Since Russia’s invasion in 2014, the ongoing war has worsened these trends, with millions displaced and thousands killed, said Florence Bauer, UNFPA regional director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia told journalists at briefing in…
Author: admin
-
The looming threat of synthetic opioids in Europe?
For over 20 years, the opioid crisis in North America has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, primarily due to over-prescribing by doctors and marketing by pharmaceutical companies of powerful…
Continue Reading
-
‘We look strong but inside I feel weak’: Ukraine rugby league’s heavy burden | Rugby league
A little over two weeks ago, Vitalii Puchkov’s mother was killed by a rocket that hit her home in Kharkiv. On Tuesday night Puchkov will line up at right-centre against a team of Super League stalwarts in a World Cup qualifier against France.
Continue Reading
-
Investigation — how the championship of Ukraine in gymnastics was financed and why it is the most expensive
This yearʼs championship of Ukraine in gymnastics became the most expensive sports competition on the territory of Ukraine among those financed by the state budget since the beginning of the full-scale war. The NGL.media…
Continue Reading
-
What happened when giant S2 meteor hit Earth 3 billion years ago?— Harvard Gazette
Billions of years ago, long before anything resembling life as we know it existed, meteorites frequently pummeled the planet. One such space rock crashed down about 3.26 billion years ago, and even today, it’s revealing secrets about Earth’s past.
Nadja Drabon, an early Earth…
Continue Reading
-
Wounded Ukrainian war vets train for wintry sports competition
In February, Canada will host the first-ever winter Invictus Games, an athletic competition for wounded and injured veterans from around the world. This year, 550 athletes from 25 countries will compete in both traditional Invictus Games sports…
Continue Reading
-
Why is Ukraine’s army facing a desertion crisis? | Russia-Ukraine war News
More Ukrainian soldiers have deserted the army this year than ever since the onset of a war that analysts say has seen both sides make gains and report losses.
Prosecutions for desertion from Ukraine’s army are thought to have hit at least…
Continue Reading
-
In the Ukraine war, women are on the front lines and leading recovery
Hanna Demydenko was planning to pursue a career in online marketing, but she became a volunteer military paramedic when Russia launched military aggression against Ukraine in 2014. Her husband joined the Donbas Battalion.
One year on, Hanna,…
Continue Reading
-
Oleksandr Zinchenko: ‘We need to stick together to bring peace in Ukraine, we cannot give up’ | Arsenal
“To become a professional football player from the place where I was born and raised was almost impossible. It was super, super tough,” Oleksandr Zinchenko says as his eyes widen and we consider how far he has come from his small home town of…
Continue Reading
-
How Is There Life In The Deep Ocean If Plants Don’t Have Light There? » ScienceABC
Table of Contents (click to expand)
The deep sea lacks plant life, which would require sunlight to make food. However, even without the sunlight that fuels life on the surface of the Earth, deep sea creatures have adaptations that allow them to make this habitat their…
Continue Reading