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World in brief: May 10, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks during a joint press conference with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola in Kyiv Ukraine, May 9, 2024

POLAND: Polish farmers marched through downtown Warsaw today to protest against the EU’s climate policies and to oppose the pro-EU government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

The march was organised by Solidarity, a farmers’ trade union strongly opposed to the EU’s farming policies, in particular a policy known as the Green Deal, which the farmers say interferes with their work and imposes high costs.

GULF OF ADEN: A European naval force detained six suspected pirates today after they opened fire on an oil tanker travelling through the Gulf of Aden, officials said.

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