U.S. rhythm and blues singer Mary Wilson, who rose to fame as a member of the legendary female singing trio The Supremes in the 1960s, has died at the age of 76. Her friend, publicist Jay Schwartz, said Wilson died suddenly Monday at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wilson founded The …
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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board meets Tuesday to vote on a probable cause for the helicopter crash that killed basketball superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others in California last year. The NTSB has said there was no sign of mechanical failure on the helicopter, and that the crash is believed to be an accident. Board …
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Міністерство юстиції України виставляє на аукціон Ірпінський виправний центр (№132) в межах приватизації в’язниць, стартова ціна – 220,2 мільйона гривень. Про це повідомила пресслужба міністерства. «В рамках «Великої приватизації в’язниць» плануємо виставити на прозорі аукціони майно 35-ти виправних закладів, що перебувають в «законсервованому» стані. Кожен з цих закладів, розташованих по всій території України, вже припинив …
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A metal monolith that mysteriously appeared on a field in southeast Turkey has now disappeared, Turkish media reported Tuesday, four days after it was discovered. The three-meter-high (about 10-foot-high) metal slab bearing an ancient Turkic script, was found Friday by a farmer in Sanliurfa province. It was discovered near the UNESCO World Heritage site of …
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Public opinion is mixed on how well Western governments have handled the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center, which also questioned people on their attitudes regarding compulsory vaccinations.Seventy-seven percent of Germans thought their government did a good job in handling the outbreak, while 58% of Americans say the U.S. …
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«Також підписані додаткові угоди по проєктах УФСІ (Український фонд соціальних ініціатив – ред.) VI та УФСІ VII вартістю 23,4 мільйона євро … КЗЖ України
Долар продовжив падіння, свідчать дані Національного банку України. 9 лютого долар втратить ще 10 копійок і подешевшає до 27 гривень 67 копійок. Євро подешевшає на 2 копійки – до 33 гривень 26 копійок. На початку року долар коштував 28 гривень 27 копійок, євро – 34 гривень 74 копійки. … КЗЖ України
The future of Turkey’s second-largest opposition party is hanging in the balance, with mass arrests and growing calls for its closure. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses the pro-Kurdish HDP of militant links, but the party says it’s a victim of increasing government authoritarianism. The HDP claims it’s facing an unprecedented legal crackdown with 16,000 members …
The Netherlands says it is freezing international adoptions after a government commission discovered children had been stolen or bought from their parents. In cases going back to the 1960s, the commission found abuses such as “the falsification of documents, the abuse of poverty among the birth mothers and the abandonment of children for …
Ціни на нафту перевищили 60 доларів за барель вперше більш ніж за рік, оскільки інвестори сподіваються на швидше, ніж очікувалося, відновлення економіки після пандемії. Нафта марки Brent 8 лютого подорожчала на 1,26% до 60,19 доларів за барель в Лондоні – найвищого рівня з січня минулого року – оскільки споживання в Китаї сягнуло рівня перед виявленням …
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A rescue ship with 422 migrants picked up off the coast of Libya, received permission from the Italian authorities to dock in the Sicilian port of Augusta late Sunday. Eight of the passengers tested positive for COVID-19 in health checks conducted onboard by the crew of Ocean Viking which patrols the Mediterranean Sea. …
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 Sunday to win a Super Bowl title and complete the National Football League’s season without any games being canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic.The usual spectacle surrounding one of the most watched television events of the year was toned down, and the site of the game …
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Two gay men seized near Moscow and sent back to their native Chechnya, a region accused of brutal persecution against homosexuality, face “mortal danger,” a rights group said Saturday. The LGBT Network rights group helped the two Chechen men, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isayev, flee Muslim-majority Chechnya for Nizhny Novgorod east of Moscow in June last year after they were …
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A vessel carrying 422 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya has been given permission to dock in Italy after issuing an urgent appeal for shelter from a looming storm, its operator said Sunday.The SOS Mediterranee group, which operates the Ocean Viking rescue ship, said it had received the green light to bring the migrants …
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Sunday’s Super Bowl could have an unexpected audience of fans — in Russia. The Federation of American Football in Russia says the number of enthusiasts of the sport there runs in the tens of thousands and there are teams playing American-style football in almost every region of the country. Genia Dulot has the story. …
Sunday’s Super Bowl could have an unexpected audience of fans — in Russia. The Federation of American Football in Russia says the number of enthusiasts of the sport there runs in the tens of thousands and there are teams playing American-style football in almost every region of the country. Genia Dulot has the story. …
A German company is ready to remove hazardous materials stored in dozens of containers at Beirut’s port, Germany’s ambassador to Lebanon said Saturday, following efforts to secure the facility after the August 4, 2020, explosion that devastated the port and much of the city.Ambassador Andreas Kindl tweeted that the treatment at Beirut’s port for 52 …
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EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell came under scathing criticism Saturday for his visit to Moscow, which several of the bloc’s member states had urged him to cancel, fearing the Kremlin would manipulate the three-day trip to its advantage.His critics, including former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, along with Western diplomats, say their worst fears …
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President Joe Biden challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to release opposition leader Alexey Navalny immediately and without condition, in a stark break from his predecessor. The Kremlin has rejected what it described as an “ultimatum” from Biden, as VOA’s Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports. … КЗЖ України
British diplomats are anxiously awaiting Senate confirmation of Katherine Tai as America’s new U.S. trade representative, in hopes of early progress on a U.S.-Britain trade agreement to reset the relationship following Britain’s departure from the European Union.Karen Pierce, British ambassador to the United States, told a recent audience at American University in Washington that there …
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German prosecutors have charged the secretary of the former SS commandant of Stutthof with 10,000 counts of accessory to murder, arguing that she was part of the apparatus that helped the Nazi concentration camp function.The 95-year-old also faces an unspecified number of counts of accessory to attempted murder for her service at the camp between …
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Christopher Plummer, the dashing, award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91.Plummer died Friday morning at his home in Connecticut with his wife, Elaine Taylor, by his side, said Lou Pitt, his longtime …
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Національний банк вивчає можливість випуску власної цифрової валюти – e-гривні, повідомив голова НБУ Кирило Шевченко у фейсбуці. «Національний банк України також продовжує вивчати можливість випуску власної цифрової валюти – е-гривні, досліджує її можливі сфери використання і потенційний попит на е-гривню», – заявив Шевченко. За його словами, у 2016 році Україна однією з перших у світі …
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought Greece’s most profitable industry, tourism, to its knees.Yet a year since the deadly bug hit this sun-kissed nation of 11 million, causing mass travel cancellations and wreaking financial havoc unseen since Greece’s economy went into freefall over a decade ago, tourism officials say they are now marshaling an industry comeback. They …