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WARSAW: After some lean months during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fat Thursday finally brought some cheer to Polish confectioners as their sweet-toothed customers feasted on doughnuts.

Substrain of SARS-CoV-2 variant in UK may resist antibody neutralization Researchers at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw have identified a substrain of the recently emerged B.1.1.7 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that may confer resistance to antibody neutralization. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is the agent responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that has now claimed the lives of more than 2.35 million people. The substrain of th...

The Romanian real estate investment market grew in 2020 despite the pandemic context and closed the year with a total value of investment transactions

The charges against Marta Lempart include insulting a police officer and causing an epidemiological threat for organizing protests during the coronavirus pandemic

The International Organization for Migration, an inter-governmental body related to the UN, is demanding the EU and member states put an end to illegal expulsions of people seeking asylum.

Live updates: Winter storm warning in effect for parts of Ohio, Kentucky Sarah Brookbank and Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati Enquirer Update 7:45 p.m.: A winter storm warning is in effect until 7 p.m. Thursday for Adams and Scioto counties, according to the National Weather Service.  Heave mixed precipitation will continue throughout the evening and 2 to 4 inches of snow and ice is possible, officials said. The National Weather Service strongly discourages traveling at this time...

Spending Valentine’s weekend at home this year? Shock horror. It doesn’t matter whether you’re all coupled up or free and single at this time of year, it’s hard to beat a night in with a good film. So light that fire, stick on the popcorn and enjoy. Here are five of the best movies on the telly this weekend: Friday The Zookeeper’s Wife – RTE2 – 9:30pm This film is based on a true story and tells the tale of Antonina and Jan Zabinski, the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo. They save hundre...

A Polish court has ordered two Holocaust historians to apologise to the niece of a dead mayor for stating that he collaborated with the Nazis.A court in Warsaw has said the academics “damaged the good

Rachel Feldhay Brenner, the Elaine Marks WARF Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, died on Thursday, February 4 in Madison. She was 74. Born in Zabrze, Poland, Brenner moved to Israel with her family in 1956. She studied at the Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, and the University of York in Toronto before coming to Madison, where she joined the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies in 1992. In addition to chairing the department from 2004 to 2007, Brenn...

How Heschel and King bonded over the Hebrew prophets Black History Month is a fitting moment to recall a brief, remarkable friendship that permanently transformed America. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., center, and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, second from right, march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, March 21, 1965. Courtesy of Susannah Heschel February 11, 2021 (RNS) — Black History Month is a fitting moment to recall a brief, remarkable friendship that permanently transfo...