Month: September 2023

 Pope Says Migrants at Sea ‘Must Be Rescued’

“People who are at risk of drowning when abandoned on the waves must be rescued,” Pope Francis said Friday in Marseille, France, at a memorial dedicated to sailors and migrants. Francis described efforts to stop the migrants from being rescued as “gestures of hate.” Migrants from Africa and the Middle East often board rickety watercraft to Europe in hopes of a better life there or elsewhere. The first stop for many of them is often the Italian island of Lampedusa. Recently, the island has been overwhelmed with thousands of migrants. Often the migrant boats are abandoned at sea by their …

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Сили РФ за добу втратили понад пів тисячі осіб – Генштаб ЗСУ

Україна і Росія майже не дають інформації про свої втрати у війні. Москва офіційно востаннє називала кількість убитих майже рік тому, Київ цього не робив, заявляючи, що дані будуть розкриті після війни …

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Тарнавський каже, що зима не стане на заваді контрнаступу ЗСУ

«Погода може бути серйозною перешкодою під час просування, але враховуючи те, як ми рухаємося вперед, здебільшого без транспортних засобів, я не думаю, що погода сильно вплине на контрнаступ» …

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UK Trophy-Hunting Bill Fails; Southern African Countries Relieved

Southern African countries that allow trophy hunting are relieved after a bill seeking to ban the import of legally obtained wildlife trophies from Africa into the United Kingdom was blocked in the House of Lords this week. The trophy-hunting bill, championed by conservationists, sailed through the House of Commons and appeared set to win approval in Britain’s House of Lords. However, a group of peers successfully blocked the legislation, which would have banned the importation of wildlife trophies into the U.K. A U.K.-based conservation biologist, Keith Lindsay, said it is a shame the bill did not succeed. “It is [a] …

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Ukraine Claims Responsibility for Striking Russian Navy Headquarters in Crimea

Ukraine claimed responsibility for a missile attack Friday on the headquarters of Russia’s navy in Crimea, delivering a major blow for Moscow as it suffers a string of attacks on the strategically significant port in recent months.  “The headquarters of the fleet have been hit in an enemy attack,” said Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol.  Video footage on social media showed plumes of thick smoke coming out of the Russian naval headquarters in the region. “Ukraine’s defense forces launched a successful attack on the headquarters of the command of the Black Sea fleet of Russia in the temporarily …

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UN Report: Russian Repression of Dissidents, Civil Society Reaches Unprecedented Levels

A U.N. human rights expert says repression against dissidents and civil and political rights in the Russian Federation has reached unprecedented levels since the country’s invasion of Ukraine. In her first report as Special Rapporteur of human rights in Russia, Mariana Katzarova told the United Nations Human Rights Council that Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine “has been followed by a rapid deterioration of the human rights situation.” She said the incremental and calculated restrictions on human rights in Russia over the past two decades “have culminated in the current state policy of criminalizing any actual or perceived dissent and bolstering …

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Report: World Powers Building New Facilities at Nuclear Test Sites

China, Russia and the United States have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites in the last few years, reports CNN, citing satellite images that show the new construction and increased vehicle traffic coming in and out of the sites. The images were “exclusively” obtained and provided by a prominent analyst in military nonproliferation studies, according to the CNN report Friday. “There are really a lot of hints that we’re seeing that suggest Russia, China and the United States might resume nuclear testing,” the news outlet quoted Jeffrey Lewis, an adjunct professor at the …

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Zelenskyy Arrives in Canada

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa late Thursday after a whirlwind visit to Washington. Zelenskyy will address Canada’s Parliament on Friday, his first time speaking to the assembly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Zelenskyy and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau are also scheduled to sign an agreement designed to strengthen economic ties between the two countries. Trudeau said in a statement before the Ukrainian leader’s arrival, “Canada remains unwavering in our support to the people of Ukraine as they fight for their sovereignty and their democracy, as well as our shared values, like …

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