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Tom Rose

Tom Rose

American journalist and diplomat (born 1962)

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  • Oct 5

    US and Polish officials condemn Tucker Carlson over remarks justifying 1939 invasion of Poland

    Diplomats and political leaders in Warsaw and Washington rejected statements by American commentator Tucker Carlson, who cited Adolf Hitler to argue that Germany's 1939 attack on Poland had legitimate territorial justification.

  • Oct 1

    Poland Signs Boeing and GE Aerospace Offset Deals for Apache Training Centre at WAT

    Poland signed executive offset agreements with Boeing and GE Aerospace to establish an Apache helicopter training centre and maintenance laboratory at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw.

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Trump pauses Russia sanctions to ease diesel-price pressure

Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing a Russia sanctions package that Congress passed in September and that was due to take effect within days. The waiver came as the White House sought lower diesel prices before the 3 November midterm elections.

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  • US-Russia diesel deal dispute

    Trump's waiver follows a deal he struck with Putin for Russian diesel deliveries to the US a week earlier, according to NRC.

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The Middle East after Gaza

New US sanctions on 26 targets and further Hormuz and Yemen incidents, but no change in the strike halt or talks.

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