that he was "looking into" the matter.

☆ 12 recent, spooky discoveries about ancient death rituals, from vampire burials to vanishing mummy pregnancies
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

An ancient Egyptian mummy may not have been a male priest been, but a pregnant womanA mummy that was found to likely be a pregnant woman, rather than a priest named Hor-Djehuty. A. Leydo/Warsaw Mummy ProjectA mummy previously thought to have been a male priest in ancient Egypt was found to be a woman, a study reported in January. The mummy had previously been found in the sarcophagus Hor-Djehuty, an ancient Egyptian male priest who lived between the 1st century BC and the 1st AD, Insider previously reported. Some scientists also believe that she was likely pregnant, which would make her the first documented example of a mummified pregnancy in history.

☆ How to Avoid the 5 Worst Living Room Design Mistakes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Nina Molina | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

DO IT (BEAUTIFULLY) RIGHT In a local semi-detached house by Warsaw design firm Colombe Studio, carefully chosen décor doesn’t crowd the room or the view, resulting in a truly inviting living room. THE RELATIVELY NARROW function of a bedroom or dining room largely dictates those spaces’ décor. With so much asked of living rooms, the potential for decorating missteps can daunt even experts. “The worst error I see in living rooms is overcrowding,” said the founder of New York City’s Nea Studio. Meanwhile, Aileen Warren, of Jackson Warren Interiors in Houston, warns against filling the room with every stick of furniture on your wish list.

☆ Truth Social merger partner's shares slip after Trump weighs in on Elon Musk Twitter deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. , the blank check company set to take Trump Media and Technology Group and its Truth Social platform public, slipped Friday as Elon Musk took the reins at Twitter. The former president had around 88 million followers on Twitter, but he's amassed only 4.37 million on Truth Social. Barring legal intervention, Trump Media currently has until December to complete the merger with DWAC and go public. Trump posted on Truth Social Friday praising Musk's acquisition, but also touting his own platform. "TRUTH SOCIAL has become somewhat a phenomena.

☆ Poland picks U.S. offer for its first nuclear power plant -PM
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WARSAW, Oct 28 (Reuters) - U.S. firm Westinghouse Electric Co will build Poland's first nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday, confirming a long-awaited decision aiming to reduce the country's carbon emissions and phase out coal. "We confirm our nuclear energy project will use the reliable, safe technology of @WECNuclear," Morawiecki said on Twitter. Westinghouse was competing with South Korea's state-owned Korea Hydro Nuclear Power, which submitted an offer in April. Warsaw had been seeking a partner to build 6-9 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear capacity and provide up to 49% equity financing for the project. Sources have said that Poland would choose the technology first, which would indicate who the partner would be, and discuss the details of the contract afterwards.

☆ Fact Check-Nazi symbols in Warsaw were part of movie set for World War Two film
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Social media users are sharing images of Warsaw, Poland decorated with Nazi flags and swastikas, but the images are missing context. The images show the headquarters of the Polish Academy of Sciences, whose representatives told Reuters that the building and its immediate surroundings were turned into a movie set for a World War Two production. Photos of the Staszic Palace can be found on Google Maps (www.shorturl.at/nvMOU), showing a building that matches the one circulating on social media. More information on Skarbek, known as Christine Granville in England, and her work for the British Special Operations Executive during World War Two can be found (here). Nazi symbols in Warsaw were part of a movie set for a film about World War Two.

☆ Poland demolishes four Red Army monuments
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WARSAW, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Poland tore down four monuments on Thursday to Red Army soldiers who died during World War Two, as historically strained relations between Warsaw and Moscow hit new lows due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia argues that it liberated Poland when its forces drove out German Nazis at the end of the war. Most Poles believe that the Soviet Union replaced Nazi occupation with another form of repression. Monuments in Byczyna and Staszow in southern Poland and Bobolice in the north were also demolished. "This is a lie, a monstrous lie, because so many citizens of the Soviet Union died liberating Poland," he told reporters when asked about Nawrocki's comments.

☆ Big cat cubs rescued from Ukraine reach Poland
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WARSAW, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Four lion cubs and a black leopard cub from war-torn Ukraine have found safety in a Polish zoo, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said, after surviving drone attacks and bombing in the first few months of their lives. The cubs were transferred to animal rescue organisations in Kyiv and Odessa after a crackdown on the exotic pet trade in Ukraine, and are now in Poznan zoo in western Poland awaiting onward travel. IFAW said it had partnered with a sanctuary in the United States and one in Europe to care for the cubs, who were bred in captivity and cannot be released into the wild. The Wildcat Sanctuary (TWS) in the United States will take care of the lion cubs. Reporting by Lewis Macdonald, writing by Alan Charlish; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Poland mulls barrier on Kaliningrad border, says top official
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Poland accuses Russia and its ally Belarus of using migrants as part of a "hybrid warfare" campaign to destabilise Europe. Poland built a 5.5 metre (18 feet) tall steel barrier, equipped with motion sensors and cameras, stretching for about 187 km (116 miles) on the Belarus border. Poland had previously said the border guard had received funds to build an "electronic barrier" of sensors and cameras on the Kaliningrad border. Since Feb. 24, 7.26 million Ukrainians have entered Poland, according to the Polish Border Guard. Sobolewski also said there were signs of larger groups of migrants appearing at the Belarus border.

☆ Rich Russians offered a Caribbean shortcut to US visas by paying their way to a Grenadian passport
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Joshua Zitser | Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

"Grenada is called 'little Switzerland,'" United Passport wrote in a Telegram message on September 25. Screenshot of United Passport Telegram. In the Telegram channel, United Passport advertised the possibility of getting to the US on an E-2 visa. In multiple exchanges on WhatsApp, United Passport told Insider Wednesday that one business opportunity would get us a Grenadian passport and, in turn, a US visa. The total cost, therefore, realistically starts at $200,000 for Russians when the $150,000 United Passport fee is factored in.

☆ Poland buys South Korean rocket artillery systems
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WARSAW, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Poland has signed an agreement to purchase 288 South Korean rocket artillery systems Chunmoo, Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said on Wednesday. "(...) the first Chunmoo squadron will be delivered to Poland next year ... 18 launchers that will be delivered to Poland next year will defend eastern Poland," Blaszczak said after signing the agreement. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Pawel Florkiewicz; Editing by Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Poland expected to buy S.Korean rocket launchers after tank, howitzer sales
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Soo-Hyang Choi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SEOUL, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Poland is set to buy rocket launchers in its latest arms deal with South Korea, following shipments of tanks and howitzers, as it ramps up arms imports after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, South Korean officials said on Wednesday. Poland is expected to sign a deal with Hanwha Defense, the defence unit of South Korea's Hanwha Corp (000880.KS) this week, to buy K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers, officials said. Under the contract, South Korea will supply 288 multiple rocket launchers worth $6 billion, the Yonhap news agency reported. The expected agreement comes as South Korean companies shipped the first batch of tanks and howitzers to Poland. Poland has also agreed to buy 48 FA-50 fighter jets from South Korea.

☆ Inflation drives global firms eastward in Europe in search of cost savings
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Michael Kahn | Anna Koper | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) - Central European companies that provide remote, lower-cost business services for multinationals are ramping up their expansion plans as high inflation drives global firms to push more work to the region to cut costs and bolster margins. “If we started out here as an experiment, the experiment is working.”INFLATION ATTRACTS NEW INVESTORSThe business services sector has grown from almost nothing 25 years ago to an industry employing nearly 800,000 workers across Central and Eastern Europe, an increasingly important engine for local economies. At Comdata, whose 1,500 workers in the Czech Republic and Hungary operate telephone service lines, rising inflation and costs from Western companies have kept business humming. “As more and more companies try to cut and to lower the labour costs they will be moving the services from western Europe,” Nedelnik told Reuters. “I see during the last two or three months the tenders are rapidly growing for German, French, Spanish and English-speaking roles.

☆ Poland has no ample space to hike rates, central banker Kochalski says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WARSAW, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The Polish central bank does not have ample room to increase interest rates amid an expected economic slowdown, central banker Cezary Kochalski said on Tuesday. Poland's inflation would remain high in coming months and the first quarter of 2023 but would not exceed 20%, Kochalski told TVN24 television in an interview. Poland has plenty of room for interest rate rises, and a hike by 100 basis points might be needed in November, fellow central banker Joanna Tyrowicz was quoted as saying earlier on Tuesday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"I'm far from this opinion, it seems there's no room for that," Kochalski said commenting on Tyrowicz words. "Further radical interest rate hikes would bring inflation down but at a very high cost for the society," he said.

☆ Is the Uber, Lyft and gig economy battle over workers nearing its end game?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Tim Mullaney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

With federal regulators set to tighten Trump-era labor standards that let Uber and Lyft, as well as food-delivery services like Doordash, treat gig workers as independent contractors with few protections under labor law, shares dropped sharply last week. But while a shift, the Department of Labor proposal doesn't immediately transform gig workers into employees entitled to overtime pay, unemployment insurance and other benefits. "It seems like the start of a Game of Thrones battle between the Department of Labor and the gig economy,' Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said. Uber believes the Department of Labor is focused less on ridesharing and more on industries such as construction that also use gig workers, pointing out that the proposed rule doesn't single out rideshare drivers. Uber drivers also supply their own cars and gasoline, though the company in March added a per-trip fuel surcharge that goes directly to drivers.

☆ Poland's PERN: pumping of crude oil in Druzhba pipeline has been restored
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Companies Pern Spólka Akcyjna FollowWARSAW, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Polish pipeline operator PERN said on Saturday that the pumping of crude oil in the damaged Druzhba pipeline has been restored. "PERN's technical services restored the full functionality of the damaged pipeline used to deliver crude oil to the company's German customers on Saturday," PERN said in a statement. The leak was discovered late on Tuesday and PERN said the next day that there was no sign that third-party interference caused the damage. Currently, the activity of PERN services is focused on clearing the area and restoring it to its original condition, PERN said on Saturday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Pawel Florkiewicz; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ 2 men in Missouri allegedly plotted to kill migrants at Texas border and made threats on TikTok, FBI says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Two men in Missouri are accused of plotting to shoot migrants at the Texas border and broadcasting their plans on TikTok, the FBI said. Threats on TikTok against migrants, governmentAccording to the affidavits, the FBI received an anonymous tip last month that Perry, using TikTok account @trashpanda1774, posted a video threatening an attack against the government. Around the end of last month, O'Dell posted a video to the TikTok account @mobornfromthe90s in which he discussed his plans to "secure the southern border" and leave for Texas on Oct. 4. Using phone records showing frequent communication between Perry and O'Dell, the FBI identified O'Dell and found his address in Warsaw, Missouri, about 100 miles southeast of Kansas City. On Oct. 2, two days before O'Dell had said the pair would be heading to Texas, an undercover FBI employee spoke to O'Dell on a phone call.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan October 13, 2022. Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey could act as a gas hub, having already suggested on Wednesday that Russia could reroute supplies intended for the Nord Stream pipelines under the Baltic Sea, which were damaged last month. Concerns over winter supplies were heightened as workers at EDF's Bugey nuclear plant in eastern France resumed a strike over wages on Thursday, the latest in a series of stoppages to hit the French industry. Norway has become an increasingly important source of gas for the EU and Britain after Russia curtailed supplies. At a meeting in Kazakhstan, President Putin said that increased cooperation on supplies with Turkey , which is not a member of the EU, could also help to regulate prices.

☆ Poland repairing oil pipeline, says no indication of sabotage
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Firefighters work in the field near the Druzhba pipeline where an oil leak was detected, near the village of Zurawice, Poland, October 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File PhotoCompanies Pern Spólka Akcyjna FollowWARSAW, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Repairs to a pipeline carrying Russian oil to Germany have begun and Poland does not think the incident was sabotage, the top Polish energy security official told Reuters on Thursday. Berger said the leak was caused by a "relatively large" fracture along the pipeline, adding that repairs have already started. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki had earlier on Wednesday told public radio that it was too early to say whether the leak was accidental damage or caused by sabotage. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Marek Strzelecki; Editing by Alexander Smith and Mark PotterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ A wrecked Russian tank can be put in front of Moscow's embassy in Germany, court rules
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A German group can put a wrecked Russian tank outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, a court said. Project organizer Enno Lenze said he would pick up a tank himself from Ukraine for the display. The road just outside the embassy likely can't support the weight of a massive tank, the court release said, so the which suggested a nearby crossroads for the display. The Russian Embassy in Berlin on September 3, 2022. On Monday, following intense Russian bombardment of Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure, Germany announced it would send air defense systems, as Reuters reported.

Firefighters work in the field near the Druzhba pipeline where an oil leak was detected, near the village of Zurawice, Poland, October 12, 2022. Poland said the leak in one of the Druzhba pipelines on the main route for oil to Germany was probably caused by an accident. EU nations have been seeking to reduce their reliance on Russian energy in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February. EU energy ministers were meeting in Prague on Wednesday to try to agree new measures to tackle the crisis. Rocketing gas prices across Europe and Britain have driven up the cost of electricity.

☆ Polish pipeline operator PERN says leak detected in Druzhba oil pipeline
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Companies Pern Spólka Akcyjna FollowWARSAW, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Polish operator PERN has detected a leak in one pipeline in the Druzhba system that carries oil from Russia to Europe, it said on Wednesday, an event that will add to concerns about Europe's energy security after the Nord Stream gas leak. It was detected in a section of the pipe around 70 kilometres from the central Polish city of Plock. The second line of the pipeline, and other elements of PERN's infrastructure, were working as normal, PERN said. A spokesperson for the Czech pipeline operator MERO said it had not seen any change in flows to the Czech Republic. It was not immediately clear how significant the leak in the Druzhba pipeline was.

A logo of the Polish Central Bank (NBP) is seen on its building in Warsaw, Poland, September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File PhotoWARSAW, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Poland's central bank Governor Adam Glapinski and four other rate setters threatened legal action on Tuesday against some members of the Monetary Policy Council over public statements they have made about policy. The other members of the MPC are Tyrowicz, Litwiniuk and Ludwik Kotecki, a former deputy finance minister who has been critical of monetary policy. At a press conference last Thursday, Glapinski criticised MPC members who "take 37,300 zlotys ($7,437.69) a month for participating in one meeting during the month and criticise the actions of the whole body". The central bank kept its main interest rate at 6.75% at its Oct. 5 meeting following a run of 11 consecutive hikes.

☆ IMF cuts global growth forecast for next year, warns ‘the worst is yet to come’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Hannah Ward-Glenton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The International Monetary Fund predicts global growth will slow. The IMF anticipates global inflation will peak in late 2022, increasing from 4.7% in 2021 to 8.8%, and that it will "remain elevated for longer than previously expected." Global inflation will likely decrease to 6.5% in 2023 and to 4.1% by 2024, according to the IMF forecast. The agency noted the tightening of monetary policy across the world to combat inflation and the "powerful appreciation" of the U.S. dollar against other currencies. "Winter 2022 will be challenging for Europe, but winter 2023 will likely be worse," the IMF said.

☆ Russia unleashes its anger on Ukraine with brutal strikes — but it has big problems on the battlefield
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Cars are seen on fire after Russian missile strikes, as Russia's attack continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 10, 2022. Ukraine's leadership has said it will not be intimidated by the latest spate of attacks, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowing to inflict more pain on Russian forces on the battlefield. Supplies running outDespite Moscow's recent show of strength in the last day or so, experts say Russia's forces are looking increasingly desperate and ill-equipped. "Russia's forces are exhausted. Destroyed armored vehicles and tanks belonging to Russian forces, after they withdrew from the city of Lyman in the Donetsk region in Ukraine on Oct. 5, 2022.

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