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The reporter, who works for the newspaper Melitopolski Vedomosti (MV), was loaded into a minivan and quickly taken to her own empty newsroom, which had been occupied by Russian forces. In a surreal scene, she said she was sitting in her author’s office and was interrogated for five hours. I was told, something like, “A new life begins here, and you will probably be interested in participating in building this new life....

LONDON — Around the world, governments are slowly waking up to a new reality: Liz Truss is about to become prime minister of the United Kingdom. London-based diplomats are scrambling to report their capitals with information about the Conservative leadership front-runner as each new poll offers further evidence that – barring some last-minute disaster – Truss is headed for 10 Downing Street. In fact, few foreign powers really like what they’ve seen....

Posté à 19h00 Vincent Brousseau-Pouliot La Presse Dans les tranches d’âge 20-59 ans, 60-69 ans et 70-79 ans, le taux de mortalité chez les individus adéquatement vaccinés (deux ou trois doses) était en moyenne cinq fois plus faible que chez ceux qui n’étaient pas adéquatement vaccinés (une dose ou aucune) lors de la cinquième vague, selon une étude de l’Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) publiée jeudi sur la cinquième vague dans la province....

A brief VIP welcome and a limousine ride later, and the oligarchs find themselves in a world that has little interest in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine or Putin’s attempts to punish him, and instead has willingly embraced his aides. Perhaps more than anywhere else in the world, oligarchs and other liquidated Russians are welcome in Dubai, along with their wealth, which floods the UAE in unprecedented amounts – often by discreet means....

A study detailing the findings was published Wednesday in the journal Nature. This observation breaks the record set by Hubble in 2018 when it observed a star that existed when the universe was about four billion years old. Earendel is so far away that it took 12.9 billion years for starlight to reach us. This observation by Arendel could help astronomers explore the early years of the universe. “As we look at the world, we also look back in time, so these high-resolution extreme observations allow us to understand the building blocks of some of the first galaxies,” said study co-author Victoria Strait, a postdoctoral fellow at Cosmic....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register March 27 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc. (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk is seriously considering building a new social media platform, the billionaire said in a tweet on Saturday. Musk responded to a Twitter user question about whether he would consider creating a social media platform consisting of an open source algorithm and an algorithm that prioritizes free speech and where propaganda was minimal....

En résumé : – Les négociateurs ukrainiens et russes se rencontrent mardi à Istanbul. Des discussions signalant déjà quelques avancées : l’armée russe a assuré en début d’après-midi qu’elle allait relâcher sa pression sur les villes de Kiev et Tchernihiv. – Des mercenaires russes du groupe Wagner seront déployés dans l’est de l’Ukraine, où la Russie dit concentrer désormais ses efforts. Plus de 1 000 combattants de compagnies paramilitaires pourraient se trouver sur le champ de bataille, selon les renseignements britanniques....

(File photo.) The province’s energy minister says he remains optimistic about the future of the province’s oil industry and the Bay du Nord. Andrew Parsons was responding to some of the concerns expressed by industry supporters over delays in a federal environmental decision for the Bay du Nord and a delay in a call for tenders offshore Newfoundland. Parsons understands the concern raised by uncertainty, but remains optimistic that Equinor’s offshore development will be approved....

The official report states that the Prime Minister decided not to outlaw the practice, despite repeated promises by Boris Johnson and his predecessor Theresa May that it would be banned. Conversion therapy attempts to change or suppress one’s sexuality or gender identity and is already outlawed in many other countries. But a Downing Street document seen by ITV News states: “The prime minister has agreed that we should not legislate to ban LGBT conversion therapy....

(REUTERS) Follow the latest updates from the Saudi Grand Prix as Sergio Perez starts at the pole for the first time in his F1 career. The Mexican made a perfect lap in the narrow streets of Jeddah in Q3 to be placed in the front of the grid, where he will have the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in his mirrors starting second and third. Perez teammate Max Verstappen starts fourth, with Alpine’s Esteban Ocon in fifth place and Mercedes’ George Russell sixth....

Date of publication: March 29, 2022 • 33 minutes ago • 3 minutes reading • Join the discussion Kenny McEldowney’s family members, from left, Bryan McEldowney, brother, Alycia McEldownney, niece, David McEldowney, niece, and Amanda McEldown , visit the site where he was hit and killed by a drunk driver while riding his bike on Monday, March 28, 2022. Photo by Dax Melmer / Windsor Star Content of the article Kenny McEldowney’s loved ones are still struggling to cope with his sudden, violent death while cycling late at night over the weekend....

All lanes of the I-85 were closed for hours as authorities investigated the incident involving five different crashes, soldiers said. [ ALSO READ: Man dies after being hit by car on I-85, troopers say ] The road closed near Sugar Creek Road shortly after 4 a.m., near exit 4. The north-facing lanes reopened around 7 a.m. and the south-facing lanes reopened at 8 a.m. The soldiers said the series of accidents began when a Mercury passenger car veered off the left side of the I-85 heading south and struck in the middle before reaching a lane of the highway....

Nach Salmonellenfällen in vielen Ländern ruft der Süßwarenkonzern Ferrero auch in Deutschland einige Chargen seiner Produkte zurück – kurz vor Ostern betrifft dies unter anderem Überraschungseier. Knapp zwei Wochen vor Ostern ruft Ferrero in Deutschland einige Chargen verschiedener Babyprodukte zurück. Hintergrund ist ein möglicher Zusammenhang mit einem Salmonellenausbruch. Mindestens 63 Menschen im Vereinigten Königreich, hauptsächlich kleine Kinder, haben sich mit Salmonellen infiziert, berichtete die Nachrichtenagentur PA. Bisher wurden in Frankreich 21 Fälle des gleichen Erregers bestätigt....

A fire broke out at a fuel depot in Belgorod, a Russian city near the Ukrainian border, the governor told the Telegram channel on Friday morning. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod region, accused Ukraine of being behind the flames without providing further details. “The fire in the oil depot was caused as a result of an air raid by two helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that entered the territory of the Russian Federation flying at low altitude....

Law enforcement arrested more than 160 people on a beach in Panama after a spring break at the weekend that saw huge crowds riot in the area, officials said. Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford said 161 people were arrested and jailed over the weekend and that police seized 75 guns amid clashes with those people, the WRIC reported. FLORIDA BEACH PANAMA CITY DURING SPRING WARNINGS WERE Closed to Police Roads, REPORT SAYS “What we saw last weekend is completely unacceptable....

Their charges followed the abrupt resignation in March of Republican Rep. Robin Smith, who pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges involving Casada and his chief of staff, Cade Cothren. Speculation has swirled about what additional charges might emerge in the corruption probe. The 20-count charging document alleges that Casada and Cothren took advantage of their positions of power by working with another unnamed lawmaker to funnel money to themselves using a political consulting firm — known as Phoenix Solutions, LLC — that concealed their involvement....

REGISTRATION ENVIRONMENT WEATHER CANADA ********************** Frozen rain warning in force for: Searchmont – Montreal River Port – Batchawana Bay The icy rain continues this morning. Hazards: Significant ice may accumulate on some surfaces. Moderate winds with gusts up to 60 km / h. Time: Expires overnight. Discussion: The icy rain will turn to snow this morning. However, the rain will turn into rain near the town of Elliot Lake this morning....

The Treasury is considering the unusual idea as the front-runner to be the new prime minister signaled at the weekend that she would look at options to help with the cost – now forecast to top £6,000 next year when she takes office. Some MPs believe Truss may be ready to unveil more details of her plans to help with energy bills as soon as this week – either through more tax cuts, support payments for the most vulnerable or support for the industry’s idea for a state-supported....