Month: May 2022

Євросоюз

Russia on Verge of Controlling Mariupol

The fall of the Ukrainian port of Mariupol to Russia appeared imminent Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the city’s sprawling steel plant, and hundreds of Kyiv fighters who had been holed up there turned themselves over to Russian forces in a deal reached by the warring parties. The capture of Mariupol, a prewar city of 430,000 people along the north coast of the Sea of Azov, would be Moscow’s biggest success in its nearly three-month offensive against Ukraine. But Russia is struggling to capture more territory in eastern Ukraine and has failed to topple the government of President Volodymyr …

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Nestlé Ships Baby Formula From Switzerland, Netherlands Amid US Shortages

Swiss food giant Nestlé is to fly baby formula from Switzerland and the Netherlands to the United States amid shortages there, a group spokeswoman said Tuesday.  The Swiss group will specifically import two brands of hypoallergenic milk, as the shortage has become an additional source of stress for parents of babies intolerant of cow’s milk protein.  “We prioritized these products because they serve a critical medical purpose,” the spokeswoman told AFP, confirming a press report.   The two brands are already imported: Gerber Good Start Extensive HA milk from the Netherlands, and Alfamino milk from Switzerland.   Faced with the shortage, Nestlé …

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Fall of Ukraine’s Port of Mariupol to Russians Appears Imminent

The fall of the Ukrainian port of Mariupol to Russia appeared imminent Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the city’s sprawling steel plant, and hundreds of Kyiv fighters who had been holed up there turned themselves over to Russian forces in a deal reached by the warring parties. The capture of Mariupol, a prewar city of 430,000 people along the north coast of the Sea of Azov, would be Moscow’s biggest success in its nearly three-month offensive against Ukraine. But Russia is struggling to capture more territory in eastern Ukraine and has failed to topple the government of President Volodymyr …

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Turkish Foreign Minister Faces Tough Questions in Washington

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is due to meet Wednesday in Washington with Secretary of State Antony Blinken — the latest step in the process of repairing ties between the two NATO allies. The Turkish diplomat will have tough questions to answer when it comes to Turkey’s efforts to veto bids by Finland and Sweden to join the Atlantic alliance. Once a close ally of Washington, Ankara has seen relations strained over Turkey’s poor human rights record and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s close ties with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Turkey’s strong backing of Ukraine in the face of …

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First Task for France’s New Head of Government: Win the Legislatives  

France’s newly appointed prime minister Elisabeth Borne begins work this week with major challenges on her plate, tasked to rebrand President Emmanuel Macron’s second term with greener, more socially friendly policies — and to ensure his party wins next month’s legislative vote. Borne is expected to name her new Cabinet this week. Then comes putting her boss’s goals for a new and different second term into practice. Since President Emmanuel Macron announced her appointment as his new prime minister Monday evening, Borne has called for faster, stronger action on climate and the environment — and for garnering a majority as …

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Суспільство

Малюська: всередині літа очікуємо перші судові рішення про заборону діяльності проросійських партій

Після офіційної публікації закону про заборону діяльності проросійських партій Міністерство юстиції подасть судовий позов про заборону таких партій до апеляційного суду у Львові. Про це в ефірі телемарафону повідомив міністр юстиції Денис Малюська. «Найгучніша партія, яку розглядатиме суд, – це, безумовно, ОПЗЖ. У нас є необхідна доказова база. Тобто ми керуємося не лише рішенням РНБО, а ще й маємо докази їхньої проросійськості. Очікуємо, що такий судовий розгляд буде досить швидким. Тому що закон, ухвалений Верховною Радою, встановлює дуже стислі строки для розгляду справи судом: максимум один місяць як для установ першої інстанції, так і апеляційної. Відповідно, якщо Львівський адміністративний апеляційний …

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War Crimes Watch: Targeting Schools, Russia Bombs the Future

By JASON DEAREN, JULIET LINDERMAN and OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI  As she lay buried under the rubble, her legs broken and eyes blinded by blood and thick clouds of dust, all Inna Levchenko could hear was screams. It was 12:15 p.m. on March 3, and moments earlier a blast had pulverized the school where she’d taught for 30 years. Amid relentless bombing, she’d opened School 21 in Chernihiv as a shelter to frightened families. They painted the word “children” in big, bold letters on the windows, hoping that Russian forces would see it and spare them. The bombs fell anyway. Though she …

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Ukraine Works to Evacuate Last Mariupol Troops

Ukraine’s military worked Tuesday to evacuate its remaining fighters from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol where three months of Russian bombing has left the besieged port city in ruins. Ukrainian officials said more than 260 fighters were evacuated Monday. Fifty-three seriously injured fighters were taken to a hospital in Novoazovsk, east of Mariupol, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said. Novoazovsk is under the control of Russian troops and Russian-backed separatists. Another 211 fighters were taken to the town of Olenivka, an area also controlled by Russian-backed separatists, Malyar said, adding that the evacuees would be subject to a potential …

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