A Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region – the largest since the war began with about 1,000 soldiers and more than two dozen tanks and other armoured vehicles storming over the border this week – poses a threat to a major gas supply…
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Paris Olympics: These twins are on an Olympic ‘mission’ to serve Ukraine
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Ukrainian twins Maryna and Vladyslava Aleksiiva will join more than 10,000 athletes at this year’s Olympics in Paris, but the artistic swimmers’ preparation for…
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How did life begin on Earth? Research zeroes in on lightning strikes. — Harvard Gazette
About four billion years ago, Earth resembled the set of a summer sci-fi blockbuster. The planet’s surface was a harsh and barren landscape, recovering from hellish asteroid strikes, teeming with volcanic eruptions, and lacking enough nutrients to sustain even the simplest forms of…
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As Ukraine Collects Medals in Paris, Its Sports Pipeline Is in Tatters
The Olympic medals have come in a flurry for Ukraine in recent days: golds at the track and on the fencing piste, a silver in gymnastics, two other bronzes.
“It’s a time to celebrate and think not about the war,” Mykhailo Kokhan, 23, a…
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Olga Kharlan: Ukraine’s most successful Olympian fighting for more than medals
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered tanks and troops into Ukraine in February 2022, it triggered Europe’s largest land invasion since World War II.
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Olympics is personal for Ukraine’s athletes as war takes its toll
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For Ukrainian hurdler Anna Ryzhykova, each stride on the Paris Olympic track will have meaning far beyond the time she clocks.
Her competitions are no longer strictly an individual battle, but war…Continue Reading
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Ukraine at the Paris Olympics a Symbol of Hope and Determination
“Since we don’t have a recording of the national anthem of Ukraine, will it be a problem if in honor of Baiul the national anthem of Russia is played?”
In 1994, when figure skater Oksana Baiul became the first Olympic champion from…
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Euro 2024 day 13: Georgia shock Portugal, Ukraine out, and the dirtiest game in Euros history
The group stages of Euro 2024 came to a fittingly dramatic conclusion on Wednesday, as rank outsiders Georgia shocked Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, and secured a place in the knockout stages of the tournament.
At the start of the day, all four…
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Angered by Paris ban, Russia’s media scorns ‘the Olympics of Hell’
Steve RosenbergBBC Russia Editor
BBCRussian athletes are not allowed to compete in the Paris Olympics because of their country’s war in Ukraine I’m sailing down the river with an Olympic champion.
No, it’s not the Seine. And this isn’t Paris….
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Olympic Training During a War: Rafał Milach In Ukraine
Olympic training facility Koncha Zaspa where Oleg Yuriyovych Verniaiev, an Ukrainian artistic gymnast prepares himself for competitions. He is the 2016 Olympic parallel bars champion and individual (…)all-around silver medalist….
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