South Sudan’s leader Salva Kiir has in a shock move dismissed one of his vice-presidents, Benjamin Bol Mel, who had been tipped as his possible successor.
Kiir stripped Bol Mel of his military rank of general and dismissed him from the national…
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Kramatorsk without power due to emergency outage
The city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region is currently without electricity due to an emergency power outage.
The Kramatorsk City Council reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
“Kramatorsk Electric Networks reports that due to an emergency shutdown,…
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Where's Putin? How A Door Handle Exposed Putin’s Secret Offices
An RFE/RL investigation has discovered that Russian President Vladimir Putin uses three nearly identical offices in different parts of Russia and that the Kremlin has repeatedly misled the public about the leader’s whereabouts.
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Ancient Egyptians may have been ‘daily’ opium users, new study shows
Opium use may have been a “fixture of daily life” for Ancient Egyptians, according to a new study.
Experts from the Yale Peabody Museum…
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Ireland’s Sinn Féin expels member over anti-immigrant terror plot – POLITICO
A Belfast judge rejects 53-year-old hearsay evidence from other soldiers deemed “just as guilty” as the accused. The verdict raises doubts over scores of other potential cases linked to the Troubles.
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Energy sector corruption scandals underscore importance of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions – IMF
The latest revelations of corruption in Ukraine’s energy sector underscore the importance of strengthening anti-corruption initiatives and empowering anti-corruption institutions to fulfill their responsibilities, said Julie Kozack,…
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Reparations loan can help avoid burdening EU state budgets
The option of supporting Ukraine from the EU in the form of a reparations loan guaranteed by cash balances from frozen Russian assets is the only one that allows EU member states to avoid additional pressure on their own budgets to cover Ukraine’s financing gap in 2026–2027.
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Reparations loan can help avoid burdening EU state budgets
The option of supporting Ukraine from the EU in the form of a reparations loan guaranteed by cash balances from frozen Russian assets is the only one that allows EU member states to avoid additional pressure on their own budgets to cover Ukraine’s financing gap in 2026–2027.
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Lithuania bans Russian rapper – POLITICO
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Morgenshtern has performed in Vilnius twice, but Benkunskas accused him of supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin and not defining the Crimean Peninsula as part of Ukraine.
“I cannot sit idly by and watch as an artist who…
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