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📹 "Where we were, there was no one": Ukrainian POWs told how their commanders forced them to dig trenches so that from the air it seemed that they had many positions.
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Turkey Accuses France of Backing PKK as Kurds 'Burning Streets of Paris'
Scores of Kurdish activists clashed with police in Paris on Saturday as they protested the killing of three Kurds in a shooting spree in the heart of the French capital.
The Turkish president's spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has accused France of backing the Kurdistan Workers' Party* (PKK) in Syria, an organization which he said is now setting Parisian streets on fire.
"This is PKK in France. The same terrorist organization you support in Syria," Kalin tweeted, referring to French authorities.
*The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is outlawed in Turkey.
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Scores of Kurdish activists clashed with police in Paris on Saturday as they protested the killing of three Kurds in a shooting spree in the heart of the French capital.
The Turkish president's spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has accused France of backing the Kurdistan Workers' Party* (PKK) in Syria, an organization which he said is now setting Parisian streets on fire.
"This is PKK in France. The same terrorist organization you support in Syria," Kalin tweeted, referring to French authorities.
*The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is outlawed in Turkey.
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⚠️ Bus fell into the Lérez River in northwestern Spain
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Year in Review: Joe Biden's 2022 Gaffes
Since assuming office in January 2021, President Joe Biden has proven to be an inexhaustible source of gaffes and blunders, and he did not disappoint this year.
We've collected a few of his funny missteps in the outgoing 2022 for you.
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Since assuming office in January 2021, President Joe Biden has proven to be an inexhaustible source of gaffes and blunders, and he did not disappoint this year.
We've collected a few of his funny missteps in the outgoing 2022 for you.
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Iran's IRGC Says Arrested 7 Leaders of Group Linked With UK Intelligence
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that it identified and arrested seven leaders of a group allegedly involved in subversive activities and linked with UK secret services during recent mass protests in the country.
"An organized group called Zagros, which was led by agents from the UK and created a team of active counterrevolutionary elements inside and outside the country to lead subversive activities, especially during recent protests, has been identified as a result of a successful operation," the IRGC said in a statement, as quoted by Iranian media.
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that it identified and arrested seven leaders of a group allegedly involved in subversive activities and linked with UK secret services during recent mass protests in the country.
"An organized group called Zagros, which was led by agents from the UK and created a team of active counterrevolutionary elements inside and outside the country to lead subversive activities, especially during recent protests, has been identified as a result of a successful operation," the IRGC said in a statement, as quoted by Iranian media.
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Iran Ready to Assist Afghan Girls, Women in Receiving Higher Education
Iranian authorities expressed their readiness to assist Afghan girls and women in receiving university degrees after the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) banned it in Afghanistan, Iranian Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Ensiye Khazali said on Sunday.
"At the meeting that we held on the sidelines of the last gathering of the women's committee, its chief thanked and highly appreciated the support provided by the Iranian government to female Afghan refugees. The Islamic Republic [Iran] is ready to promote the education of Afghan women at different stages of university education," Khazali tweeted.
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Iranian authorities expressed their readiness to assist Afghan girls and women in receiving university degrees after the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) banned it in Afghanistan, Iranian Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Ensiye Khazali said on Sunday.
"At the meeting that we held on the sidelines of the last gathering of the women's committee, its chief thanked and highly appreciated the support provided by the Iranian government to female Afghan refugees. The Islamic Republic [Iran] is ready to promote the education of Afghan women at different stages of university education," Khazali tweeted.
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Alloys, Nuclear Waste Processing & Artificial Lab Animals: What Russian Scientists Achieved in 2022
Scientists in Russia managed to achieve a number of remarkable breakthroughs in various fields during the year. Here are but a few of the advancements that were announced by researchers over the past months.
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Scientists in Russia managed to achieve a number of remarkable breakthroughs in various fields during the year. Here are but a few of the advancements that were announced by researchers over the past months.
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“Under the influence of some kind of drug”: A Russian intelligence officer recounted a case in which a Ukrainian soldier was able to walk off the battlefield with a torn-off leg.
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'Man's Best Friend': Dogs Starts Christmas Eve Blaze in House in England
🔥 The fire supposedly started after a dog accidentally turned on a hairdryer that was lying on a mattress.
Firefighters in England have warned that it would be wise to keep electrical appliances unplugged when not in use, especially when there is a pet in the household.
The warning comes in the wake of an incident that occurred on Christmas Eve when Essex Fire Service responded to a call from Hockley to deal with a fire that was apparently started by a dog.
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🔥 The fire supposedly started after a dog accidentally turned on a hairdryer that was lying on a mattress.
Firefighters in England have warned that it would be wise to keep electrical appliances unplugged when not in use, especially when there is a pet in the household.
The warning comes in the wake of an incident that occurred on Christmas Eve when Essex Fire Service responded to a call from Hockley to deal with a fire that was apparently started by a dog.
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Poll: Almost Half of Germans Opposing Sending Tanks to Ukraine
📊 Almost half of Germans oppose sending Germany-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, a YouGov poll has showed.
According to the survey, 45% of respondents said that they oppose shipping German tanks to Ukraine, with just 33% supporting the move and another 22% declining to respond.
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📊 Almost half of Germans oppose sending Germany-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, a YouGov poll has showed.
According to the survey, 45% of respondents said that they oppose shipping German tanks to Ukraine, with just 33% supporting the move and another 22% declining to respond.
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“70% of our company were killed or wounded”: a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded a video appeal to the military command.
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UN Human Rights Chief Slams Taliban's Ban on Women Working for NGOs as 'Blow' to Rights
The decision by the Taliban* to prohibit women from working in non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan is a "blow" to women's rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Sunday.
"Ban by de facto authorities on women working in NGOs is blow to women’s rights & assault on the lifesaving & critical aid so many Afghans need. Women & girls' rights cannot be denied, nor their voices silenced," Turk said in a statement published by the UN Human Rights Office on Twitter.
*The Taliban is an organization under UN sanctions for terrorism
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The decision by the Taliban* to prohibit women from working in non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan is a "blow" to women's rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Sunday.
"Ban by de facto authorities on women working in NGOs is blow to women’s rights & assault on the lifesaving & critical aid so many Afghans need. Women & girls' rights cannot be denied, nor their voices silenced," Turk said in a statement published by the UN Human Rights Office on Twitter.
*The Taliban is an organization under UN sanctions for terrorism
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Bus Accident in Canada Leaves Over 50 People Hospitalized
A bus accident occurred in southwestern Canada leaving 53 people hospitalized, the local health authority said on Sunday.
"Interior Health has initiated a Code Orange response as a result of a bus accident on #HWY97C. Medical teams are currently receiving 53 patients at 3 hospitals located in #Kelowna, #Penticton, #Merritt," the British Columbia regional healthcare authority wrote on Twitter.
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A bus accident occurred in southwestern Canada leaving 53 people hospitalized, the local health authority said on Sunday.
"Interior Health has initiated a Code Orange response as a result of a bus accident on #HWY97C. Medical teams are currently receiving 53 patients at 3 hospitals located in #Kelowna, #Penticton, #Merritt," the British Columbia regional healthcare authority wrote on Twitter.
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📹 A resident of Moldova says she was required to respond to a nationalist greeting at a Ukrainian checkpoint.
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📹 Russian sappers clean up liberated settlements during a special operation (video by Russian MoD)
Sapper units perform the tasks of clearing roads, household plots and agricultural land.
In one area, engineering and intelligence units checked more than eight thousand square kilometers for the presence of mines and unexploded ordenance left by the Ukrainians.
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Sapper units perform the tasks of clearing roads, household plots and agricultural land.
In one area, engineering and intelligence units checked more than eight thousand square kilometers for the presence of mines and unexploded ordenance left by the Ukrainians.
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❗️Taiwan's defense ministry said on Monday that the island's armed forces registered 71 aircraft and seven ships of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) approaching the island in the past 24 hours.
💬"71 PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected in our surrounding region by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. 47 of the detected aircraft had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ. R.O.C.[air defense identification zone of the Republic of China]," the ministry said in a statement.
According to the ministry, Taiwan sent jets, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond to China’s actions.
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💬"71 PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected in our surrounding region by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. 47 of the detected aircraft had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ. R.O.C.[air defense identification zone of the Republic of China]," the ministry said in a statement.
According to the ministry, Taiwan sent jets, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond to China’s actions.
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⚡️Russian MoD: Air Defenses shoot down Ukrainian drone over Russia's Engels air base in the Saratov region
▪️Three Russian servicemen who were at the air base were fatally injured
▪️Three Russian servicemen who were at the air base were fatally injured
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Finland Facing Massive EU Fine Over Deforestation, Carbon Sink Collapse
🇫🇮Finland's failure to meet the EU’s net carbon sink target could lead to the Nordic nation being slapped with a hefty fine to the tune of billions of euros, a recent report by its Natural Resource Institute has found.
▪️According to its data, the Finnish land use sector, which is mostly commercial forest, has moved from being a carbon sink to a net source of emissions amid logging and the drying of peatlands. The carbon sink of forests has more than halved as a result of intensifying felling and slowing growth.
▪️Professor Jyri Seppälä, the director of the Center for Sustainable Consumption and Production at the Finnish Environment Institute, minced no words when he called the current situation a “national emergency.”
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🇫🇮Finland's failure to meet the EU’s net carbon sink target could lead to the Nordic nation being slapped with a hefty fine to the tune of billions of euros, a recent report by its Natural Resource Institute has found.
▪️According to its data, the Finnish land use sector, which is mostly commercial forest, has moved from being a carbon sink to a net source of emissions amid logging and the drying of peatlands. The carbon sink of forests has more than halved as a result of intensifying felling and slowing growth.
▪️Professor Jyri Seppälä, the director of the Center for Sustainable Consumption and Production at the Finnish Environment Institute, minced no words when he called the current situation a “national emergency.”
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🚔Police have opened probes into three burglaries at the three power substations in the port city of Tacoma, Washington, which left about 14,000 customers without electricity on Christmas morning.
▪️The Pierce County Sheriff's Department reported that the first incident occurred at a substation on 46th Avenue belonging to Tacoma Public Utilities (TPU), which was attacked at around 5:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.
▪️Nothing was stolen, but equipment was vandalized, which led to outages in the area, according to police.
▪️Later that morning, police responded to a call about a burglary at a TPU on 224th Street, which also saw forced entry and damage to the equipment. Like in the 46th Avenue incident, nothing was taken from the scene.
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▪️The Pierce County Sheriff's Department reported that the first incident occurred at a substation on 46th Avenue belonging to Tacoma Public Utilities (TPU), which was attacked at around 5:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.
▪️Nothing was stolen, but equipment was vandalized, which led to outages in the area, according to police.
▪️Later that morning, police responded to a call about a burglary at a TPU on 224th Street, which also saw forced entry and damage to the equipment. Like in the 46th Avenue incident, nothing was taken from the scene.
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🇳🇱 Thierry Baudet, the leader of the Dutch right-wing Forum for Democracy (FvD) party is a brilliant orator. From my experience of writing about FvD in the past, I can say that he’s never been afraid to voice unpopular opinions on issues which other EU and NL politicians ignore:
📹 “There can be no doubt that the US has been taking an aggressive stance towards Russia for years. Is that the interest of the US? Possibly. I personally don't think so” – said Baudet in the Dutch Parliament last week when speaking about the Ukrainian conflict – “In any case, it is not in Europe's interest. Europe needs stability, good relations with our eastern neighbor, a land route to the Eurasia, cheap energy, no European victims, no migration surges and so on.”
When speaking about disruptions in the EU energy supply, Baudet added, that in his opinion, based on the hacked SMS “It’s done” allegedly sent by Liz Truss to Anthony Blinken, the US and Britain could be the ones behind the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage:
“It’s quite possible, considering the Americans and the Brits have a stake in destroying the pipeline. Is there a European interest in blowing up that pipeline? No. Is there a Russian interest? No. Why does Germany refuse to answer any questions about the NATO ships coming near Nord Stream before the blast?”
Formed in 2016, the FvD has made a major leap forward during the 2019 NL provincial election. It currently has 1 seat in the EU Parliament, 5 seats in the Dutch Parliament, 1 in the Senate and 24 in the provincial councils.
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📹 “There can be no doubt that the US has been taking an aggressive stance towards Russia for years. Is that the interest of the US? Possibly. I personally don't think so” – said Baudet in the Dutch Parliament last week when speaking about the Ukrainian conflict – “In any case, it is not in Europe's interest. Europe needs stability, good relations with our eastern neighbor, a land route to the Eurasia, cheap energy, no European victims, no migration surges and so on.”
When speaking about disruptions in the EU energy supply, Baudet added, that in his opinion, based on the hacked SMS “It’s done” allegedly sent by Liz Truss to Anthony Blinken, the US and Britain could be the ones behind the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage:
“It’s quite possible, considering the Americans and the Brits have a stake in destroying the pipeline. Is there a European interest in blowing up that pipeline? No. Is there a Russian interest? No. Why does Germany refuse to answer any questions about the NATO ships coming near Nord Stream before the blast?”
Formed in 2016, the FvD has made a major leap forward during the 2019 NL provincial election. It currently has 1 seat in the EU Parliament, 5 seats in the Dutch Parliament, 1 in the Senate and 24 in the provincial councils.
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Malicious Intent Suspected as Finnish Church Burns to Ashes on Christmas
A preliminary investigation has been launched into a fire that completely destroyed a historic wooden church in the municipality of Rautjarvi in the region of South Karelia in southern Finland.
The authorities said they had “reason to suspect” that the blaze that razed the Rautjärvi church was started intentionally, which is why the incident is being looked into as a case of aggravated property damage.
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A preliminary investigation has been launched into a fire that completely destroyed a historic wooden church in the municipality of Rautjarvi in the region of South Karelia in southern Finland.
The authorities said they had “reason to suspect” that the blaze that razed the Rautjärvi church was started intentionally, which is why the incident is being looked into as a case of aggravated property damage.
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