Month: July 2023

У Генштабі заявили про можливу підготовку Росією провокації на ЗАЕС «найближчим часом»

«За оперативною інформацією, сьогодні на зовнішній крівлі третього й четвертого енергоблоків ЗАЕС були розміщені сторонні предмети, схожі на вибухові пристрої. Їх підрив не має пошкодити енергоблоки, але може створити картинку обстрілів з боку України» …

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Britain’s Public Health Service at 75: On Life Support?

Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) on Wednesday marks 75 years since it was founded as the Western world’s first universal, free health care system. In a secular age, the NHS is the closest thing Britain has to a national religion — devoutly cherished, with levels of public support higher than the royal family or any other British institution. It was founded three years after World War II by a pioneering Labour government on the principle that everyone should access top-quality health care funded by general taxation, free at the point of care. Prime Minister …

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Turkey Says Quran Burning in Sweden Raises Questions as Possible NATO Member

Turkey’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Swedish authorities’ failure to prevent Quran-burning protests in the country is raising security concerns and questions about Sweden’s credentials for possible NATO membership. But Hakan Fidan said Turkey would still approve Sweden’s membership in the military alliance if Stockholm “completes its homework” and presses ahead with efforts to address Turkey’s concerns. “The fact that the Swedish security system is incapable of preventing provocations and is presenting an image of a [country] that brings problems to NATO — instead of more power — is making us think in terms of the strategic and security aspects,” …

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Latest in Ukraine: Russia Says Ukraine Attacked Moscow with Drones

Latest developments:   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for the extension of an agreement allowing for the export of grain from Ukrainian ports.  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sweden has more work to do before Turkey can support a Swedish bid to join NATO.  “Everyone must accept that Turkey’s friendship cannot be won by supporting terrorism or by making space for terrorists,” Erdogan said.     Russia said Tuesday it downed five Ukrainian drones that attacked Moscow and the surrounding region.   The Russian defense ministry said air defenses shot down four of the drones, while the fifth …

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Rights Group Says Iran Executed 354 People in First Half of 2023

Iran has hanged at least 354 people in the first six months of 2023, a rights group said Monday, adding that the pace of executions was much higher than in 2022.  Rights groups have accused Tehran of increasing the use of the death penalty to spread fear across society in the wake of the protest movement that erupted last September over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who had been arrested for allegedly violating strict dress rules for women.  Executions up 36%  Norway-based Iran Human Rights said the 354 people figure for the first six months up to …

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Sweden Orders Four Companies to Stop Using Google Tool

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — Sweden on Monday ordered four companies to stop using a Google tool that measures and analyzes web traffic, as doing so transfers personal data to the United States. One company was fined the equivalent of more than $1.1 million.  Sweden’s privacy protection agency, the IMY, said it had examined the use of Google Analytics by the firms following a complaint by the Austrian data privacy group NOYB (none of your business), which has filed dozens of complaints against Google across Europe.  NOYB asserted that the use of Google Analytics for web statistics by the companies resulted in the transfer …

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Через землетрус у Каспійському морі поштовхи відчули жителі Азербайджану

Одразу після півночі 4 липня в Каспійському морі зафіксували землетрус. Як повідомив центр сейсмологічної служби Національної академії наук Азербайджану, магнітуда землетрусу на глибині 20 км становила 5,7. Геологічна служба США оцінила магнітуду землетрусу в 5,4. Європейський середземноморський сейсмологічний центр повідомив, що епіцентр підземних поштовхів зафіксували за 80 кілометрів на північний схід від міста Хачмаз. Підземні поштовхи відчувалися в кількох регіонах Азербайджану, включаючи столицю Баку. Але наразі інформації про руйнування чи жертви немає.   …

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