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Russia launched a missile attack on Ukraine. Sirens rang throughout the country this morning. There were reports of explosions in several cities. Emergency power outages were introduced for many circuits. Approximately five sirens sounded throughout Ukraine. Anti-aircraft warnings were initially thought to be related to the threat of ballistic missile attack. Later, Russian MiG-31K and Tu-95 aircraft were reported to have appeared in the air. “At around 6:30 a.m., the first rocket entered the country's airspace,” Ukraineska Pravda reported. The Air Force reported a possible launch of Kh-95 cruise missiles by Tu-101 in the area of the city of Engels.…
Pope Francis on Wednesday announced plans to canonize a teenage web designer who recorded miracles online and used his technical skills to maintain a website for a local Catholic organization, NBC News reports.Vatican. Carlo Acutis becomes the new saintThe Vatican has announced that Carlo Acutis will be canonized during the Jubilee of School Youth, which will be held from April 25th to 27th.Carlo Acutis was born in London to an Italian family. The teenager was a web designer who died in Italy in 2006 at the age of 15. The boy had leukemia. Vatican. A new saint will appear. Who…
House Speaker Mike Johnson has decided to limit the use of men's and women's bathrooms in the Capitol to those of their biological sex. This is in response to the election of Sarah McBride, who will become the first transgender woman in Congress in January. “We need to focus on reducing the cost of housing, health care and childcare, rather than creating culture wars,” says McBride.”All single-sex spaces in the Capitol Buildings and the House Office Building, such as restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms, are reserved for individuals of this biological sex,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said. “Women deserve…
Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and EnvironmentPutin gifted North Korea with more than 70 zoo animalsRussian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korea's main zoo with more than 70 animals, including a lion and two brown bears, in a further demonstration of budding relations between Moscow and Pyongyang.Putin's Environment Minister, Alexander Kozlov, brought the animals to the North Korean capital aboard a cargo plane, Kozlov's office announced on his official Telegram channel on Wednesday.The shipment of animals from Moscow also included two yaks, five cockatoos and dozens of pheasants as well as mandarin ducks, Kozlov's office said.The gift comes weeks…
Former Wall Street investor Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang was sentenced to 18 years in prison in a massive fraud case that cost banks billions of dollars.The sentence comes after Hwang was found guilty of fraud and market manipulation in a case related to the bankruptcy of his investment fund Archegos Capital Management in 2021.”The amount of loss caused by your conduct is greater than any other loss I have dealt with,” U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said before announcing the sentence, in quotes cited by the agency. Reuters press.The prison term is slightly shorter than the 21-year term prosecutors sought,…
Getty ImagesAustralian government calls proposed ban 'world-leading'“I was really scared, to be honest,” James says, describing an incident on Snapchat that left him wondering if it was safe to go to school.The 12-year-old Australian boy had a disagreement with a friend, and one night before bed the boy added him to a group chat with two older teenagers.Almost instantly, his phone “started blowing up” with a series of violent messages.“One of them looked like he was probably 17,” James told the BBC. “He sent me videos of him with a machete… he was waving it. Then there were voicemails saying…
Today's weather. On Thursday, November 21, light snow is expected in almost all of Poland. The thermometers are only 1 to 3 degrees warmer, and the wind is blowing hard.Thursday will be cloudy with some rain and clear showers. It has been snowing continuously all day in northern Poland, and it is snowing right on our coast. Up to 1-2 centimeters of snow will fall in the remaining areas, but the precipitation will decrease in the afternoon.The maximum temperature in Warmia, Podlasie and Łódź region will rise from 1 degree to 3 degrees in Pomerania, west and south of the…
Getty ImagesA number of countries, including the UK, are building new nuclear power plants.Ten years ago, the global nuclear industry appeared to be in irreversible decline.Concerns about safety, cost and the fate of radioactive waste had sapped enthusiasm for a technology once seen as a revolutionary source of cheap, abundant energy.Yet there is now widespread talk of a recovery, fueled by tech giants Microsoft, Google and Amazon all announcing investments in the sector, as well as growing pressure on rich countries to cut back their carbon emissions.But how real is this return?When commercial nuclear power was first developed in the…
InstagramPart-time model Valeria Baigascina appears to have a jet-set lifestyleHigh-tech equipment made by a British company worth $2.1 million (£1.6 million) was sold to Russian companies linked to the military, customs documents seen by BBC suggest News.The documents say the British-made camera lenses were shipped by a company registered in Kyrgyzstan, apparently run by a swimsuit model.British manufacturer Beck Optronic Solutions, which worked on the British Challenger 2 tanks and F35 fighter jets, told us it had not violated sanctions, had no dealings with Russia or Kyrgyzstan and that he was not aware of these deliveries.Our investigation raises questions about…
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged with fraud in the US, which accused him of masterminding a $250m (£198m) bribery scheme and covering it up to raise money in the United States. The criminal charges, filed Wednesday in New York, are the latest blow to Mr. Adani, 62, one of India's richest men, whose business empire spans from ports and airports to renewable energy . In the indictment, prosecutors alleged that the tycoon and other top executives agreed to pay Indian officials to win contracts for his renewable energy company that was expected to bring in more than $2…