Month: January 2024

«Суспільне» покаже фільм Радіо Свобода про українських біженців в Ірландії

Герої діляться власним досвідом про місцеву медичну та освітню системи, розповідають про інтеграцію в країні та спільне життя з людьми, які їх прихистили у власних домівках …

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Slovenian Rescuers Save 5 People Trapped in Cave Since Saturday

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia’s rescuers successfully extracted five people Monday who have been trapped in a cave for more than two days because of high water levels, local media reported. The rescue operation was possible Monday after water levels inside the cave receded, Walter Zakrajsek, the head of the Cave Rescue Service, told the STA news agency. The operation was completed around midafternoon following an hours-long rescue operation by a six-member team of divers. A family of three adults and their two guides got stuck in the Krizna Jama cave in southwestern Slovenia on Saturday because of heavy rainfall. The eight-kilometer …

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Former Gambian Interior Minister on Trial in Switzerland Over Alleged Crimes Against Humanity

BELLINZONA, Switzerland — A former interior minister of Gambia was going on trial Monday in Switzerland on charges including crimes against humanity for his alleged role in years of repression by the west African country’s security forces against opponents of its longtime dictator. Advocacy groups hailed the trial of Ousman Sonko, Gambia’s interior minister from 2006 to 2016 under then-President Yahya Jammeh, as an opportunity to reach a conviction under “universal jurisdiction,” which allows the prosecution of serious crimes committed abroad. Sonko was taken Monday in a police van to Switzerland’s federal criminal court in southern Bellinzona. He applied for asylum …

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Japan FM Says Tokyo ‘Determined’ to Support Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa paid a surprise visit Sunday to Kyiv where she said Tokyo was “determined” to keep supporting Ukraine, as the second anniversary of Moscow’s invasion nears.   Kamikawa, the first high-level foreign official to visit Kyiv this year, announced new deliveries of defense equipment and discussed Tokyo’s plans to host a February conference to promote Ukraine’s economic reconstruction.    “Japan is determined to support Ukraine so that peace can return to Ukraine,” Kamikawa told a press conference with her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, held in a bomb shelter as an air raid siren rang …

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Portugal’s Socialists Pledge to Raise Minimum Wage, Boost Competitiveness

LISBON — The new leader of Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party (PS) Pedro Nuno Santos pledged Sunday to increase the minimum wage and boost economic competitiveness through more incentives to select sectors, if he wins an election in March.  Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa, in office since 2015, resigned on Nov. 7 over an investigation into alleged illegalities in his government’s handling of lithium, hydrogen and data center projects.  President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has called a snap election for March 10.  Most opinion polls put the PS neck and neck with the center-right Social Democratic Party, but many analysts fear a …

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2 Hikers on Snowshoes Hit by Avalanche in Italian Alps Are Dead 

Rome — Two hikers on snowshoes were killed by an avalanche in the Italian Alps near Switzerland, a rescue service said Sunday.  The avalanche occurred around noon Sunday at the 2,200-meter (7,200-foot) level in the Formazza valley in the Piedmont region, said Federico Catania, a spokesperson for Italy’s alpine rescue service.  The force of the avalanche pushed one of the victims into a lake near the bottom of the slope, while the other body was found in the mass of snow, he said.  Despite strong winds, a helicopter was able to lower a rescue team aided by a dog unit.  The …

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На фронті відбулося 29 бойових зіткнень – Генштаб ЗСУ

У Генштабі, зокрема, інформують, що на Авдіївському напрямку українські військові відбили пʼять атак у районах Новобахмутівки, Авдіївки та ще 11 атак неподалік Первомайського та Невельського Донецької області …

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5 Trapped in Slovenia Cave After Rainfall Increases Water Levels

LJUBLJANA — Five people are trapped in a cave in southwestern Slovenia, unable to leave because of high water levels caused by heavy rainfall, authorities said Sunday. The group — a Slovenian family group of three adults and two guides — have been stuck in the Krizna Jama cave since Saturday when water levels rose inside, blocking the way out. Slovenian rescue teams said divers have reached the group, moved them to a safe spot envisaged for such emergencies and set up a heated shelter where they will have to wait for water levels to drop. All five people are fine, …

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Italian Foreign Minister Calls For Formation of EU Army

Rome — The European Union should form its own combined army that could play a role in peacekeeping and preventing conflict, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Stampa, Tajani said that closer European cooperation on defense was a priority for the Forza Italia party that he leads. “If we want to be peacekeepers in the world, we need a European military. And this is a fundamental precondition to be able to have an effective European foreign policy,” he said in an interview published on Sunday. “In a world with powerful players like the United …

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