Month: September 2023

After Ukraine Invasion, Family Chooses Refugee Life Over Life in Russia

Galina Zhalybina and her husband left Russia after the country invaded Ukraine. Like many Russian families, they crossed from Mexico into the U.S. and eventually landed in New York City. Despite challenging conditions in their new home, Zhalybina says she is not planning to go back to Russia anytime soon. Elena Wolf has the story, narrated by Anna Rice. VOA footage by Max Avloshenko. …

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Ukraine Now IAEA Board of Governors Member

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his daily address Thursday that Ukraine is now a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors. “This not only underscores our international security role but also provides real opportunities for Ukraine to influence the adoption of decisions that are binding for all IAEA members and the entire international community,” Zelenskyy said. He said Ukraine will do everything it can to ensure regional nuclear and radiation security, and liberate Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant from its Russian occupiers, to secure Europe from “Russian radiation blackmail.” Meanwhile, hundreds of fighters previously associated with …

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МЗС: вшановуючи пам’ять жертв Бабиного Яру, закликаємо світ не допустити повторення таких катастроф

«Через понад 80 років з часів трагедії Бабиного Яру ми знову є свідками руйнівних наслідків поширення тоталітарної ідеології, систематичного порушення загальновизнаних принципів та норм міжнародного права» …

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Teen Chops Down Iconic Tree in Britain

A teenager has cut down a world-famous tree in northern England. The 16-year-old boy has been arrested and released for cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree that stood alone along Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland county. The tree, which was several hundred years old, was cut down Wednesday, in what Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness said “looks like a deliberate act of vandalism.”  Photographs of the fallen tree show that it was cut at its base.   Fans of the tree posted on various internet sites photographs of the tree that they had taken, along with comments about what the …

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More Than 2,500 Migrants Dead or Missing in Mediterranean in 2023, UN Says

More than 2,500 migrants died or went missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so far in 2023, a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees official said Thursday. “By September 24, over 2,500 people were accounted as dead or missing in 2023 alone,” Ruven Menikdiwela, director of the UNHCR New York office, told the U.N. Security Council. That number marked a large increase over the 1,680 dead or missing migrants in the same period in 2022. “Lives are also lost on land, away from public attention,” she added. The land journey from sub-Saharan African countries, where many of the …

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Sweden’s Leader Turns to Military for Help as Gang Violence Escalates

Sweden’s prime minister on Thursday said that he’s summoned the head of the military to discuss how the armed forces can help police deal with an unprecedented crime wave that has shocked the country with almost daily shootings and bombings. Getting the military involved in crime-fighting would be a highly unusual step for Sweden, underscoring the severity of the gang violence that has claimed a dozen lives across the country this month, including teenagers and innocent bystanders. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that he would meet with the armed forces’ supreme commander and the national police commissioner on Friday to …

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Analysis: Xi and Putin to Meet as Allies Despite Differences

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in October on the sidelines of China’s Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The trip will be Putin’s first known travel abroad since the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest in March over alleged war crimes, but the second time the two have met in person this year. Analysts say the meeting will be an opportunity for the two leaders to bolster their countries’ relationship and to voice their shared grievances about U.S. leadership in global affairs. “They’ll complain [about the U.S.], …

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Nagorno-Karabakh Exodus Surpasses 65,000

Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh continue to cross into Armenia by the thousands, with more than half the population of the enclave evacuated since Monday. New arrivals say the roads are packed 100 kilometers behind them. VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from Goris, Armenia, on the road leading from Nagorno-Karabakh. …

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Three Dead After Gunman Opens Fire in Rotterdam

Three people are confirmed dead after a gunman shot into a classroom at a university hospital campus and a nearby house Thursday in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam. The suspect, a 32-year-old university student, killed a 39-year-old woman who lived in his neighborhood and seriously injured her 14-year-old daughter. The girl later died in the hospital, according to Dutch police. The suspect then set a fire to their house before going to the Erasmus University Medical Center, where he fatally shot a 46-year-old teacher inside a classroom. He also set a fire at the hospital after the fatal shooting. …

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«Невелика кількість» українських пілотів розпочала мовні курси для використання F-16 – ВПС США

Мовна підготовка є критично важливою, оскільки пілоти вчаться літати, керувати та обслуговувати реактивний літак, прилади якого, як і всі посібники та інформація, містять тексти англійською мовою …

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