Ukrainian gymnast Ilya Kovtun has decided to change his sports citizenship — he will represent Croatia.
This was told to Jutarnji List by the coach of the Croatian national team Vladimir Madžarević.
At the beginning of the…
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Wish you had a better memory? — Harvard Gazette
Have you ever struggled to remember somebody’s name at a party or crammed for an exam only to blank during the test? In their 2023 book “Why We Forget and How to Remember Better,” brain scientists Andrew Budson and Elizabeth Kensinger, both Harvard alums, explain how memory works and…
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Russia tries to use California fires to discredit Ukraine : NPR
An aerial view of beachfront homes that burned in the Palisades Fire in Malibu, Calif. on Jan. 15, 2025. Pro-Kremlin social…
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Ukraine Hosts Its First-Ever Amputee Football Tournament Promoting Inclusivity — UNITED24 Media
On January 11–12, the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) organized the country’s first-ever amputee football tournament for amateur teams, titled the ‘Winter Cup of the League of the Mighty.’
The League of the Mighty is a social…
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UN stands with Ukrainians for the long-term, insists UN aid chief
In a joint appeal from Kyiv, the UN’s emergency relief chief Tom Fletcher and Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said that millions of civilians inside Ukraine and abroad depend on the international community’s support,…
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Ukraine Symposium – The Budapest Memorandum’s History and Role in the Conflict
Last month of 2024 marked the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum, part of an agreement by which Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in return for security assurances by Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom….Continue Reading
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What the End of Ukraine Gas Transit Means for Kyiv, Moscow, and Europe
At 8 a.m. on January 1, 2025, the supply of Russian gas crossing the Ukrainian border on its way to Europe was turned off, ending a sixty-year era.
The response to the shutoff was notably calm considering that in 2009, a two-week halt in Russian…
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Venezuela restricts diplomats from ‘hostile’ European countries
Venezuela on Tuesday announced restrictions on French, Italian and Dutch diplomats on its soil, citing their governments’ “hostile” response to Nicolás Maduro’s presidential inauguration, widely rejected as a power grab.
In a move branded an…
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Senate begins to vet Trump’s key Ukraine-related picks
The US Senate has begun vetting President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for key governing positions.
The first one to face scrutiny from the Senators is Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for chief of the Pentagon. Lloyd Austin currently holds the position. Austin is one of the key figures in…
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Putin’s worst torture camp couldn’t break him. Now he exposes Assad’s
“I came to see him one day and started explaining my idea, emphasizing how important it was to make a report but that we needed security guarantees.”
It’s not every day that someone walks into the office of Ukraine’s spy chief with an unexpected request. But that’s exactly what Stanislav…
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