Month: May 2024

Workers, activists across Asia and Europe hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights 

SEOUL, South Korea — Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals and European cities took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over rising prices and government labor polices and calls for greater labor rights. May Day, which falls on May 1, is observed in many countries to celebrate workers’ rights. May Day events have also given many an opportunity to air general economic grievances or political demands. Police in Istanbul detained dozens of people who tried to reach the central Taksim Square in defiance of a government ban on marking Labor Day at the landmark location. …

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US and EU eye North Korea-Iran military cooperation

Washington — The United States and the European Union say they are keeping their eyes on Pyongyang and Tehran for any possible military cooperation between the two as Iran confirms a North Korean delegation’s visit to the country. The U.S. “will use all available tools, including interdiction and sanctions, to address such activities,” a State Department spokesperson said in an email to VOA’s Korean Service on Friday. An EU spokesperson on the same day told VOA Korean that it is also “following closely Iran-DPRK relations and their potential cooperation that could indeed be concerning on certain issues if it violates existing …

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Черги зросли, але це не добровольці – представник Полтавського обласного ТЦК та СП

Верховна Рада 11 квітня ухвалила закон про вдосконалення окремих питань мобілізації, військового обліку та проходження військової служби. Це рішення підтримали 283 народні депутати – переважно із владної партії «Слуга народу» та союзних їй фракцій і груп …

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Путін готує армію пропагандистів: «Репортери без кордонів» про школу в РФ для воєнних «кореспондентів»

«Кремль формує нове покоління «воєнних кореспонденті», а в дійсності – армію пропагандистів для роботи на окупованих українських територіях» …

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Ukrainian woman, 98, escapes Russian-occupied home on foot with slippers, cane

KYIV, Ukraine — A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine who escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 10 kilometers (6 miles) alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane has been reunited with her family days after they were separated while fleeing to safety. Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska and her family decided to leave the front-line town of Ocheretyne, in the eastern Donetsk region, last week after Russian troops entered it and fighting intensified. Russians have been advancing in the area, pounding Kyiv’s depleted, ammunition-deprived forces with artillery, drones and bombs. “I woke up surrounded by shooting all around — so …

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