Month: January 2024

На тлі дискусій про Taurus для України виробник заявив про готовність поповнити запаси ракет Німеччини

Таким чином, компанія Taurus Systems простувала заяву політика СДПН, що нібито оборонна промисловість ФРН не здатна швидко поповнити запаси ракет у разі постачання Україні …

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3 Officers Convicted in Paris Police Violence Case

PARIS — A French court on Friday convicted three police officers of “voluntary violence” toward a youth worker in a Paris suburb who suffered serious injuries to his rectum after being assaulted with a police baton during an identity check seven years ago. All three officers received suspended prison sentences. The officer who used the baton to strike Theo Luhaka was given a suspended sentence of 12 months, while the other two present on the scene got three months each. Luhaka, a youth worker of African descent who was 22 years old at the time, filed a lawsuit accusing the officers …

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China Skirts Sanctions to Make Russia Its Top Oil Supplier in 2023

BEIJING — Russia leapfrogged Saudi Arabia to become China’s top crude oil supplier in 2023, data showed on Saturday, as the world’s biggest crude importer defied Western sanctions to purchase vast quantities of discounted oil for its processing plants. Russia shipped a record 107.02 million metric tons of crude oil to China last year, equivalent to 2.14 million barrels per day (bpd), the Chinese customs data showed, far more than other major oil exporters such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Imports from Saudi Arabia, previously China’s largest supplier, fell 1.8% to 85.96 million tons, as the Middle East oil giant lost …

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2 Artworks Returned to Holocaust Victim’s Heirs

NEW YORK — New York prosecutors on Friday returned two pieces of art they say were stolen by Nazis from a Jewish performer and collector murdered in the Holocaust. The artworks were surrendered by museums in Pittsburgh and Ohio, but prosecutors are still fighting in court to recover third artwork by the same artist, Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele, that was seized from a Chicago museum at the same time. On Friday in Manhattan, the estate of Holocaust victim Fritz Grünbaum accepted Portrait of a Man, which was surrendered by the Carnegie Museum of Art and Girl with Black Hair, surrendered by …

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Is Europe Ready for Possible Return of President Trump?

london — America’s allies in Europe are debating how to prepare for a possible second term for Donald Trump in the White House after he secured a record win at Monday’s Iowa Republican caucuses, cementing his place as front-runner to take on Joe Biden in November’s election.   Questioned at a televised news conference Wednesday about the possibility of a Trump comeback, French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe must be prepared.   “I’ve always had the same philosophy: I take the leaders that people give me. And I commit to serve France and its interests and to dialogue with whomever. I …

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US Ambassador to Moscow Granted Visit to See Jailed Journalist

WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to Russia on Thursday visited American journalist Evan Gershkovich at Lefortovo Prison in Moscow. Following Ambassador Lynne Tracy’s visit, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said that Gershkovich “remains resilient and is grateful for the support of friends, family and supporters.” “We continue to call for Evan’s immediate release,” the embassy said in a statement on its Telegram channel. Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has been detained for nearly 10 months on espionage charges that he denies. He is one of two American journalists detained by Russia in 2023. The other, Alsu Kurmasheva, works with …

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