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People are seen taking part in the equality parade in Warsaw, Poland on June 8, 2019. Thousands of people took part in the parade meant to celebrate gender equality at a time when the ruling, conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party has aggressively rallied against the LGBT community in order to whip up support from it's mainly Catholic voter base.

Poland Is Holding Massive Pride Parades. But How Far Have LGBTQ Rights Really Come?

The biggest pride event in Central and Eastern Europe brought more people t...

The biggest pride event in Central and Eastern Europe brought more people than ever to the streets in the Polish capital of Warsaw on June 8. Tens of thousands of people marched, danced and sang...

Polish President Andrzej Duda (R) and US President Donald Trump shake hands prior to a meeting at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, July 6, 2017.

Fort Trump? The Pentagon Takes a Step Toward Establishing Base in Poland

The Trump Administration has drawn criticism for considering U.S. troop wit...

The Trump Administration has drawn criticism for considering U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Syria, but it's considering at least one new permanent military base overseas. It even has a suggested name: “Fort Trump.” Under...

Images of the victims seen inside the museum at Auschwitz I camp.

40 Miles From Auschwitz, Poland's Jewish Community Is Beginning to Thrive

Amid a resurgence of anti-Semitism throughout Europe, Poland is home to one...

Amid a resurgence of anti-Semitism throughout Europe, Poland is home to one of the fastest-growing Jewish communities in the world

15 December 2018, Poland, Katowice: Michal Kurtyka (M), President of the UN Climate Change Conference COP24, and other participants of the climate summit are pleased about the decision of the compromise at the world climate summit.

The Paris Agreement Lives on at the U.N. Climate Change Conference. But Political Disruption Still Remains a Threat

The potential for disruption was clear from the beginning

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Cave specialist Christian Casseyas shows the latest area to have been searched by archeologists as he gives a tour of the Goyet cave, where 96 bones and three teeth from five Neanderthal individuals were found, in Goyet, Belgium, on December 19, 2016.
Deep in the caves of Goyet, in present-day Belgium, researchers have found the grisly evidence that the Neanderthals did not just feast on horses or reindeer, but also on each other. / AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Researchers Discover Neanderthal Child Was Devoured by a Giant Bird

The bones are the oldest human remains ever discovered in Poland by 50,000 ...

The bones are the oldest human remains ever discovered in Poland by 50,000 years

This video grab taken from Polish private TVN channel shows hot chocolate poured out over the A2 highway between Wrzesnia and Slupca near Poznan, western Poland, after a the truck transporting the sweet freight crashed through a traffic barrier on May 9, 2018.

This Is What It Looks Like When a Truck Hauling 12 Tons of Chocolate Flips Over on a Highway

The clean-up is sure to be a sticky one

A counter-protest to a protest on Feb. 5, 2018 near the Presidential Palace in Warsaw organized by far-right groups to protest against reaction of the Israeli authorities to Poland's new holocaust law

Poland's Holocaust Law Is a Dangerous Threat to Free Speech

The law bans any suggestion of Polish complicity in WWII-era Nazi atrocitie...

The law bans any suggestion of Polish complicity in WWII-era Nazi atrocities

Poland Is Holding Massive Pride Parades. But How Far Have LGBTQ Rights Really Come?

Fort Trump? The Pentagon Takes a Step Toward Establishing Base in Poland

40 Miles From Auschwitz, Poland's Jewish Community Is Beginning to Thrive

The Paris Agreement Lives on at the U.N. Climate Change Conference. But Political Disruption Still Remains a Threat

Researchers Discover Neanderthal Child Was Devoured by a Giant Bird

This Is What It Looks Like When a Truck Hauling 12 Tons of Chocolate Flips Over on a Highway

Poland's Holocaust Law Is a Dangerous Threat to Free Speech

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