Month: August 2023

«Ми анонсували сезон бавовни – тримаємо слово» – Гуменюк про звуки вибухів в Криму

Керівниця об’єднаного координаційного пресцентру Сил оборони півдня України Наталія Гуменюк в ефірі Радіо Свобода (проєкт «Свобода.Ранок») прокоментувала звуки вибухів, які сьогодні чули в окупованому Криму, зокрема в місті Саки та в Новофедорівці. За її словами, знищення ресурсів та резервів у тилу «вписується в логіку і тактику ведення війни». «Ми анонсували сезон бавовни – ми тримаємо слово. Це абсолютно в планах Сил оборони, це абсолютно вписується в логіку і тактику ведення війни. І абсолютно є діючою складовою того самого контрнаступу, про який так багато говорять. Але завжди забувають про те, що одним із найважливіших елементів контрнаступу є нищення потенціалу ворога, його …

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Paris Plans Dramatic Facelift to Cope With Rising Temperatures 

Paris has recently been shivering under the kind of summer for which it was once infamous — before climate change entered mainstream lexicon and thinking. As temperatures soared in parts of southern Europe, rain has lashed the French capital, sending tourists and locals scrambling for umbrellas and thick sweaters. It’s certain to be a short-term reprieve. By 2050, one recent study said, Paris could have the highest number of heat wave-related deaths of any European capital, with temperatures possibly hitting a scorching 50 degrees Celsius. “We have to maintain the beauty of Paris, while also finding new tools, new materials …

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Three Years on From Contested Election, Belarus at New Low for Free Press, Speech

Wednesday marks three years since the contested elections in Belarus that resulted in a widescale crackdown on dissent and opposition voices. When longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in a presidential election in which members of the opposition were jailed or threatened, mass protests broke out across the country. Security forces responded with violence and mass arrests of journalists, protesters and others, with large numbers of opposition voices still being detained or silenced, according to international rights organizations. “Three years after the start of mass pro-democracy protests in Belarus, there is no end in sight to the horrendous crackdown on free …

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US to Provide up to $200 Million in New Aid for Ukraine  

The United States is providing up to $200 million in additional military aid for Ukraine, two U.S. officials told VOA, in a package that is expected to include more rockets for HIMARS and more munitions for Patriot surface-to-air missile defense systems. The officials, who spoke to VOA on condition of anonymity ahead of the expected release of the package later this week, said the aid also includes mine clearing equipment and anti-tank weapons such as TOW missiles and shoulder-fired AT4s.   The latest aid package will mark the 44th authorized presidential drawdown of military equipment from Defense Department inventories since Russia’s invasion …

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Fire at French Vacation Home for Adults With Disabilities Leaves 11 Dead

A devastating fire that raged through a vacation home for adults with disabilities in eastern France left 11 people dead Wednesday, moving so quickly that people on the upper floors had no chance of escaping. Nathalie Kielwasser, deputy prosecutor for Colmar, said 11 people who were sleeping on the upper floor and in a mezzanine area of the private accommodation in the Alsatian town of Wintzenheim, in eastern France, were trapped by the fire, while five escaped. Twelve people who were staying on the ground floor were evacuated, she said.  The adults, who had “slight intellectual disabilities,” were on a …

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Влада Харківщини розглядає можливість обов’язкової евакуації в Куп’янському районі через обстріли

«Ворог помітно посилив обстріли населених пунктів, що наближені до лінії фронту, та продовжує терор цивільного населення, в тому числі використовуючи авіаудари» …

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Dam in Norway Partially Bursts After Days of Heavy Rains

A dam partially burst on Wednesday following days of heavy rain that triggered landslides and flooding in mountainous southern Norway, a police official said. Communities downstream already had been evacuated. The Glomma, Norway’s longest and most voluminous river, is dammed at the Braskereidfoss hydroelectric power plant, which was under water and out of operation. Authorities initially considered blowing up part of the dam to prevent communities from getting deluged. But the idea was scrapped since water later broke through the dam, police spokesman Fredrik Thomson told reporters. “We hope that we will get a gradual leveling of the water and …

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US Issues New Sanctions Against Top Russian Ally Belarus

The United States issued new sanctions against Belarus on Wednesday, the Treasury Department said, adding it was designating eight individuals and five entities to a list for allegedly funding the Belarusian government.   “This action targets several entities involved in the Belarusian regime’s continued civil society repression, complicity in the Russian Federation’s unjustified war in Ukraine, and enrichment of repressive Belarusian regime leader” Alexander Lukashenko, the Treasury Department said in a statement. Lukashenko has repeatedly accused the West of trying to topple him after mass protests against his rule erupted in 2020 in the wake of a presidential election the …

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ANSA: 41 Dead in Migrant Shipwreck in Central Mediterranean

Forty-one migrants died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, the Ansa news agency reported on Wednesday, citing accounts from survivors who have just reached the Italian island of Lampedusa. Ansa said four people who survived the shipwreck told rescuers that they were on a boat carrying 45 people, including three children. The boat set off on Thursday morning from Tunisia’s Sfax, a hot spot in the migration crisis, but capsized and sank after a few hours, the survivors were quoted as saying. The survivors – three men and a woman from Ivory Coast and Guinea – said …

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Міненерго щодо ситуації зі світлом: пошкоджено лінію електропередач, що призвело до знеструмлення шахти

«Через військову агресію біля 50% енергосистеми зазнали пошкоджень та руйнувань. Але незважаючи на труднощі ремонтна кампанія йде за графіком. Енергетики працюють 24/7, аби взимку в кожній оселі було тепло то світло» …

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