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The battle: The conflict on the ground continues as Russia uses its heavy artillery advantage to pound Ukrainian forces, which have at times managed to put up stiff resistance. In the south, Ukraine’s hopes rest on liberating the Russian-held region of Kherson, and eventually Crimea, which Russia seized in 2014. Fears of a disaster at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant persist as both sides accuse each other of they bomb....

These are the main events so far on Tuesday 5 April. Get the latest updates here. Militant Ukraine’s general staff said Russian forces had attacked the southern city of Mykolaiv with cluster munitions banned by the Geneva Convention and entire blocks of civilian buildings, including a children’s hospital. Russia probably intends to turn its attention to the south and east of Ukraine and is repositioning forces in Belarus, US officials said....

Russia seized multimillion-dollar Audemars Piguet watches in Moscow last week, according to NZZ am Sonntag. The move appeared to be in retaliation for Switzerland’s sanctions on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Switzerland has stepped down from its historically neutral regime to impose sanctions on Russia over its war with Ukraine. Russian intelligence agents have confiscated millions of dollars worth of luxury watches from a Swiss watchmaker in apparent retaliation against Swiss sanctions for the war in Ukraine, the Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag reported on Sunday....

Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early Friday, more than a month after taking it over, Ukrainian authorities said, as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts. Ukraine’s state power company, Energoatom, said the pullout at Chernobyl came after soldiers received “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches in the forest in the exclusion zone around the closed plant....

Stefano Domenicali has been steadfast in the mantra for decades, but you wonder if the F1 CEO has any idea of ​​the forces he is mixing with so recklessly banking the riches of the Middle East. He seems to be calculating that the ghost of the war between Saudi Arabia and Yemen can simply be erased by giving a VIP pass to Gordon Ramsay and the Black Eyed Peas. In his defense, broadcasters appeared to be fully complying with the plan....

Firefighters involved in the search found the recorder, an orange cylinder, on a mountain slope about 1.5 meters below the ground, state television network CCTV reported. Experts confirmed that it was the second black box. The impact of the crash widely scattered the debris and created a pit 20 meters deep on the slope of the mountain. The researchers were looking for the flight data recorder after finding the voice recorder in the cockpit four days ago....

Photo: BANG Showbiz. All rights reserved. Estelle Harris Estelle Harris is dead. The actress of “Seinfeld” and “Toy Story” passed away on Saturday (22.04.22) due to natural causes, at the age of 93. Estelle’s son Glenn Harris told Deadline: “It is with great sadness and grief that I announce that Estelle Harris has passed away this afternoon at 6:25 p.m. “Her kindness, passion, sensitivity, humor, empathy and love were practically unrivaled and will be greatly missed by all who knew her....

The official results were due to be announced late Monday, but Vucic appeared confident of his impressive performance just hours after the polls closed, saying he would not need a run-off. “I am pleased that a huge number of people voted and showed the democratic nature of Serbian society,” Vucic said in a televised speech, securing about 60% of the vote. “There was no suspense at all times,” he added....

Lee Hsien Loong has announced that the government will repeal Section 377A of the penal code, a colonial-era law that criminalizes sex between men. Under Section 377A, offenders can be punished with imprisonment of up to two years, but it is currently not actively enforced. There have been no known convictions for sex between consenting adult men in decades, and the law does not include sex between women or other sexes....

Charges are still pending against a 33-year-old suspect accused of punching, kicking and biting multiple people during the incident, but Metro Vancouver police have shared more details about the fight in the meantime. The three young women boarded the SkyTrain at Main Street-Science World Station shortly after midnight last Wednesday and then noticed they were being recorded by another passenger. When one of the women asked the man to stop, he allegedly “jumped out of his seat and punched her in the face,” authorities said in a news release....

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Amid a regional backlash, the Solomon Islands have said they will not allow a Chinese military base in the Pacific nation despite plans to sign a security pact with Beijing. A day after officials from the two countries initialed a draft security agreement, the office of Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said on Friday that the agreement did not call on China to establish a military base....

“The dispatchers had problems obtaining information from the chaotic scene,” the fire department said in a press release. “Some residents went to a house near the site and other injured people ran south on Logan Farm Road to escape.” The victims include four men and a woman aged 17 to 33, according to the Colleton County Fire and Rescue Service. They were taken to hospital for further treatment, police said....

Axiom Space Send ax 1 It was scheduled to take off on Sunday (April 3) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. But on Monday (March 28th), NASA officially approved a critical “wet clothes rehearsal” on Friday (April 1st) until Sunday. Artemis 1 Mission Moon, a training session also held at KSC. So Ax-1 gets paid in a few days. “NASA, Axiom and SpaceX are now considering launching the Axiom 1 (X-1) mission, no later than April 6, the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, which is pending approval,” according to NASA officials....

Counseling is a blue line appearing at the top of COVID-19 podcast episodes, encouraging listeners to click to learn more. This directs users to the COVID-19 info node, which it added in March 2020. TechCrunch asked Spotify how its application determines which podcast episodes are related to COVID-19 – it seems that the tip appears if words like “COVID -19 “,” coronavirus “or” pandemic “appear in the metadata of an episode, including its title, description or tags, but Spotify has not yet confirmed how it works....

Spotify is working on a new podcast tracking page The popular music streaming service now appears to be testing a new tab in the app, dedicated to helping you discover new podcast shows for you to enjoy. The new tab displays various podcasts on a carousel that seems inspired by the popular TikTok video sharing app. You can go through the suggested shows on the carousel. Currently, the app places podcasts on its homepage, which series suggest new episodes or shows that you may find interesting or enjoyable....

Am Freitag konnte das SEM die Sport- und Mehrzweckhallen der Armee in Thun BE und Chamblon VD mit je 200 Plätzen besetzen. Das Liestal BL wird in einer Woche um einen weiteren Raum mit 200 Sitzplätzen ergänzt. Gleichzeitig stellt die Abwehrabteilung der Neuchlener SG auch eine Turnhalle zur Verfügung, die zunächst 80, später auch 200 Sitzplätze bieten soll. Der Bund sucht große Unterkünfte Das Staatssekretariat fragte auch bei der Post nach....

The LGBT + Consortium, an umbrella organization for charities working in the UK, said the government’s plans to repeal legislation designed to ban conversion practices were “disgusting”. The group added that it supported Stonewall’s decision to withdraw support for the government’s “Safe To Be Me: Global Equality Conference”, which was due to take place later this summer in London. A statement from Stonewall said, “We’s saddened by the Prime Minister’s failure to protect trans people from the ills of conversion therapy....

The shooting occurred shortly after 7 a.m. near the intersection of 142A Street and 87A Avenue, police said in a press release. There, a Surrey RCMP officer located a man who matched the suspect’s description in at least one incident earlier in the morning. A chase ensued and a “confrontation” ensued, in which the policeman shot the man, police said. Mounties did not provide further details on the circumstances of the conflict and referred all inquiries about the incident to the Independent Investigations Office, which is in charge of investigating incidents involving BC police officers that resulted in the death or serious injury of a member....

Encouraged by a fourth consecutive overwhelming election victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is expected to back energy sanctions on Russia and toughen his stance in talks with Brussels to unlock frozen EU funds. The nationalist Mr Orban, who held his sweeping majority on Sunday, crushing the opposition despite efforts to unite against him, is likely to continue rejecting EU sanctions on Russian oil and gas, arguing that an economy would which is already slowing down due to the effects of the war in Ukraine....