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Maria IvashchenkoMaria Ivashchenko’s husband Pavlo volunteered to fight the very same day Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
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Analysis finds flaw in U.S. plan to cut vehicle emissions — Harvard Gazette
A new analysis led by a group of College researchers finds the U.S. will fall short of its recently finalized target for reducing vehicle emissions by nearly 15 percent over the next decade because of unrealistic goals for increasing electric-vehicle production. But adding more hybrids to the…
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Russian attacks on Ukraine energy set to push 500,000 people out of country
The alert from the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine follows significant destruction to power plants and the worsening energy crisis that has affected access to electricity, clean water and heating, while also pushing up prices for…
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Let Ukraine strike into the heart of Russia, MEPs urge EU countries – POLITICO
While Germany has so far refused to send its Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, France and Italy have both dispatched their Scalp missiles. As reported by POLITICO, the United States is working on a deal with the United Kingdom to approve the…
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Ukraine wants action after Belarus Olympic medalist ceremony – DW – 09/19/2024
Ukraine’s sports minister has urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to act against Belarus, after Olympic medalists from the country took center stage at a national ceremony in Minsk.
On Tuesday, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko…
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Hard, fast, and where it hurts: Lessons from Ukraine-related sanctions for a Taiwan conflict scenario
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- China’s leader Xi Jinping has long affirmed that the “reunification” of Taiwan with the Chinese mainland is “inevitable”. One of the worst-case scenarios for such a “reunification” is…
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Growing number of war-weary Ukrainians would reluctantly give up territory to save lives, suggests recent survey
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is trying his best to shake up the dynamics of the Russia-Ukraine war. He recently undertook a major cabinet reshuffle in which he replaced no fewer than nine ministers, including his foreign…
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Ukraine’s boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk released after Poland detention | Boxing News
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy said he was ‘outraged’ over the detention of his country’s ‘champion’ in Poland.
Undisputed heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after a brief detention by law enforcement officers…
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Ukraine boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk released after detention in Poland | Boxing News
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Ukraine boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk released after brief detention in Poland
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after being briefly detained at Krakow airport in Poland, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.
“I was disappointed by this attitude towards our…