Month: November 2023

Понад 60 дронів на Київ: наслідки масштабної атаки безпілотників «Шахед» на столицю (фоторепортаж)

Вранці 25 листопада Повітряні сили ЗСУ повідомили, що загалом російська армія атакувала Україну 75 дронами, 74 були збиті протиповітряною обороною, понад 60 з них – у небі над Києвом. …

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Pope Cancels Saturday Activities Because of Mild Flu

Pope Francis canceled his morning audiences on Saturday because of mild flu, the Vatican said in a statement. The 86-year-old pontiff holds regular meetings with Vatican officials on Saturdays as well as private audiences. Earlier this month, the pope skipped reading a prepared speech for a meeting with European rabbis as he was suffering from a cold, but he appeared to be in good health during a meeting with children just hours later. In June, he had surgery on an abdominal hernia. He spent nine days in hospital and appears to have recovered fully from that operation. The pope’s next …

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Kyiv Suffers Largest Drone Attack Since Russian Invasion

Kyiv was rocked by a massive drone attack early Saturday, using Iranian-designed Shahed drones. Five people, including a child, were wounded in the attack, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko’s Telegram post. Ukraine’s air force said the attack was the largest drone attack since the beginning of Russia’s invasion. The British Defense Ministry said Saturday in its daily report on the invasion that Russia’s Black Sea Fleet’s ability to reload vessels with cruise missiles at its Novorossiysk base will likely be “a significant factor” in the effectiveness of the fleet. The fleet has traditionally reloaded its cruise missiles at Sevastopol, but …

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Israel to Summon Spanish, Belgian Ambassadors Following Criticism During Rafah Visit 

The Israeli government said Friday that it would summon the Belgian and Spanish ambassadors following remarks by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his Belgian counterpart Alexander de Croo on the war between Israel and Hamas.  The announcement came after the two leaders criticized Israel for the suffering of Palestinian civilians under Israeli military operations in Gaza. Sanchez also called for European Union recognition of a Palestinian state, saying Spain might do so on its own.  Speaking at a joint news conference Friday on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, Sanchez said the time had come …

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Russian Lawmaker Disputes Report He Adopted Child Taken from Ukraine

A Russian lawmaker and staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied media allegations that he adopted a missing 2-year-old girl who was removed from a Ukrainian children’s home and changed her name in Russia. Sergey Mironov, 70, the leader of political party A Just Russia, asserted on social media that the Ukrainian security services and their Western partners concocted a “fake” report to discredit true Russian patriots like himself. His statement, posted on X, followed the BBC and independent Russian news outlet Important Stories publishing an investigation Thursday that said Mironov adopted a child named Margarita Prokopenko who was …

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French Foreign Minister: China’s Cooperation Vital to Ending Russia-Ukraine War

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said Friday that China’s cooperation is vital on an issue that has divided it and much of Europe: ending the war in Ukraine. She encouraged China to continue working on its Ukrainian peace proposal while also ensuring that Chinese entities do not aid Russia in what she called “the ongoing war of aggression in Ukraine” — phrasing the Chinese side would disagree with. “France underlines once again how its cooperation with China is essential to promote a just and lasting peace,” she said after talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “We are counting on …

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Черговий обстріл військами РФ Херсонщини: є загиблий і поранена

Війська РФ у другій половині дня продовжили атаку на Херсонщину, загинула людина, повідомив голова Херсонської ОВА Олександр Прокудін. «Близько 16:00 окупанти обстріляли село Дніпровське. Били з артилерії. Травми, несумісні з життям, отримав 50-річний місцевий житель. В момент удару він знаходився на вулиці. До лікарні доставили жінку, 44 років. У неї – вибухова травма, уламкові поранення черева та руки. Потерпілій надають меддопомогу», – написав Прокудін у Telegram. Раніше сьогодні повідомлялося, що вранці російські війська атакували Берислав на Херсонщині. За повідомленнями, 45-річний чоловік повертався додому з магазину, коли російська армія скинула на нього вибуховий предмет із безпілотника. У пораненого – вибухова травма, …

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Putin to Boost AI in Russia to Fight ‘Unacceptable and Dangerous’ Western Monopoly

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday announced a plan to endorse a national strategy for the development of artificial intelligence, emphasizing that it’s essential to prevent a Western monopoly. Speaking at an AI conference in Moscow, Putin noted that “it’s imperative to use Russian solutions in the field of creating reliable and transparent artificial intelligence systems that are also safe for humans.” “Monopolistic dominance of such foreign technology in Russia is unacceptable, dangerous and inadmissible,” Putin said. He noted that “many modern systems, trained on Western data are intended for the Western market” and “reflect that part of Western ethics, …

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