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Poland has seen its most violent protest by farmers and supporters yet as some participants threw stones at police and tried to push through barriers around parliament

diamond houses in India were alerted over the weekend that missing paper trails and sloppy records would land them in trouble under the new sanctions regime that began on March 1 to block Russian gems from the affluent western markets. The discreet, quaint world of diamonds, where close-knit jewellers and diamantaires cut deals in old-fashioned ways, is scanning a new, unfamiliar compliance mechanism that could change the way they have been doing business for ages. If local firms, which cut and polish eight out of 10 diamonds mined in the world, fail to generate and safekeep documentary evidence that the rough stones and jewellery did not originate in Russia, they could come under serious scrutiny. Cautioning them about the pitfalls, the apex trade body has circulated the various guidelines and formats of self-declarations that diamond firms shipping to the US and EU must share with their buyers to avoid trouble.

Google's generative AI product Gemini has drawn angry responses of inbuilt bias, which may not be the case. The problem with inaccurate rendition of historical faces — including a 'less controversial' image of a Black Elon Musk (pic) — could be more a function of undue haste in bringing Gemini to market than any desire to subvert history that conspiracy theorists are alleging. Technology products undergo continuous refinement over their life cycle, most of which occurs after they have been released commercially.

By Marc Jones and Olena Harmash

Germany and Poland affirmed Tuesday that they would not be sending troops to Ukraine, after reports that some Western countries may be considering doing so as the war with Russia enters its third year. The head of NATO also said the U.S.-led military alliance has no plans to send troops to Ukraine, after other central European leaders confirmed that they too would not be providing soldiers. The Kremlin, meanwhile, warned that a direct conflict between NATO and Russia would be inevitable if the alliance sends combat troops. «In this case, we need to talk not about probability, but about the inevitability (of conflict),» Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia says the four Central European countries are deeply divided over Russia's war against Ukraine and how to resolve the conflict

Latvia’s government has extended restrictions on the entry of Russian citizens into the Baltic country until next year

Thousands of farmers are marching in Poland’s capital to protest European Union agricultural policies and imports of cheap food from neighboring Ukraine

The prime ministers of Canada and Poland have discussed boosting exports of Ukrainian grain to the world’s poorest countries to ease protests by farmers in Europe who see the Ukrainian goods as a market threat

The head of the European Union’s powerful Commission says decisions will be taken soon to release billions of euros to Poland, funds frozen by the bloc over the previous Polish government’s anti-EU policies

Germany's businesses remain mired in pessimism despite a small uptick in the latest survey, as Europe’s largest economy struggles with shortages of skilled labor, slower global trade, and political squabbling

By Angeliki Koutantou

By Olena Harmash and Angelo Amante

By Sybille de La Hamaide and Benoit Tessier

By Anna Koper

Google Doodle on Friday celebrated Polish-American biochemist Casimir Funk's 140th birthday. According to the description, Funk was among the first to discover and introduce the concept of vitamins and essential nutrients needed for human health. Casimir Funk grew up in Poland, and after finishing high school, he travelled to Switzerland to study biology and chemistry.

Czech farmers are driving their tractors and other vehicles to to several border crossings to join forces with their colleagues from neighboring countries in their protests against European Union agriculture policies, bureaucracy and overall conditions...

attacks on Indian students in America have risen in the recent past and the UK's economy is still struggling to recover from the mild recession it was reeling under — it is perhaps the time for Indian students to reassess the conventional study destinations of America, UK and Canada. Overall, there are 13.2 lakh Indian students currently studying abroad out of which 4.6 lakh are in the USA and 1.83 lakh students in Canada, World Bank blog data shows. There are a total of 423 higher education institutions in Germany, including 108 universities, 211 universities of applied sciences and 52 colleges of art and music.

Ukraine’s president has invited Poland’s leaders to meet him at their shared border to resolve a blockade by Polish farmers protesting Ukrainian food imports

By Alan Charlish and Pawel Florkiewicz

A coordinated international operation has targeted one of the leading ransomware operator group LockBit, freezing over 200 cryptocurrency accounts linked to their activities.