Month: July 2023

Swedish Prime Minister to Visit White House, Meet With US President

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to host Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson for talks Wednesday at the White House as NATO leaders prepare for a summit in Lithuania.  Sweden is trying to join NATO, a move prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. NATO leaders gave their approval to Sweden’s accession at their 2022 summit, but Turkey and Hungary have not yet ratified Sweden’s bid in a process that must be unanimous among current members.  Finland applied alongside Sweden and was fully accepted into NATO in April.  “President Biden and Prime Minister Kristersson will review our growing security …

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Після тривожних попереджень щодо ЗАЕС у МВС повідомили: радіаційний фон в Україні – у межах норми

У 30-кілометровій зоні навколо РАЕС, ХАЕС, ЗАЕС, ПУАЕС та територіях, забруднених внаслідок Чорнобильської катастрофи, показники перебувають у межах середньомісячних величин …

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Latest in Ukraine: Ukrainian Forces Hit Russia-Occupied Makiivka

Latest developments:     Russia reiterates demand for state agricultural bank to be reconnected to global payment system as expiration of Black Sea Grain Initiative looms.   Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country’s economy is performing better than expected.       The Ukrainian military said Tuesday it destroyed a formation of Russian forces in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.  Ukraine said the attack happened in the Russian-occupied area of Makiivka.  Russian officials said the Ukrainian attack killed one civilian and wounded 36 others.  Ukraine and Russia traded accusations that the other side is planning to attack the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant …

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From Iranian Jail to Wimbledon Royal Box, Thanks to Andy Murray

Andy Murray said he had an emotional meeting with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who spent six years in an Iranian jail cell, after inviting her to watch him from the royal box at Wimbledon on Tuesday. British-Iranian Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Murray became friends after she said in an interview last year that watching the Scot win Wimbledon on television in 2016 helped sustain her during solitary confinement. She had been accused of spying while in the country visiting her parents and held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison until her release last year. “She hadn’t been to Wimbledon before,” Murray said. “After the story …

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Росія запропонувала возити туристів до Криму на десантних кораблях та через окуповану частину Херсонщини

Для автоперевезень до анексованого Криму з боку Росії можуть залучити десантні кораблі. Про це, як передають російські ЗМІ, йшлося у вівторок на урядовому засіданні з участю президента РФ Володимира Путіна. Йшлося, зокрема, про великі черги на під’їзді до Кримського мосту. Путін доручив максимально використати поромні переправи. На що голова російського міністерства транспорту Віталій Савельєв сказав, що в разі потреби залучать два десантні кораблі. Він зазначив, що Кримським мостом їдуть лише легкові автомобілі, а туристичні автобуси та вантажівки перевозять до Криму на шести поромах. Савельєв також запропонував туристам, що їдуть в анексований Крим, скористатися маршрутом через окуповану частину Херсонщини. У понеділок …

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Ukrainians Honor Award-winning Writer Killed in Russian Missile Attack on Restaurant

Dozens of people with flowers, many unable to hold back tears, bid farewell Tuesday to an award-winning Ukrainian writer who was among those killed by a Russian missile attack on a popular restaurant in eastern Ukraine. The memorial service for Victoria Amelina, 37, was held in the crowded main hall of Saint Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv, where ceremonies are usually held for soldiers who were killed on the battlefield. Amelina died in a hospital from injuries sustained in the June 27 strike on a popular restaurant frequently visited by journalists and aid workers in the city of Kramatorsk. Twelve other …

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