Month: November 2024

Омбудсмен заявив про ймовірний новий випадок розстрілу військовими РФ беззбройних полонених

Дмитро Лубінець надіслав листи до ООН та Міжнародного комітету Червоного Хреста і висловив переконання, що «міжнародна спільнота повинна негайно відреагувати на цей акт жорстокості» …

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Харківська ОВА оголосила примусову евакуацію з 10 населених пунктів Борівської громади – Синєгубов

За даними Синєгубова, з 10 вересня евакуювали понад 5 300 жителів на Куп’янському напрямку і 1 181 місцевого жителя із Борівського напрямку Харківщини …

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Web Summit kicks off in Lisbon as tech leaders weigh Trump’s return

LISBON, PORTUGAL — Lisbon will this week play host to Europe’s biggest annual tech conference, Web Summit, where industry leaders and lawmakers will weigh the pros and cons of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Senior executives from firms such as Apple, Microsoft, and Meta will join high-ranking officials from Europe for debates about the future of artificial intelligence, social media regulation, and the impact a second Trump presidency may have on the continent. Trump has previously promised he could end the war between Ukraine and Russia within 24 hours of taking office. Days after Trump’s re-election, two senior Ukrainian …

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Trump and trade worries cloud COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan — The annual U.N. climate summit kicks off Monday with countries readying for tough talks on finance and trade, following a year of weather disasters that have emboldened developing countries in their demands for climate cash. Delegates gathering in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku are hoping to resolve the summit’s top agenda item – a deal for up to $1 trillion in annual climate finance for developing countries. The summit’s negotiating priorities, however, are competing for governments’ resources and attention against economic concerns, wars in Ukraine and Gaza and last week’s U.S. re-election of Donald Trump, a climate-change denier, as …

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Taylor Swift wins big and Rita Ora pays tribute to Liam Payne at MTV awards

Manchester, England — Taylor Swift came out top at the 2024 MTV EMAs on Sunday, walking away with best artist, best U.S. act, best live act and best video for “Fortnight” (featuring Post Malone).  Swift, who is currently finishing up her Eras tour on the other side of the Atlantic, thanked the fans for the bounty of prizes via video message.  The U.K. show opened with an acrobatic Benson Boone suspended in the air on a gold grand piano performing his viral hit “Beautiful Things” and latest release “Slow it Down.” Boone also accepted his first EMA for best new act.  …

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USAID teaches Ukrainian women veterans yachting

For many soldiers on the front lines, the trauma of war can be as hard to fight as the war itself. To help, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, has created a program to support Ukrainian women veterans, the families of internally displaced persons, and military relatives. The program is part of the USAID Self-Reliance Learning Agenda. Anna Kosstutschenko has the story. …

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На війні у жовтні щодня гинули або зазнавали поранень близько 1500 солдатів РФ – начальник Штабу оборони Британії

«Росія ось-ось втратить 700 тисяч людей убитими або пораненими – це величезний біль і страждання, які російський народ змушений терпіти через амбіції Путіна» …

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Biden to lobby Trump not to walk away from Ukraine

Washington — U.S. President Joe Biden will discuss top domestic and foreign policy priorities with President-elect Donald Trump when the two meet Wednesday, and will urge him not to abandon Ukraine, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday. Republican Trump will take office on Jan. 20 after defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 presidential election. Biden invited Trump to come to the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House said. In an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” show, Sullivan said Biden’s top message will be his commitment to ensure a peaceful transfer of power, and he …

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As Russian forces close in on Kurakhove, hundreds of residents remain in front-line city

KURAKHOVE, Ukraine — Set on Ukraine’s eastern front, Kurakhove is surrounded on three sides, with Russian forces just under 3 kilometers from the devastated city center.  Yet between 700 and 1,000 local residents remain, most of them living in the basements of apartment buildings, without running water, heating or electricity. The only place to charge phones is in the basement of the building now housing the city administration.  The exact number of people is impossible to determine because, since mid-October, no humanitarian volunteers have come to Kurakhove.  Under attack from artillery, multiple rocket launchers, aerial bombs and drones, Kurakhove has become …

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Amsterdam police detain pro-Palestinian protesters at banned demonstration 

THE HAGUE, Netherlands —  Police detained several people Sunday for taking part in a demonstration in central Amsterdam that had been outlawed following violence targeting fans of an Israeli soccer club, a local broadcaster reported.  Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema banned all demonstrations over the weekend in the aftermath of the grim scenes of youths on scooters and on foot attacking Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters on Thursday and Friday in what was widely condemned as a violent outburst of antisemitism in the Dutch capital.  Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands said that 2,000 Israelis were brought home on special flights from Amsterdam …

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Paris deploying extra police for France-Israel soccer match following Amsterdam violence 

Paris — Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transportation a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam.  France and Israel are playing in a UEFA Nations League match Thursday.  “There’s a context, tensions that make that match a high-risk event for us,” Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez said on French news broadcaster BFM TV, adding authorities “won’t tolerate” any violence.  Nuñez said that 2,500 police officers would be deployed around the Stade de France stadium, north …

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