«Надійшло 29 повідомлень про руйнування житлових будинків, господарчих споруд, сільськогосподарської техніки та об’єктів соціальної інфраструктури» …
A Moscow court sentenced Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky on Monday to eight years in prison, finding him guilty of deliberately spreading false information about Russia’s armed forces. Glukhovsky, who is not in Russia and who was tried in absentia, is best known for writing a science fiction series and is the latest artist to be handed a prison term in a relentless crackdown on dissent in Russia. On Friday, imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted on charges of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prison. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, lawmakers passed a bill that imposes prison …
London’s Brick Lane, famed for its street art, appears to be the scene of the latest face-off between pro-democracy supporters and Chinese loyal to President Xi Jinping’s rule. Over the weekend, big red Chinese characters painted on a white background, extolled “core socialist values,” sentiments first expressed by Xi’s predecessor, Hu Jintao, and embraced by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Most of the slogans have since been covered by anti-CCP sentiments, and a Chinese student who led the sloganeers says he has received death threats. Early on Saturday, people whitewashed a section of the street art wall, then spray painted …
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Russian shelling in Kherson and Kharkiv killed at least three people and wounded three others. The Ukrainian Security Service said Monday that it had detained a Russian informant aiming to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy while he was visiting the Mykolaiv region in July. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba requested ATACMS long-range missiles in a phone call Monday with his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken. Talks aimed at restoring peace in Ukraine held this past weekend in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, dealt a “huge blow” to Russia as the participants agreed to a follow-up meeting, presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak …
«Для того, щоб запустити школи на території міста Херсона, щоб дітки змогли вчитися безпосередньо у школах, необхідно, щоб наші ЗСУ відбили ворога на більше кілометрів, ніж є на сьогодні» …
«Влучили по приватних будинках. За попередніми даними, двоє цивільних загинули. П’ятеро людей були поранені» …
За повідомленнями, під час підготовки навчань активно використовувався досвід російсько-української війни …
The use of sophisticated spyware to hack into the devices of journalists and human rights defenders during a period of conflict in Armenia has alarmed analysts. A joint investigation by digital rights organizations, including Amnesty International, found evidence of the surveillance software on devices belonging to 12 people, including a former government spokesperson. The apparent targeting took place between October 2020 and December 2022, including during key moments in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Amnesty reported. The region has been at the center of a decades-long dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which have fought two wars over the mountainous territory. Elina Castillo …
Повторний удар стався через півгодини після першого і влучив по цивільному об’єкту поруч із ураженим житловим будинком …
The European Union and NATO began sending urgent aid Monday to Slovenia after severe flooding over the weekend affecting two-thirds of the small European country killed at least six people and left hundreds homeless. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke by phone with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob on Monday, expressing his sympathy and NATO’s strong solidarity with Slovenia, a NATO statement said. “I express my deepest condolences to the people of Slovenia for the loss of life and widespread devastation caused by this weekend’s floods,” Stoltenberg said. On Sunday, Slovenia and Cyprus activated a European Union Civil Protection Mechanism …
A small group of asylum-seekers has been moved onto a barge moored in southern England as the U.K. government tries to cut the cost of sheltering people seeking protection in the country, British news media reported Monday. The asylum-seekers were transferred to the Bibby Stockholm, a floating hostel that will ultimately house up to 500 men, from other sites around the country. More were expected to arrive later Monday as authorities seek to reduce the number of asylum-seekers housed in expensive hotel rooms that were requisitioned on an emergency basis as the number of arrivals has surged in recent years. …
«До 17:00 10 серпня Одеська, Білгород-Дністровська й Ізмаїльська РВА мають провести відповідну підготовку пляжів і подати акти про готовність до Одеської ОВА» …
Згідно з повідомленням поліції, російський громадянин у 2015 році брав участь у переказі коштів, які належали олігарху з Росії, включеному до списку санкцій ЄС у звʼязку з анексією Криму …
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Russian shelling in Kherson and Kharkiv has killed at least three people total and wounded three others U.K. Defense Ministry says attacks by Russian air forces are waning in effectiveness in latest assessment of war Russia called the Jeddah peace talks on Ukraine a doomed attempt by the West to rally the Global South behind Kyiv, the state news agency TASS reported. A Ukrainian woman was killed in Russian attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said. Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on his Telegram messaging app account that the shelling had started around …
Минулого тижня обсерваторія імені Срезневського повідомила, що липень у Києві виявився дощовим і посів 11-ту позицію у рейтингу найвологіших за час метеоспостережень …
England won without star Lauren James, who was ejected with a red card, to beat Nigeria on penalty kicks Monday and advance to the quarterfinals at the Women’s World Cup. The round of 16 match ended 0-0 after regulation and extra time, giving Nigeria a chance to win a knockout match at the Women’s World Cup for the first time in nine trips to the global tournament. But European champion England won the shootout 4-2, missing only one attempt. England became the title favorite after the defending champion U.S. team was eliminated Sunday in a penalty shootout loss to Sweden. …
«Росіяни обстріляли село Кучерівка, Куп’янського району» …
Не дивлячись на певну ескалацію, зараз ситуація, якщо характеризувати по-військовому, дуже складна, але абсолютно контрольована, наголосив Череватий …
More than 1,000 firefighters were on Sunday battling a wildfire in central Portugal that has destroyed 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres) of land and slightly injured 11 people. Temperatures were above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some regions of Portugal and authorities said wildfire risks would remain “very high or at maximum level across the entire country” over the coming days. Around 7,000 hectares were destroyed in the district of Castelo Branco in the center of the country but the commander of the firefighting operation, Jose Gulherme, said the potential risk from the blaze could be as high as “more …
Dust and rubble fill the street as an excavator tears off chunks of concrete from an old apartment building. Bystanders and former residents watch from afar as construction equipment tears down the structure. Among the bystanders is Ibrahim Ozaydin, 30, a former resident. He watches the demolition not with worry, but with relief, as his building was marked by officials as unsafe months ago. Ozaydin and his family were shocked to learn that the municipality deemed his building uninhabitable. “We decided to build our own house,” he told The Associated Press as he watched his former home being torn down. …