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Cherkasy region police chief resigns pending investigation
The head of the main directorate of the National Police in the Cherkasy region, Oleh Hudyma, has temporarily suspended his duties pending the investigation into the shooting in the Korsun district.
The statement was posted on the police’s Facebook page, Ukrinform…
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Is Putin ready for peace? Abu Dhabi talks will tell. – POLITICO
It’s difficult to quibble with his pessimism. Putin’s Kremlin has a long track record of using peace talks to delay, obfuscate, exhaust opponents and continue with war. It’s part of a playbook the Russian leader and his lugubrious Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov have used time…
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Greece pushes to recruit tens of thousands more Asian migrant workers – POLITICO
The New Democracy government knows, however, that these measures to recruit more foreign workers will play badly with some core supporters. For that reason the bill includes strong measures against immigrants who have already entered Greece illegally, and also pledges to clamp down on the…
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5 times the Winter Olympics got super political – POLITICO
Russian President Vladimir Putin made an appearance at the opening ceremony of Beijing’s Winter Games in 2022, meeting on the sidelines with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and declaring a “no limits” partnership.
Four days after the end of the Games, on Feb. 24, Putin announced a…
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He refused to fight for Putin. Germany says it’s safe for him to go back. – POLITICO
“Ultimately, [the German authorities] try to talk their way out of [granting asylum] with statistics,” said Peter von Auer, a legal expert at German refugee advocacy organization Pro Asyl.
“They argue that it is statistically unlikely that what asylum seekers suspect or fear will…
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Russia loses its positions in international space programs due to war in Ukraine – intelligence
Because of the war in Ukraine, the Russian Federation has deprived itself of many opportunities for peaceful exploration of space.
According to Ukrinform, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine stated this on its website.
“International anti-Russian sanctions and the…
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Mother says asking 13-year-old son to swim four hours to save family ‘one of the hardest decisions’ ever made | Western Australia
Joanne Appelbee says asking her 13-year-old son Austin to swim four hours through dangerous waters to get help after her family was swept out to sea was “one of the hardest decisions” she has ever made.
“I knew he was the strongest and he…
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Police detain group transporting military personnel from their places of service and smuggling them abroad
The National Police detained a group whose members transported military personnel from their places of service and smuggled them across the border.
This was reported by the National Police press service, according to…
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US shoots down Iranian ‘Shahed’ drone near aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in Arabian Sea
A U.S. Navy F-35 fighter shot down an Iranian Shahed-type drone on Tuesday, February 3, near the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea.
According to Ukrinform, Bloomberg reported this in an article, citing a statement from the U.S. Central Command,…
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