Month: September 2022

Вибух у Чернігові: лікарка розповіла, в якому стані перебуває постраждалий дворічний хлопчик

Стан хлопчика, який постраждав внаслідок вибуху в Чернігові, залишається стабільно важким, дитина все ще перебуває в реанімації. Про це Суспільному розповіла в.о. генерального директора дитячої обласної лікарні Тетяна Лебедєва. «Проведено комп’ютерно-томографічне дослідження мозку. Сьогодні, 4 вересня, зібрався консиліум з лікарів спеціалістів хірургічного, офтальмологічного профілю. Дитина зараз перебуває в реанімаційному відділенні», – розповіла лікарка. За її словами, лікарі наразі роблять все можливе для того, щоб дитина вийшла зі стану медикаментозного сну, аби потім їй було проведено подальше лікування. Читайте також: Зеленський назвав «неприпустимим» випадок із вибухом боєприпасу в Чернігові П’ятеро людей, більшість із них діти, постраждали через вибух боєприпасу на виставці …

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Emotions Raw Before Nice Bastille Day Attack Trial Begins

A lawyer was strolling with her mother, friends and a colleague along the beachfront boulevard in Nice to celebrate France’s national day. Four young sisters from Poland had spent a day sightseeing. Two Russian students were on a summer break. And a Texas family, on vacation with young children, was taking in some of Europe’s classic sights. The bright lights of the packed boardwalk glittered along the bay like a string of stars. Those lights would mark a pathway of murder and destruction that night of July 14, 2016. Shortly after the end of a fireworks display, a 19-ton truck …

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John Paul I, ‘Smiling Pope’ for a Month, Moves Towards Sainthood

Pope John Paul I, who died in 1978 after only 33 days as pontiff, moved closer to sainthood on Sunday with the Vatican still having to dismiss lingering conspiracy theories that he was a victim of foul play. Pope Francis beatified his predecessor at a ceremony in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of people. Beatification is the last step before sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church. John Paul was known as “The Smiling Pope” because of his meekness and simplicity. “With a smile, Pope John Paul managed to communicate the goodness of the Lord,” Francis said in his …

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Survivor of Holocaust, Munich Attack Heads Back to Germany

They call him the ultimate survivor: Shaul Ladany lived through a Nazi concentration camp and escaped the massacre of 11 fellow Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Decades later the 86-year-old is back in Germany to visit the two places where he narrowly avoided death. On Saturday, Ladany, who was born in 1936 in Belgrade, in the former Yugoslavia, brought family members to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany to show them the place where he was imprisoned by the Nazis as an 8-year-old. After that the octogenarian will participate in a joint German-Israeli ceremony in …

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G7 Finance Ministers Press Forward With Plan for Price Cap on Russian Oil 

The finance ministers of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations agreed Friday to move forward with an unprecedented plan to cap the price of oil that Russia sells on global markets in order to limit the funds that Moscow uses to pay for the war in Ukraine. The price cap proposal comes as the European Union prepares to implement a complete embargo on Russian oil in December. The EU plan would also ban companies in the bloc from insuring or financing Russian oil shipments. U.S. officials have expressed concern that a complete ban on Russian oil sales to the …

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UK to Begin Rollout of New COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign

The U.K. will begin its autumn COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the coming weeks after authorizing booster shots made by Pfizer and Moderna that have been modified to target both the original virus and the widely circulating omicron variant. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said Saturday that it had approved the Pfizer vaccine for use in people aged 12 and older after finding it was both safe and effective. The agency authorized the Moderna vaccine last month. The government will offer the vaccine to everyone age 50 and over, as well as front-line health care workers and other groups …

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Teacher Shortages Grow Worrisome in Poland and Hungary

Ewa Jaworska has been a teacher since 2008 and loves working with young people. But the low pay is leaving her demoralized. She even has to buy her own teaching materials sometimes and is disheartened by the government using schools to promote conservative ideas which she sees as backward. Like many other Polish teachers, she is considering a career change. “I keep hoping that the situation might still change,” said the 44-year-old, who teaches in a Warsaw high school. “But unfortunately, it is changing for the worse, so only time will tell if this year will be my last.” Problems …

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Swim Cap for Black Swimmers’ Hair Gets Race Approval After Olympic Ban

A cap designed for Black swimmers’ natural hair that was banned from the Tokyo Olympics has been approved for competitive races. Swimming governing body FINA said on Friday the Soul Cap was on its list of approved equipment.   “Promoting diversity and inclusivity is at the heart of FINA’s work,” executive director Brent Nowicki said in a statement, “and it is very important that all aquatic athletes have access to the appropriate swimwear.” The London-based Soul Cap brand was designed larger than existing styles to contain and protect dreadlocks, weaves, hair extensions, braids, and thick and curly hair. Last year, …

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Thousands Pay Last Respects to Gorbachev at Funeral Snubbed by Putin

Thousands of Russians filed past the open casket of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, on Saturday with many saying they wanted to honor his memory as “a peacemaker” who dismantled totalitarianism and gave them their freedom. Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991, died on Tuesday, aged 91. His body lay in state in the grand Hall of Columns in central Moscow in the tradition of previous Soviet leaders, including Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin. The man affectionately known as “Gorby” in the West and who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his …

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