Month: April 2021

Government Documents Show Russia Considering Using Convicts to Build Railway

Russia is considering using convicts to expand a railway line in the far east, a government document showed, as Moscow faces migrant labor shortages due to COVID-19.Restrictions linked to the pandemic have prompted many migrant workers to leave Russia and authorities have warned construction projects could be slowed down.Russia has already brought in soldiers to build a segment of its Baikal-Amur Mainline railway (BAM) in the far east to transport more coal and metal to ports for export to Asia.It is now also considering convict laborers to work on the line which is being expanded as part of a more …

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У Карпатах поновили пошуки зниклого у лютому 40-річного киянина – ДСНС

В управлінні ДСНС в Закарпатській області повідомили, що напередодні рятувальники поновили пошуки зниклого у Карпатах 13 лютого 40-річного киянина. «Зважаючи на те, що сніговий покрив у гірській місцевості зійшов рятувальники вчергове обстежили місце, де ймовірно заблукав турист. Наземні пошуки здійснювали 15 фахівців гірських пошуково-рятувальних відділень с. Нижні Ворота, Мукачево та Ужгорода та 4 одиниці техніки серед яких всюдихід Богун. Також до пошуків долучились 8 волонтерів з Києва. Для повітряного моніторингу території було залучено безпілотний літальний апарат», – йдеться в повідомленні. За даними рятувальників, пошукові групи обстежили схили та водозбірники гори Гимба та Жид-Магура. «На жаль, зниклого громадянина не знайдено», – …

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EU Will Let Vaccinated Americans Visit This Summer, Top Official Says

A top European Union official said Sunday that Americans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 should be able to travel to Europe by summer, easing existing travel restrictions.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told The New York Times that the union’s 27 members would accept, unconditionally, all those who are vaccinated with vaccines that are approved by the European Medicines Agency. The agency has approved the three vaccines used in the United States.”The Americans, as far as I can see, use European Medicines Agency-approved vaccines,” von der Leyen said. “This will enable free movement and travel to the European …

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German Contender Wants Tougher Stance on China, Russia

A leading contender to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor this fall has called for “dialogue and toughness” toward China when it comes to defending democratic values and human rights.Annalena Baerbock, the environmentalist Greens’ candidate for chancellorship, told the weekly Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung that Europe should use its economic might to block Chinese goods made with forced labor and avoid communications technologies that endanger European security.”We are currently in a competition between systems: authoritarian powers versus liberal democracies,” she said in an interview published Sunday.Baerbock cited China’s investment in infrastructure and energy grids through Central Asia to Europe as “brutal …

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У Ростов-на-Дону вивезли вже понад пів сотні арештованих кримських татар – адвокат

«Десятки військових суддів, військові прокурори, шість прихованих свідків або навіть більше, експертизи, десятки томів кримінальних справ – це тільки те, що перебуває сьогодні в Ростові-на-Дону» …

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Chad Tensions Rise After Burial of Late President Idriss Deby 

An uneasy calm pervades Chad’s capital N’Djamena since Friday’s funeral for President Idriss Deby, who ruled the central African country for more than 30 years. Civilians say handing over power to Deby’s 37-year-old son to lead a transitional military council for 18 months is undemocratic.Inoussa Labarang, 37,  feeds his 27 chickens at his residence in Farcha, a neighborhood in Chad’s capital N’Djamena. Labarang says he expected to sell two chickens to raise money and buy millet to feed his family for at least three days.  But no customer has come since the country’s long-serving President Idriss Deby was killed during a …

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Greece to Lift Quarantine Rule for More Inbound Visitors 

Greece will lift quarantine restrictions on coronavirus-free visitors from more countries including Australia and Russia from Monday as it extends exemptions ahead of formally opening up to tourists on May 15, the transport ministry said on Sunday. The change, which came as Greece crossed the threshold of 10,000 deaths from COVID-19, follows a move this month to lift restrictions on visitors from EU countries, the United States and Britain, among other countries. Visitors from these countries are allowed into Greece without spending a week in quarantine as long as they are vaccinated or test negative for the coronavirus. As well as Australia and …

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