Month: August 2022

12 Poles Killed in Croatia Bus Crash

A bus with Polish license plates skidded off a highway in northern Croatia early Saturday, killing at least 12 people, according to authorities.   Officials say at least 30 people were injured.  The bus was filled with religious pilgrims traveling to a Catholic shrine in Medjugorje, a town in southern Bosnia.  Reuters reports that all the victims are Polish citizens.     …

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Ukraine, Russia Trade Blame Over Damage to Nuclear Plant

Three more ships carrying thousands of tons of corn left Ukrainian ports Friday, part of a grain deal between Kyiv and Moscow, as the two countries accused each other of damaging a major Ukrainian nuclear power plant. Ukraine’s state nuclear power company Energoatom said Russian shelling had hit the Zaporizhzhia power station, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. “Three strikes were recorded on the site of the plant, near one of the power blocks where the nuclear reactor is located,” Energoatom said in a statement. It said there were no signs that the damage had caused a radioactive leak.   Three …

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Spain Leads Europe in Monkeypox, Struggles to Check Spread 

As a sex worker and adult film actor, Roc was relieved when he was among the first Spaniards to get a monkeypox vaccine. He knew of several cases among men who have sex with men, which is the leading demographic for the disease, and feared he could be next.  “I went home and thought, ‘Phew, my God, I’m saved,’ ” the 29-year-old told The Associated Press.  But it was already too late. Roc, the name he uses for work, had been infected by a client a few days before. He joined Spain’s steadily increasing count of monkeypox infections that has …

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Зеленський через обстріл ЗАЕС закликає застосувати жорсткі санкції проти всієї атомної галузі РФ

Президент України про поведінку Росії: «Той, хто створює ядерні загрози для інших народів, сам точно не здатний безпечно використовувати атомні технології» …

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Директорка українського офісу Amnesty International повідомила про звільнення

Оксана Покальчук каже: «Ще вчора у мене була наївна надія, що я зможу все виправити… І той текст буде видалено, а замість нього з’явиться інший. Сьогодні я зрозуміла, що цього не станеться» …

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After Griner Gets Jail, Russia Ready to Discuss Swap With US

Russia and the United States said on Friday they were ready to discuss a prisoner swap, a day after a Russian court sentenced basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for a drugs offense. The case against Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star, plunged her into a geopolitical maelstrom after Russia sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden had previously agreed on a diplomatic channel that should be used to discuss potential prisoner exchanges. “We are ready …

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Понад 10 людей постраждали внаслідок обстрілу Миколаєва, є загиблі – влада

Понад 10 людей постраждали внаслідок обстрілу Миколаєва в одному місці, є загиблі, повідомив голова обласної військової адміністрації Віталій Кім. «Вже понад 10 («300») лише в одному місці після обстрілу вдень, є «200», бригади ще працюють», – повідомив він у Telegram. Раніше сьогодні Кім попередив, що на території Миколаєва з 23:00 5 серпня до 5:00 8 серпня запроваджують комендантську годину, бо «місто буде на відпрацюванні». Він закликав поставитися з розумінням до відповідних заходів, запланувати об’їзд міста. Три міжнародні автобуси, рейси яких заплановані, з міста виїдуть у супроводі поліції, сказав голова ОВА. 20 липня Віталій Кім анонсував, що найближчим часом Миколаїв «закриють» на …

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AP Interview: US Aid Chief Counters Food Crisis, Russia

Samantha Power won fame as a human rights advocate and was picked by President Joe Biden to lead the agency that distributes billions of dollars in U.S. aid abroad, including providing more food assistance than anyone else in the world. But since Russia invaded Ukraine, that job includes a new task with a Cold War feel — countering Russia’s messaging abroad. As administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Power is dealing now with a global food crisis, brought on by local conflicts, the pandemic’s economic upheaval, and drought and the other extremes typical of climate change. As the …

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Commercial Ship Scheduled to Leave Ukraine on Friday

The Joint Coordination Center overseeing implementation of the U.N.- and Turkish-brokered deal to get commercial ships with Ukrainian grain to world markets said Thursday that three more ships are expected to sail Friday. The first ship, the Razoni, departed on Monday from Odesa and is en route to Lebanon with a cargo of corn. The Navistar will be the second vessel to sail from Odesa, carrying 33,000 metric tons of corn destined for Ireland. The JCC, which is made up of representatives from Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations, has also authorized the departure of two ships Friday from …

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